Naouel Lledo
I would simply say a person who aspires to harmony in the sense of perfect balance between a healthy mind and a healthy body…
At the image of my parents: my mother, a doctor for who theater is a passion and my father, a filmmaker practicing running wherever life leads him. My mother taught me the care and the respect of the human body, our first and last home. My father taught me the need for this body not only to be fed with healthy food, but also the need for its mind to be fed through arts, reading, sensations…
Child, my painting brushes were my favorite toys, otherwise I was playing on my bike, my rollers or my skate board in the small forest where I grew up. Teenage, I practiced dance and swimming and played piano. Later, in parallel of my scientific studies, I became a runner addict and developed a passion for modern dance (Jazz, Street dance, Salsa), a fabulous mind & body language. Then, in parallel with my professional activities in a big company located in Monaco, I played theater and enjoyed this other kind of mind & body language.
I started practicing the Pilates method in 2009. I had a recurrent knee problem and ankle injuries. I immediately got the feeling that this method was made for me. After few weeks of practicing, I get rid of my kneepad for running, and I did no longer need physical therapy sessions for my ankles. The Pilates method has been like an inside mirror, which allowed me to improve my body’s knowledge and consciousness, in order to stay healthy and in the best shape possible. Moreover, I found arts in this practice: during lateral breathing, chest becomes accordion making its own music while the Pilates repertoire movements as basic steps put together, form a dance choreography. This method is rooted in the imagination to evoke the sensations that its practice requires : the time of a movement, we become a swan diving or a saw, a seal, a crab, a monkey, an elephant, a corkscrew, a ball rolling…
I started training to the Pilates method in 2011. During two years, I have been busy with training sessions, observations and practice at the training center, the « Loft » in Ramatuelle and in various studios in Nice.
I continue my journey in this beautiful once a life experience and I look forward to transmit this passion to you, trying to give the most sense possible to my teaching during the path we will spend together…
The Pilates method as I teach it
Micheal King :
Michael has been working with the Pilates method for over 34 years. He originally worked with the method as a dancer at the « London School of Contemporary Dance ». In 1982, he opened his own studio « Body Control » and two years later he was offered a position in Texas managing the Pilates studio at the « Houston Ballet Company» where he stayed until 1990. During this time, Michael travelled across the USA visiting and training at studios. In New York, he trained with Carla Trier and Romana Kryzanowska at the original « Pilates Studio ». Michael was the founder and director of the « Pilates Institute » UK until 2008 and has since been running his own training school « Michael King Pilates ».
Nuala Coombs :
Nuala Coombs has been involved in the Pilates and fitness since 1979, during which she has taught every kind of Pilates workout. As one of the founding directors of the « Pilates Institute » UK together with Michael King, she has been at the forefront of the Pilates method education, innovation and development. For the last ten years, Nuala has trained many students worldwide in all aspects of the Pilates method and presented Pilates workouts and lectures at international « Mind and Body » conventions. Her book « Pilates & Golf » was published in 2005 and has sold throughout Europe and the USA. Since leaving the « Pilates Institute » UK, Nuala is now relocated to France at the « le Loft » Pilates Studio in Ramatuelle.
Eva Winskill :
Eva Winskill was trained to the Pilates method in 1983 in London with Mickel King. She has been practicing Pilates for several years at « Body Control », as well as with Alan Herdman in London and Romama Kryzanowska in New York. Eva is responsible for the « Pilates Institute » in France since 2001. She is the director of « Fit Studio » and has her own Pilates studio the « Loft » in Ramatuelle, since 2004.
