Local services we recommend
We often receive requests for our recommendations on local services, such as pilates or yoga classes. You can now find our recommendations below - we will be updating this list frequently, so be sure to check back again for more recommendations in the near future!
Pilates & Yoga:
The Garage Studio
The Garage Studio, run by Murielle Carrasco, one of the first Body Control Pilates teachers to introduce Pilates in SW London back in 1999, is running daily classes, Beginners, Intermediate and Post Natal Pilates as well as Yoga classes.
Pilates Sheen
Pilates Sheen is a centrally located equipment Pilates Studio on Sheen Lane , SW14. It is owned by Ellen Ernstzen, Chartered Physiotherapist and Pilates Instructor who is certified with the Pilates Method Alliance. We offer Private one hour sessions or Semi private (2 people) classes six days a week. The Pilates programme is always tailored to the individual to optimise movement patterns and prevent bad posture and poor alignment. Pilates is a total body strengthening and flexibility programme suitable for everyone. Pilates Sheen has now also expanded to a Richmond location
pure space Clinical Pilates Rehabilitation Studio
pure space Pilates Reformer & equipment studio in Barnes is run by rehabilitation and fitness specialist Caroline Brennan. Caroline works on a 1-2-1 basis with clients of all ages and fitness levels to help restore and maintain the body's muscular balance after injury. She addresses any issues to help improve joint stability and anatomical function as a whole.
Caroline creates a safe and bespoke environment which offers clients a unique collaboration with their medical professional (physiotherapist/osteopath/chiropractor) to ensure safe, progressive, healing and effective workouts. This collaboration also includes practitioners at the White Hart Clinic.
Sessions are at a private STOTT Pilates reformer studio in Barnes Village. To discuss any issues or book an intro session: email info@purespace.com, call Caroline on 07906 216 439 or visit www.purespace.london to book online.
Caroline also offer personal development coaching
Pregnancy & Post-natal
Catherine Darnell is an experienced fitness professional who has run a fitness and wellbeing business since 2009. She has extensive experience working with people with all ages and needs, both one to one and in small groups. She holds several qualifications including pre- and post-natal fitness, core and back strengthening, many types of aerobic and strength training and works as a peri-menopause and menopause fitness coach. She is also a pelvic floor coach through the ‘Adore Your Pelvic Floor’ programme. Working from her studio in South West London, she is highly passionate about working with men and women in these areas. As well as Catherine’s professional and thorough approach to her work she is well respected by her clients for her personable and highly empathetic methods and for working with clients to get amazing results.
www.darnellfitnessandwellbeing.com
Instagram: @darnellfitnessandwellbeing
Mamaste Fitness
Caroline from Mamaste Fitness is passionate about getting all mums exercising safely to build strength for life and to feel great about themselves. She has been into outdoor fitness her entire life and couldn't live without it. She is a pre and postnatal personal trainer and menopause movement coach. Having experienced lots of postnatal issues herself (diastasis, stress incontinence, hernias and postnatal depression) as well as managing chronic pain (hip dysplasia), she knows first-hand that a holistic approach works best for women of all ages. She is keen to introduce more women to strength and mobility training in order to navigate the perimenopause and menopause better. She is a supportive and empathetic trainer and runs outdoor group classes as well as 1-1 sessions in west London.
Natalie Meddings - Comfort & Love
Natalie has been an active birth yoga teacher and doula since 2003. She is the author of two books, How to Have a Baby and Why Home Birth Matters and the founder of Tell me a good birth story, a national support network connecting pregnant women with women who've had positive birth experiences.
Michelle Gerlis - Comfort & Love
Michele has been a qualified doula since 2005 and has been teaching hypnobirthing since 2013. Michelle qualified as a homeopath in 1997. She is very active in the local community promoting women’s choice in birth. She is currently a member of the West Middlesex Maternity Services Liaison Committee and in 2015 set up a Positive Birth Movement Group Twickenham Area.
Kate Smart Fitness
Kate has been providing fitness training for hundreds of women at all stages of motherhood since 2005 and is passionate about helping women regain and restore their fitness both inside and out. Whether you are newly post-natal, not so post-natal or way beyond the baby stage, Kate's sessions and classes will restore your core, build your strength and drive you on to full fitness.
Lucie Bowden and Judith Brenner
Lucie and Judith are qualified breastfeeding counsellor supporting new parents in Barnes, Wimbledon and Wandsworth at NCT and NHS run drop ins. Assisting with all aspects of new parenting as well as helping them to explore their feeding challenges - offering both practical and emotional support as well as information to help Mums to choose how to feed their baby.
Mamawell - Rosie
Rosie founded Mamawell to provide women with the education and insight into their bodies in the pre and postpartum period, and the benefits that exercise can bring, both for strength and energy. After a global career in dance, choreography and teaching, Rosie moved into fitness whilst living in New York and trained at the prestigious Equinox Gym. When Rosie became a mother, she observed the lack of quality information regarding the changes to the body through pregnancy and labour and what this meant for exercise post-baby, and was inspired to help and educate women in this mentally and physically demanding time.
Join the Mamawell bootcamp in Wandsworth Park Mondays & Fridays. Find all the info for the class, plus the online postnatal fitness programme online or on instagram: @mamawelluk
Tots, Squats & Coffee Pots
Kelly is a personal trainer specialising in pre and postnatal and women’s health and visits clients at their homes or local areas. She also runs Mums fitness classes where children of any age are welcome. She ensures her sessions and classes are fun whilst providing suitable and safe exercises for all abilities to regain strength, fitness and confidence.
Kelly has a particular interest and passion for helping mothers who have suffered urinary incontinence post pregnancy to help them return to fitness and running, she offers a bespoke service with training tailored to the individual needs of clients. She works closely with specialist Women's Health Physiotherapists to deliver a fully integrated service.
Jess Oliver
Jess Oliver is Personal Trainer with a custom-made personal training studio, The Little Green Gym, based at Palewell Common. She also works in clients' houses and the surrounding local parks. The Little Green Gym has plenty of equipment to suit everyone's needs - from power racks, Wattbike, free weights, weight plates, kettlebells, TRX, dumbbells, and plyo-jump boxes.
With a fun, down-to-earth approach to fitness, she will help you bring together all aspects of fitness and health, focusing on mechanics, consistency and the five key elements of fitness training: strength, cardio, core, balance and flexibility, without forgetting lots of fun!
To book an intro session with Jess, email admin@jessoliver-pt.com or visit www.jessoliver-pt.com.
