Your Teacher

Dr Hannah Lloyd-King MbChB DRCOG (04) MRCGP (06)

I was introduced to Pilates in 1996 by Alan Herdman (who brought Pilates to the UK) as part of my ballet training.  I have studied Pilates ever since, realising tremendous benefits to my dancing and my body.  I was at a point in my dance training where I felt I had reached my peak, but Pilates enabled me to progress further with my dance technique.

Aside from my love of Ballet, I have always had a great interest in the human body, and how it works.  This interest led to me studying Medicine at University and I have worked as a Doctor in conventional medicine for over six years.  At present I am not practising clinical medicine, so I can concentrate further on my Pilates training.

During my six years of medical work I have seen in patients the benefits of complementary therapies, and how Pilates has helped a number of people who have suffered from certain types of back pain and other musculoskeletal problems.

This experience, coupled with consultations with physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors has convinced me that Pilates is not just for dancers and elite sportsmen and women, but is a technique with a significant role in injury prevention and restoring the body back to balance post-injury.

With this in mind, I went on to train intensively in Pilates in order to become a Pilates teacher with the Pilates Foundation.  I achieved 91% in my Pilates Foundation Matwork exam, taken January 2009.  At present I am continuing my Pilates studies, so that in due course I will be able to offer classes on some of Joseph Pilates' original Pilates machines, as well as Pilates on the mat.

I look forward to seeing you in class, and hope that you will enjoy browsing this website. 

Dr Hannah Lloyd-King

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame..."

Thomas Edison