Sample portrait Ailsa Marr
Co-owner · reformer lead
Teaches Reformer Flow, Reformer Foundations, and one to ones
Writes each month’s Reformer Flow sequences, and goes through the spring settings with anyone moving up from Foundations.
Training: Comprehensive reformer and mat teacher training, and a Level 3 mat Pilates qualification (sample)
Request Reformer Flow with Ailsa
Sample portrait Priya Holroyd
Co-owner · pregnancy and postnatal lead
Teaches Reformer Foundations, Pregnancy and Postnatal Mat, Reformer Flow, Mat Pilates, and one to ones
Teaches every Pregnancy and Postnatal Mat class, and reads the health answers new clients send in before their first visit.
Training: Reformer teacher training and a pregnancy and postnatal exercise course (sample)
Request Reformer Foundations with Priya
Sample portrait Joel Ridley
Mat lead
Teaches Mat Pilates, Reformer Foundations
Teaches the weekday lunchtime mat classes, and looks after the rings, balls and bands the mat room runs on.
Training: Level 3 mat Pilates qualification and a reformer foundations course (sample)
Request Mat Pilates with Joel
Sample portrait Martha Lowry
Weekend teacher
Teaches Reformer Foundations, Reformer Flow, Mat Pilates
Teaches the weekend reformer classes and the Sunday mat class, so Saturday and Sunday regulars mostly see her.
Training: Reformer teacher training and a Level 3 mat Pilates qualification (sample)
Request Reformer Foundations with Martha
Fictional profiles: the portraits are stock photos of models, not Rowanby teachers.
General guidance
How Pilates teachers train
Pilates teachers in the UK are not on a statutory register like the HCPC’s, so it is worth asking. Many train with a Pilates school such as Body Control Pilates, STOTT PILATES or Polestar Pilates, or hold a Level 3 qualification in teaching mat Pilates. CIMSPA, the sector’s professional body, lists endorsed Pilates matwork qualifications.
General guidance, UK. Sources: HCPC, the professions we regulate; CIMSPA, Pilates-based matwork instructor (both read 6 November 2026). No school or body named here endorses this fictional studio.
Rowanby, Jesmond
Mornings, lunchtimes, evenings: find a class that fits.
Three Foundations classes for £45 for newcomers. Choose a time and send the request; we reply to say whether there is room.