About Jean ...

It all began after the birth of my second child in the late 80's, feeling frumpy and depressed I decided to start belly dancing after my husband saw an ad in the paper for a beginner's course. For the first few weeks I felt a bit awkward but after week six I was well and truly bitten by the belly dancing bug. I loved the fact that it opened up exercise to people who would not be seen dead at the gym! (These were the days of Jane Fonda and one-piece lycra!)
After a while I decided to train to become a belly dance teacher and taught classes in Cheshire, where I lived with my young family. However, in 2000 we relocated to Northamptonshire and I was ready for new challenges! I joined the local gym, where the Pilates instructor encouraged me to re-train, and promised that on completion of my exams, I could have three classes! Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I trained as a Pilates Matwork Instructor.
In order to teach in fitness studios I had to broaden my areas of expertise and so I qualified in YMCA 'Exercise to Music' which opened the door to training in Body Pump and Body Balance - which I loved. Body Balance is a combination of Tai Chi, Yoga and Pilates and it was this that which led me to train for two years in order to become a full time specialist Yoga teacher.
In 2008 I fulfilled my long term ambition to qualify as a Pilates Reformer Instructor and set up my own business tailoring Pilates and Yoga based workouts. I am now able to do what I love most; working with people 'one to one', designing exercise programmes which specifically target clients' personal needs.
In 2011 I moved to Whatfield in Suffolk and I am excited to start working with people in this area.