The Core Clapton team is a group of highly motivated individuals who all care deeply about improving the health and wellbeing of the local community, regardless of anyone’s financial situation.
Chaeli found pilates 14 years ago while treating a back condition and has now been teaching for 9 years.
Hygerta Shehu is a 26 year old Pilates instructor from Albania, currently based in Old Street, London, where she has lived for the past 10 years. With over 5 years of experience practising Pilates and more than a year of teaching. Alongside her work in fitness, she is pursuing a degree in digital marketing, currently in her second year of university.
Cristina started to teach yoga to help others to improve their health and balance, helping them discover true inner peace and their healthiest selves. She is also a student and practitioner of holistic therapies, crystals and sound healing. Recently, she started to work with children, through imaginative, engaging and joyful sessions, introducing the unlimited benefits of Yoga to the young souls.
Madlyn is an experienced yoga teacher who loves to make classes inclusive and fun and to help people to feel more mobile, mindful, and relaxed. She is qualified in Hatha and Perinatal yoga and loves to teach a restorative and compassionate flow. She is also a massage therapist and offers hands-on assists and massage in class.
Gio has always been connected to well-being, she was influenced by her grandmother who was a homeopath, yoga practitioner, and reiki healer. Gio has a background in psychology and counselling and has been practicing yoga since her first trip to Udaipur, India in 2008. She began her yoga teacher training in Neuroepigenetic yoga in 2021. She has deepened her study and practice of Yoga in different fields such as trauma-induced yoga and yoga for PTSD. Gio is also passionate about Kundalini Yoga and has 100 hours of training.
Gio believes in the connection between the mind and the body. In her classes, all levels are welcome. She offers a traditional Hatha yoga practice, stretches, deep breath flows, and movement to release unwanted energies in our bodies and deep relaxation. Gio also works with the chakra system and meridians of the body.
Elisa is a fully qualified Mat Pilates Instructor with an accredited L2 & L3 Diploma. Her movement experiences are rooted in Dance & Movement practices. The following quote from Joseph Pilates describes for her the importance of movement: "Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.”
Her Dynamic Pilates class includes a gentle warm up and progresses into more intense exercises. Each class will end with some stretching to improve flexibility.
Tuesdays at 6:30pm
Francesca has always taken part in sport or dance since she was a child in her native Italy; from ballet to volleyball. When she came to London, in the early '90s, she continued going to gyms for weight training and there discovered Yoga and Pilates. Initially, she was really drawn to yoga, which she had been practicing for over 25 years. Then, Francesca's first child was born. Her terrible sciatica which left me on crutches for a month. Her Acupuncturist suggested Pilates, the pain went away and she got back to who she was! Francesca then started to really get into Pilates, to the point of training to be an instructor, and here she is!
Availability: Monday 19:45 - 20:45