When I started training in Pilates at Alan Herdman Studios in Marylebone in the 1980s the method was hardly known in UK. I loved Pilates and always felt so alive after class. Fast forward and I decided I wanted to spend more of my time sharing the sense of vitality with others by training with Anoushka Boone, to become a teacher in 2008. There were virtually no other teachers or studios in Ealing at that point. Imagine. Spotting an opportunity, I set up Pilates Corps classes in a local community centre and interest snowballed. Soon I was running classes in four different venues in the borough.

Then a client told me about a wonderful space, attached to a gym run by Matt Hook, opening up in West Ealing. I grabbed the chance Matt offered to focus all Pilates Corps classes there and to share the teaching with others who’d trained like me over 15 months. Now in its 20th year it has grown and developed. The lovely Rochelle is at the helm and has injected yet more fun into the whole business. Keeping up with the current trend she has introduced Reformer classes. I’m proud to see such a great team of teachers who all delight in the work and in enthusing others of all abilities to become more resilient, more vital and well in themselves. Here’s to the next 20 years.