Hana Jones

Professional Standards Advisor

Pilates has been at the centre of my physical self-practice for over 45 years and it continues to challenge me as I gain ever more understanding of how my body moves and changes with the passing years.  

As I continue to search for new and different approaches to my work, regularly returning to the anatomy of the body in movement and the fundamental principles of the Pilates Method has helped me to keep evolving as a teacher, even after 40 years of teaching clients and training others.

I love working with teachers who want to continue learning and growing and who seek to keep their teaching interesting and lively.

Nita Amin

Finance & Strategy Advisor

Nita discovered Pilates for rehabilitation from a car accident after a long search for a pathway to recovery. Deeply inspired by what felt like a miracle, she trained as Matwork Teacher at The Place in 2004 and continued bridging training with Anne Marie Zulkahari and Hana Jones until 2009. Nita continues to practice and teach Pilates as a form which extends far beyond the physical experience, evolving as a mental and spiritual discipline, which she integrates with her practice of mindfulness in the Plum Village tradition.
Nita is also Chartered Accountant with extensive experience leading finance functions and advisory roles across a wide range of SMEs, owner managed, not for profit and start-up businesses. She bring a values-led approach rooted in collaboration, community and sustainability to her role as Finance and Strategy Advisor at the Pilates Foundation.
Nita cares greatly about the role of the organisation in supporting and developing its community of teachers and as a leading professional body.

Natasha Alpe

Board Member

Natasha Alpe is a comprehensive trained Pilates Foundation Pilates teacher. She graduated in December 2011 from Trinity School of Music and Dance LABAN under the tutelage of Jessica Moolenaar.  Natasha’s background in contemporary dance combined with her love of the moving body drives her passion to help people move more efficiently. “I am always inspired by the precision and power of Pilates and how it makes your body feel”.

After graduating, Natasha taught in many apparatus Pilates studios in London as well teaching 1:1’s in client’s homes.  She now lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire and enjoys the challenges of being mum to two young boys and teaching at Pilates Works in South Woodchester.

Natasha loves being on the PF Board, her current focus is workshop coordinator and scheduling Sunday Online Mat Sessions for PF members.

Rosie Minogue

Board Member

I have always been interested in physicality and how the body works but at school I could never see the point of competitive sport and as drama was my main thing I found myself working in Theatre in Education for some years. That morphed into comedy writing with a sideline in comedy promotion along with a music degree. So I came to Pilates quite late (in 1998) after the birth of my first child had left my body in a mess. It was chance that I began with a foundation teacher. It made a massive difference and made so much sense. After a few years and another child, and a differently trained teacher who I found very frustrating I wanted to learn more and so started to look for training. | was really disappointed with what I found. I only came across courses that seemed very limited in their ambition and curriculum so I didn’t go for it until 2004 when I found the Pilates Foundation Matwork training at The Place and that set me off on my journey as a teacher. My training continued with Hana Jones and Anne-Marie Zulkahari and I qualified as a studio teacher in 2011. I now have a small studio in North London.

Cat Proudfoot

Board Member

Cat started practising Pilates at the age of 18, from that moment she knew that she wanted others to know how beneficial Pilates could be, not only as a means of rehabilitation, but also for everyday life. She believes strongly that the development of deeper body awareness using the Pilates method can lead to better overall health and wellbeing.

Cat trained with Sasha McLennan & Winona Holl through the Pilates Foundation in London in 2014 and later bridged with Sasha in 2017.

Cat prides herself on providing a supportive and empowering environment for anybody, working on functional movement to not only assist you in class, but in everyday life also.