About Nicki
What Nicki might not tell you herself is that she trained as a teacher with Romana Krysanowska, who in turn trained with Joseph Pilates, so you’re getting a pretty direct connection to the man himself. She might have a gentle demeanour, but don’t be fooled… behind that understated facade, she’s got a whole lot of tricks and knowledge up her sleeve from well over 20 years of teaching experience in New York, Vienna, Brisbane, London… the list goes on.
Once a dancer, forever a dancer, Nicki performed with the Vienna State Opera for many years. Nowadays you’re more likely to catch her grooving in the living room, embracing her more recent love of hip hop, than donning a tutu. But her passion for movement endures.
Nicki will train you with all the rigour and detail of a dancer, whatever your performance-related pursuit, building strength along with posture and grace.
“Nicki makes Pilates fun but also challenges us to go further. She tailors the exercises to our individual abilities so I feel I’m in safe hands. I look forward to our sessions as we all groan and laugh together!”
Class types:
Classical Mat Level 1...
… is for beginners with no movement limitations or injury who are new to Classical Pilates. We begin with the Basic or foundational repertoire in order to start to build your Power House. Ideally you will have working in the studio on the apparatus, which will have made your transition to the Matwork more straightforward.
Classical Mat Level 2...
… you are working towards all the Intermediate repertoire from a solid foundational basis. You may need the odd reminder about how an exercise goes, but you're fine once you remember which is which. This will be a faster paced, flowing class and you will understand which exercises are suitable for your body and how to modify others appropriately for your current goals.
Classical Mat Level 3...
… the full Monty! Here we will work with the full 34 exercises of Joe Pilates’ original mat series, plus Advanced additions. You are as confident upside-down as you are the right way up, know the transitions from one exercise to the next and can move continuously and mindfully through a fast paced and super challenging workout. Your Roll Up, Rollover and Teaser now combine to become the Boomerang as we test our skills in every conceivable direction.
“Nicki continually encourages us to extend and strengthen our various levels, and does this with humour and spirit!
We all love her!!”
Group Mat classes
Mondays:
0900 L3 Zoom
1030 L2/3 Brampford Speke
1930 L1/2 Brampford Speke
Tuesdays:
0900 L1/2 Zoom
Session Fees 2024
Group Mat Practice in person or on Zoom: Small groups (maximum 10 students). Courses run for 6 or 7 weeks in line with school term times.
£11 per class booked as course
“‘I have been doing Pilates with different teachers for many years, but it wasn’t until doing Nicki’s classes that I finally found my ‘core’ thanks to her brilliant explanations. And it’s fun!”
Teaching Qualifications and Development
2003 Trained by Romana Kryzanowska to teach the full Pilates Method - comprehensive 600 hour programme
20+ years of teaching experience, and continuing education with many world-renowned teachers, including Brett Howard, Ton Voogt, Michael Fritzke and Rebecca Convey.