Vicky Stuart-Jones
Founder of Pilates Centre in 2000, Vicky is a registered physiotherapist and Polestar Pilates certified instructor. She has been teaching Pilates since 1999 and has been continuing with ongoing education in Pilates, NKT (neurokinetic therapy advanced level), anatomy trains (myofascial) and physiotherapy courses and workshops. She has completed courses in pelvic health and corrective exercise, and womens health.
Vicky believes passionately in the healing power of movement and strives to empower her clients to understand their bodies better to improve their quality of life.
Her outside interests include drumming in a samba band, playing guitar, dancing, paddle boarding, tramping and enjoying being with family and friends at her Raglan home.
Shaun Stuart-Jones
Co-owner of Pilates Centre, Shaun is a very experienced specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist with advanced manual therapy qualifications, Polestar Pilates trained, certified in advanced neurokinetic therapy and is a certified weight training instructor. He has studied primal movement training, advanced Oov training, anatomy (immaculate dissection), anatomy trains (myofascial). He has been a physiotherapist for King Country rugby and Waikato rep teams and works with top athletes and members of the NZ rowing team as a specialist provider of Pilates.
Shaun is a competitive Masters rower in international and national competitions.
Belinda Freeman
Belinda is an advanced Pilates Instructor certified through Polestar Pilates and has been teaching Pilates for over 15 years, prior to this she has been a personal trainer, and group exercise/ aerobics instructor at local gyms. She continues to study movement, attending Pilates workshops and courses, Oov training, Pilates for pregnancy and has studied Pilates for the older adult and osteoporosis. Belinda teaches our Bone Builders classes and also our more advanced reformer repertoire.
