Kinetic Pilates Instructors

                                                                 Comprehensively Trained Traditional Instructors 

All instructors at Kinetic Pilates were trained by Romana's Pilates. There are not many teachers with this training in England or the UK and it consists of a minimum of 700 hours of apprenticeship. Teachers are trained on all pieces of apparatus at all levels both practically and theoretically.

Trainee teachers must reach an advanced level in their own training and pass three practical and four written exams before becoming fully certified. All our instructors continue developing their skills with continuing professional education.

Rebecca Convey- Romana's Pilates Instructor Level V, MA, BFA, Studio Owner

Rebecca Convey opened Kinetic Pilates in 2009, in Stroud Green to offer classical pilates training in North London. Rebecca was trained as a Romana's Pilates instructor in London, under Stephanie Guimond (Instructor Trainer Level 4). She was tested by Marjorie Oron (Instructor Trainer Level 2 based in The Hague, ) and was certified in New York by Sari Mejia (Level 1, Master Instructor).

Rebecca graduated with a Masters Degree in Choreography in 2006 from Middlesex University in London and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Dance from Simon Fraser University in Canada. Rebecca's work as a dancer and choreographer has seen her perform in Canada, London and Europe.

She has been teaching dance for over twenty years and was head of the dance and Btec department at The Susi Earnshaw Theatre School until she left in 2010 to have her first baby. She is artistic director of Kinetic Dance Company, a youth dance company based in, North London. 

Rebecca started training in Pilates while studying for her Masters Degree and fell in love with it. It was a natural progression for her to become a Pilates Instructor. She offers clients her experience and expertise and gives each client the attention they need for the best results.

James Palmer – Romana's Pilates Instructor Level V, BA, M.Phil., Ph.D., AGSM. 

James Palmer did his basic level training as a Romana's Pilates instructor in Santiago, Chile with Francisca Molina Matta (Instructor Trainer Level 3) and his intermediate and his advanced level with Marjorie Oron (Instructor Trainer Level 2) and Jane Poerwoatmodjo (Instructor Trainer Level 3) in The Hague, Holland. He had his advanced training seminar with Sari Mejía Santo (Master Teacher) and certified in Chicago with Juanita Lopez (Instructor Trainer Level 1).  He started teaching at Kinetic Pilates in January 2011.

James has an AGSM performer’s diploma in Flute (1996), a BA from Durham University (2000), and the M.Phil. (2001) and Ph.D. (2004) degrees from Cambridge University and taught at university level in Santiago, Chile. He is currently doing research on western acupuncture and its background. 

His movement background includes weight lifting, triathlon, yoga, qigong and internal martial arts (taiji, bagua and xingyi) and he is certified in practical Zen shiatsu, continuing with more advanced study at the Zen School of Shiatsu. James started Pilates due to back problems he was having. He loves the “Pilates High” (which he thinks is better than the Runner’s High) and how pilates makes the body feel so comfortable to live in and wants to help others experience both of these.

Melinda ("Lulu") Shepherdson – 
Romana's Pilates Instructor 
Level V, 
B.Sc (Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist). 

Melinda Shepherdson did her basic and intermediate level training split between The Hague, Holland with Marjorie Oron (Instructor Trainer Level 2), and in London with Stephanie Guimond (Instructor Trainer Level 4) and Ketty Bucca (Instructor Trainer Level 4). Melinda completed her advanced practical certification Sari Mejía Santo (Master Instructor) in New York. Melinda has been teaching clients at Kinetic Pilates since mid 2011.

Melinda has a Bachelor of Science (Occupational Therapy) with Distinction from Perth, Australia (1998) and a Post graduate Diploma in Sustainable Tourism from Murdoch University Perth  Australia, with a special interest in accessible nature based tourism (2004).

Working as an Occupational Therapist in Australia, Ireland and England, Melinda has extensive experience in community and hospital settings maximising the independence of children and adults with wide ranging illness and injury. She is currently employed by a central London NHS Trust as a Clinical Occupational Therapist in Injury Prevention and people moving and handling. She is a back care specialist and applies this knowledge and expertise to her teaching.

With a love of physical activity including triathlon, yoga and Pilates, Melinda was devastated after suffering a back injury two years ago. After a long rehabilitation process and Rebecca’s instruction at Kinetic Pilates, she commenced the Romana’s Pilates training program with view to assist others in optimising their physical performance regardless of body type, age or injury.

Mark Boldin – Romana's Pilates Instructor Level V, choreographer, performer 

Mark Boldin began his Pilates training with Ersilia Nikpalj in Zagreb, Croatia before entering the Instructor Training Programme in The Hague, Netherlands where he studied with Marjorie Oron and  Jane Poerwoatmodjo. He  was certified in New York  by Sari Mejia.

As a dancer and choreographer Mark has been performing, creating and teaching with dance and theatre companies across Europe for over 25 years. Discovering the Pilates method as beneficial and essential for his work as a 'moving' artist he today often uses it, as well as Yoga, in workshops and theatre productions. Mark continues to work as a freelance artist and occasionally works as an educator with vulnerable young people.

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