My approach is to develop a practice with each client which they can incorporate into their lifestyle. I hold qualifications as a Comprehensive Pilates Instructor (Mat & Equipment Repertoire) from Renee Watson Pilates , an institution which has trained more people in Pilates than any other in Southern Africa. their qualifications are internationally recognized by PMA, HFPA, Body Excel and ETA in South Africa. And in February 2008 I sat and passed my exams to earn my Pilates Instructor Certification from the Pilates Method Alliance. An internationally recognized non-profit organization based in the US established to uphold the standards of the Pilates Method.

I am also a Certified Personal Fitness Trainer and an Advacned Level 3 Instructor with the Register of Exercise Professionals in the UK.

To better serve my clients I regularly attend workshops and conferences both in the UK and abroad. I have followed certificate workshops covering Pilates for Pregnancy, the application of Props and Small Apparatus, Pilates for Shoulder Girdle Stability, Pilates for the Mature Client with Alan Herdman, Pilates Current Research & Lower Back Care with Brent Anderson, Pilates Mat for Better Bones & Better Balance with Elizabeth Larkam among others.

I first trained as a Dance Aerobics Instructor in 1989, later on training in Reebok STEP Aerobics. Having worked with Virgin Active I trained in their programs; V-Cycle & V-Row, V-Mat as well as V-Core all as a group Fitness Instructor.

Apart from working with individuals (ranging from the ages of 11 to 98) whose results bring me such enormous gratification, some other highlights have been training and workshopping with renowned and experienced Masters and Elders in the international Pilates community such as Mary Bowen, Rael Isacowitz (BASI), Alan Herdman, Cathy Corey, Renee Watson, Brent Anderson and Alycea Ungaro 

With each client I realize that the techniques employed to obtain their success has to incorporate a certain amount of personal and emotional support. By offering my clients coaching and Pilates, they are better able to realise their full potetntieal. I am a New Insights Coach and have also trained through The Coaching Academy and Christpher Howard

I am originally from the Caribbean Island of Dominica, over the years I have travelled and worked in many countries, most recently in Windhoek and Capetown in Southern Africa. I moved to Brighton in the UK in September of 2006.

Although I have worked with a wide variety of clients; elderly, pregnant, injured and healthy individuals of varying levels of fitness, including the Namibian Olympic 800m Sprinter Agnes Samaria (personal friend and former training partner of Dame Kelly Holmes), I work best with clients who are committed to adopting changes which enable them to live their best life through a healthy body and mind.

I look forward to the pleasure of working with you, Carla Armour