MEET OUR TEAM OF QUALIFIED PILATES INSTRUCTORS
Sara Honey
Sara commenced her Pilates training in 1996 with Dolly Kelepcz at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas towards the end of a long and successful dance career. While undergoing treatment for a hamstring injury, Sara heard about the Polestar teacher training course, run by Elizabeth Larkam and Brent Anderson, and gained her rehabilitation qualification with them in 1998.
On returning to the UK Sara became a teacher at the Trevor Blount Pilates studio in South Kensington and gained her Pilates Foundation membership qualification in 2004. While still working in South Kensington, she set up a studio with a colleague in Fulham, Pilates@fitrooms, which they ran for four years. In 2014 Sara relocated her Pilates studio to Hinchley Wood Practice.
Sara has been privileged to be trained by some of the top teachers in the Pilates world and has attended numerous workshops given by the many dedicated teachers committed to passing on Joseph Pilates’s original philosophy and work, much of which is still relevant today. Sara is equally committed to passing on the many benefits of practising Pilates to everyone, regardless of age or ability.
Viviane Hardy
Viviane comes originally from a dance background, having danced professionally with the Palais des Beaux Arts, Charleroi and Liege in her home country of Belgium. She qualified as a physiotherapist in 1992 (ISCAM Bruxelles). Viviane then worked as a physiotherapist in Singapore and Hong Kong, where she trained as a Pilates teacher with Julia Ellis and Rochenda Rydeard, and followed her training into teaching there.
On returning to the UK Viviane joined the Pilates Foundation in 1997 and worked at the Trevor Blount studio in South Kensington for two years. Viviane founded her own private studio in Surbiton in 1999 where she teaches one to one and small group classes combining physiotherapy and Pilates. She also teaches bigger group mat classes in Thames Ditton. We are delighted to have Viviane as part of our team. She teaches at HWP on Friday mornings.