Monday am Mauro, Diane, Liora
Monday pm Verity, Alma, Saskia

Tuesday am Alan, Verity, Diane
Tuesday pm Brian, Alma, Dimitris

Wednesday am Mauro, Alan, Saskia, Sara
Wednesday pm Diane, Verity, Emma

Thursday am Reem (6.30-8.30), Diane, Brian, Alma
Thursday pm Verity, Valeria, Saskia

Friday am Verity, Saskia, Sara, Jonathan
Friday pm Liora, Dimitris

Saturday Jonathan, Louise

Sunday Christina

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Alan Herdman Alan travelled to New York in the late 1960s to investigate the then-unknown Pilates exercise Method, and worked intensively with two of Pilates’ original assistants, Carola Trier and Robert Fitzgerald. He established Britain’s first Pilates-based studio the same year. Now an internationally respected authority, Alan lectures regularly in the US and Japan.
In consultation with medical practitioners, Alan has extended the remedial and rehabilitation aspects of Pilates and constantly develops the Method to embrace advances in exercise physiology. As Alan says, “Joseph Pilates was always working to develop and refine his exercises. At his death in 1967 I’m sure his work had not been completed.”
Alan carries this spirit into training new teachers. “My emphasis is on nurturing their individual approach to teaching exercises and in developing the sense of what the body needs at that particular time.”
Alan is a member for the International Dance Council and will be presenting at their convention in Athens.

Mauro Ossola Mauro, a native of Italy, has spent his life in sport – as a cyclist, a fitness trainer, and a fitness manager. He began his Pilates training in 2009 with Jolita Trahan, the owner of Pilates Network, a PMA recognized training program in Italy, and she transmitted the “Pilates passion” to him. To further his studies, he decided to come to London in 2010 to study with Alan Herdman. Mauro is now Alan’s team manager, helping him to run his studios, as well as the rest of his business. He still teaches at Alan’s Canary Wharf studio and in the last few years has continued his education with courses and workshops in Europe and the U.S.

Sara Gallie A former Royal Ballet Company soloist, Sara trained with Alan Herdman Pilates in 2001, joined his team of instructors in 2005, and is now deputy to Alan on his Pilates Teacher Training Course. She has also worked at Grayshott Hall, The Chelsea Harbour Club and Pilates Central, all studios that were affiliated with Alan Herdman Pilates. She is a fully qualified ballet teacher (LISTD) and teaches Pilates at Central School of Ballet as an Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation tutor/Pilates instructor, and she teaches matwork classes at Physio For All Ltd. She has a passion for teaching and helping people of all ages and abilities to become fitter and overcome physical difficulties and injuries, leading them to movement without pain and a better quality of life.

Brian Allen Introduced to Pilates during his professional ballet training, it was after an injury that Brian was convinced to train as an instructor as part of his rehabilitation. After training with Alan Herdman, he began teaching for him in his central London studio, moving to his Canary Wharf studio as part of the team setting it up in 2008. He has also taught at the Central School of Ballet, the Harbour Club and other gyms teaching both Mat work Classes and Apparatus work.
Brian's experience with his own rehabilitation has afforded him first hand knowledge of the benefits of Pilates in the rehabilitation of injuries. He has worked with dancers and athletes rehabilitating them after injury, working closely with physiotherapists and osteopaths.
He is also a keen swimmer, swimming the English Channel as part of a relay team in 2013, and completed the crossing solo in 2015. He also maintains his connection with his performance past by volunteering at the Globe Theatre and has in the past worked with both the education and theatre department staff there.

Diane Walker Diane trained as a dancer and was a soloist with Ballet Rambert for 12 years, dancing regularly in the ballets of Robert North and Christopher Bruce. With them, she went on to work in Balletto di Toscana in Florence, Manhattan Ballet in New York, Houston Ballet in Texas, and Teatro Regio in Torino. She gained qualifications in Sports Therapy, Anatomy, Physiology, Massage and Acupressure, and a Gym Instructors’ Diploma, before starting her training as a Pilates teacher with Alan Herdman in 1990. She has been a member of his teaching team since 1991.

Dimitris Stoantzikis Dimitris grew up in Greece, where he studied Financial Science and became a devotee of yoga. While working as a mathematics tutor he learned Pilates at StudioOne in Greece, and it was there he met Alan Herdman. In 2012 he moved to London to take Alan’s Teacher Training Course and now works in the Central London studio as well as at Matt Roberts’ studio in Belgravia, The Practice in Notting Hill, and Pilates on the Green.

Reem Aboul-Jabine As a Mechanical Engineer who has always enjoyed a range of sports, Reem found the perfect synthesis of both these worlds in Pilates. Working with the structure of the human body from its foundations up, she finds great joy in the freedom of movement and overall enhanced quality of life offered when a system works as it should. Reem had been practising Pilates with Alan Herdman for over a decade when in 2011 she decided to train as a teacher under Alan’s expert tutelage. She now teaches at Alan's Central London studio and at Matt Roberts’ Hampstead studio, and she also teaches private clients in Central London.

Verity Fry Verity trained in classical ballet at the Bush Davies School and danced with Scottish Ballet then English National Ballet. On leaving English National Ballet in 1992, she gained a Masters Diploma in Sports Therapy (which included Massage, Health & Fitness Studies, Nutrition & Diet, and Gym Instruction). After this she took the Alan Herdman Teacher Training Course and began teaching Pilates in 1995 at Alan’s studios and the English National Ballet School. She also taught for nine years at Elmhurst Ballet School.

Cara May Marcus Cara was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. Her professional career started as an international contemporary ballet dancer living and working in South Africa, Seattle, New York and London. Her passion for the Pilates technique stems from the successful rehabilitation of her numerous injuries and the support it provided her craft. Having reaped the benefits of the technique first hand, she went on to complete the Alan Herdman teacher training course in 2016 and is thrilled to now be a part of Alan’s team in Marble Arch. Cara May is also the head of Pilates and body conditioning at the Central School of Ballet Associate School.

Liora Goldwater Liora trained as a professional dance artist working in the discipline of Contemporary Dance and Ballet at Northern Ballet School and then at London Contemporary Dance School. She performed in London and Europe with various choreographers. In 2015 she trained as a Vinyasa Flow Yoga teacher with the acclaimed teacher Claire Missingham having experienced Yoga during her dance training.

In 2016-17 Liora trained with Alan Herdman. She discovered Pilates during her dance training and has found it invaluable in keeping her body balanced and strong whilst dancing and working a busy teaching schedule.
Liora joined Alan’s team in 2017, and also teaches Vinyasa Flow Yoga at The Place and Ballet at both Morley College and Trinity Laban. She also teaches Reformer Pilates at Move Your Frame.

Christina Blackburn Christina was trained at the Royal Ballet School then performed nationally and internationally for 13 years with the Royal Ballet Company. She discovered Pilates towards the end of her dancing career through Jenny Bintley whose teaching made a profound impression. She worked for two years in the City before training with Dreas Reyneke whose Notting Hill studio she subsequently ran for 5 years. She has been teaching clients privately ever since from her south London studio focusing principally on remedial work.
Two years ago she decided to return to training to study with Alan Herdman, Shirley Hancock and Sara Gallie to further enhance and understand the precision required for effective injury recovery work which has become her primary interest. Helping clients regain full functional movement and logical ‘body engineering’ solutions are what thrill her most. She feels incredibly fortunate to be a member of a team of teachers whose combined teaching experience runs into several decades of knowledge and experience which keeps the work constantly interesting, fresh and relevant.

Louise May Louise studied as a professional dancer at Central School of Ballet and then subsequently at Laine Theatre Arts. During her training, she discovered the benefits of Pilates in injury prevention and rehabilitation. Upon graduating in 2012, Louise worked as professional dancer and commercial model both here in the UK and abroad. In 2021, she completed the Alan Herdman Teacher Training course and is delighted to be joining the Alan Herdman Team! She is looking forward to helping people feel fitter, stronger and feeling the benefits of Pilates in their everyday life.

Valeria Famularo Valeria was born and raised in Naples, Italy. She trained extensively in ballet, contemporary and modern dance, gaining a First Class Degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire (London) in 2014. She performed and choreographed in a variety of settings around Italy and UK, working as a freelance contemporary dancer and facilitator.
During her dance career, she came across Pilates when recovering from a back injury. Having experienced the benefits of this technique herself, she decided to become an instructor, training with Alan Herdman and joining his comprehensive teacher training in 2019.
Valeria is now a part of Alan’s team, in both his Marble Arch and Canary Wharf’s studios; she also teaches clients at Greenwich Market Studios, as well as leading contemporary dance classes and workshops in London and Italy.

Saskia Wilkinson Saskia was introduced to Pilates 15 years ago while training as a professional ballet dancer at the Royal Ballet School. From this moment, the philosophy behind Pilates became a foundation stone of the way she approached her physical performance and well being. Saskia’s career on stage ended due to injury and she moved into teaching. She trained to teach ballet through the Royal Academy of Dance and Pilates with the legendary Alan Herdman. Saskia is fascinated by movement and the body, she has dedicated her life to developing a deep understanding of our physicality. Alongside working with Alan and his incredible team she has worked closely with physiotherapists, osteopaths and dieticians in clinical rehabilitation. She enjoys working with people from all walks of life whether rehabilitating from an injury, goal focused training for athletes, or someone who wants to be able to reach the top shelf in the kitchen. Saskia believes Pilates is beneficial for everyone.

Monday am Brian
Monday pm Valeria

Tuesday am Mauro
Tuesday pm Valeria

Wednesday am Brian
Wednesday pm Pat and Jonathan

Thursday am Mauro
Thursday pm Pat and Annya

Friday am Valeria and Jonathan
Friday pm Kate

Saturday Brian and Emma

Sunday Emma

Mauro Ossola Mauro, a native of Italy, has spent his life in sport – as a cyclist, a fitness trainer, and a fitness manager. He began his Pilates training in 2009 with Jolita Trahan, the owner of Pilates Network, a PMA recognized training program in Italy, and she transmitted the “Pilates passion” to him. To further his studies, he decided to come to London in 2010 to study with Alan Herdman. Mauro is now Alan’s team manager, helping him to run his studios, as well as the rest of his business. He still teaches at Alan’s Canary Wharf studio and in the last few years has continued his education with courses and workshops in Europe and the U.S.
From July 2015 Mauro has been an educator on the Arcus Bar for USA-based McEntire Pilates, presenting workshops in Italy and China. In 2017 he presented a workshop in the USA for the first time, focusing on Pilates and Parkinson's disease.

Brian Allen Introduced to Pilates during his professional ballet training, it was after an injury that Brian was convinced to train as an instructor as part of his rehabilitation. After training with Alan Herdman, he began teaching for him in his central London studio, moving to his Canary Wharf studio as part of the team setting it up in 2008. He has also taught at the Central School of Ballet, the Harbour Club and other gyms teaching both Mat work Classes and Apparatus work.
Brian's experience with his own rehabilitation has afforded him first hand knowledge of the benefits of Pilates in the rehabilitation of injuries. He has worked with dancers and athletes rehabilitating them after injury, working closely with physiotherapists and osteopaths.
He is also a keen swimmer, swimming the English Channel as part of a relay team in 2013, and completed the crossing solo in 2015. He also maintains his connection with his performance past by volunteering at the Globe Theatre and has in the past worked with both the education and theatre department staff there.

Pat Garbutt Pat is a trained nurse and midwife with many years of experience working in a teaching hospital, and in 2009 she took the Alan Herdman Teacher Training Course. She now teaches pre- and post-natal Pilates and has a keen interest in how the musculoskeletal system functions as a whole. Having both clinical and practical skills enhances her approach to Pilates, and her holistic and hands-on method provides the optimum outcome for all her clients.

Annya Marte Caribbean raised Londoner, Annya has been in the sports and dance worlds from a very young age. She trained in classical ballet at Ballet Concierto Dominicano and is a previous member of the National Ballet Company in her native Dominican Republic. She is also a former professional flamenco dancer in the UK.
Annya first discovered Pilates as a specialist training method for dancers with master classes by Lolita San Miguel in 1999, but her true passion began in 2018 when she re-discovered Pilates as a rehabilitation tool to recover from chronic injury.
Following this passion, She certified as Pilates Instructor under Alan Herdman’s Teacher Training program 2020-2021 and is thrilled to join the Teaching team in the Canary Wharf studio, where she will continue to further her experience in helping people overcome injuries, physical pain and to become healthier and stronger through their Pilates journey.

Kate Green Kate was born in the UK but spent her early years in France where her passion for ballet evolved. She was trained as a dancer and singer at Millennium Performing Arts where she was first introduced to Alan Herdman Studios as a case study recovering from ankle surgery in 2009 whilst training.
Kate began her dancing career at the age of 11 performing with the Chisinau National Ballet in Swan Lake. Her career has since taken her worldwide working for companies such as Disney.
Kate completed the Alan Herdman Teacher Training course in 2021 and is looking forward to joining the team. Since completing the course, she was delighted to have been asked to speak at the English National Ballet School and looks forward to sharing her passion with others as well.
One of Kate’s interests is Pilates rehabilitation for dancers and other athletes as well as injury prevention.

Valeria Famularo Valeria was born and raised in Naples, Italy. She trained extensively in ballet, contemporary and modern dance, gaining a First Class Degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire (London) in 2014. She performed and choreographed in a variety of settings around Italy and UK, working as a freelance contemporary dancer and facilitator.
During her dance career, she came across Pilates when recovering from a back injury. Having experienced the benefits of this technique herself, she decided to become an instructor, training with Alan Herdman and joining his comprehensive teacher training in 2019.
Valeria is now a part of Alan’s team, in both his Marble Arch and Canary Wharf’s studios; she also teaches clients at Greenwich Market Studios, as well as leading contemporary dance classes and workshops in London and Italy.

Emma Rawley Emma has a background in classical ballet and contemporary dance. Emma studied Pilates alongside her training at the Royal Ballet School White Lodge and Central School of Ballet where she achieved a BA Honours degree in Professional Dance and Performance. She believes that Pilates helps to create an inner awareness of the body, aiding movement in daily life. Emma gained her Pilates certification with Alan Herdman and has developed a particular interest in injury management and improving posture.

Jonathan Goodair A trainer for over 34 years Jonathan first qualified as a Fitness Trainer in 1988 and began his career in Health and Fitness working as a Gym Instructor at The Fitness Centre on Covent Garden’s Floral Street that same year. In 1992 he went on to spend 7 years as a Personal Trainer based at Cannons Sports Clubs in The City of London and Covent Garden. Focussing primarily on coaching Strength and Conditioning to professional athletes and city professionals. In 1994 he qualified with the American College of Sports Medicine as Health and Fitness Instructor. In 1999 Jonathan joined the team setting up new private member’s club Home House in Portman Square where he spent the next 16 years managing his team of PT’s as well as teaching and combining Pilates with Strength and Conditioning. Jonathan was first introduced to Pilates in the late 90’s, qualifying with Stott Pilates as a Mat and Reformer teacher in 2005. He also spent a year studying Pilates with internationally respected Pilates authority Alan Herdman.
Alongside seeing clients at Alan Herdman Pilates studio’s in Canary Wharf and Marble Arch Jonathan visits private clients in and around central London.