Kinetic Pilates Instructors
Comprehensively Trained Traditional Instructors
All instructors at Kinetic Pilates were trained by Romana’s Pilates. The training programme consists of a minimum of 700 hours of apprenticeship and 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.
All instructors at Kinetic Pilates were trained by Romana’s Pilates. The training programme consists of a minimum of 700 hours of apprenticeship and 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 fifteen years and was head of the dance and Btec department at The Susi Earnshaw Theatre School until she left in 2010 to have her 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 also works as a freelance website content and copywriter. His movement background includes triathlon, yoga, qigong and internal martial arts (taiji and xingyi) and he is certified in practical shiatsu, continuing with more advanced study at the Zen School of Shiatsu. Jay 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 what pilates does to the body and wants to help others experience both of these. |
