About Us
Teachers
Claire Hitchfield
Claire is a trained Astanga yoga and Pilates teacher. Yoga has been a part of Claire's life for 16 years. Pilates is a more recent passion for Claire.
Sessions are infused with her irrepressible humour and keen eye for differing individual needs. Claire follows each student's progress intently.
Melding her diverse yoga and fitness background with her Pilates training has enhanced Claire's repertoire of solutions to address clients' specific needs, and design interesting individual or group sessions.
Claire maintains a current understanding of what is safe for her students and the latest theory on correcting or managing postural or structural issues, or pre-existing physiological conditions.
Personal experience has provided Claire with a happy conviction that yoga and Pilates offer a rejuvenating, invigorating means to get fitter, tone and improve functional movement, nurturing and integrating mind, body, and soul.
Simone de Cunha
Simone discovered Pilates whilst studying to be a Personal Trainer, and found the method to be extremely functional and beneficial to both herself and eventually her clients. She went on to study with Stott Pilates in 2002 and in 2005 with Polestar Pilates Education. She has taught both matwork classes and private sessions in both Sydney and Auckland.
Simone has a passion for the benefits of Pilates, loves yoga, and understands even more, after welcoming her daughter into the world, the importance of core control and functional strength. Simone strives to make her classes varied, challenging, effective and fun. Simone is also a qualified journalist and communications specialist.
Emily Rose
Having successfully rehabilitated a serious back injury of her own with Pilates, Emily is passionate about the method's potential to create real results in a short time. Emily comes from a professional dance background, training to teach Pilates as a result of her successful back rehab.
Emily loves teaching people to feel confident in their bodies. Watching their body-awareness improve with each lesson. Emily's experience as a professional contemporary dancer brings a uniqueness and refinement to her classes.
Opportunity
Are you are certified and/or experienced (with at least 2 years experience) teaching Pilates, Ashtanga Yoga, or Dance Conditioning? We're interested in talking to you. Email information about your experience and qualifications, along with any ideas you may have to work with us. We'd love to hear from you.