Shawn began practising Pilates matwork while living in Japan 7 years ago. A friend of hers was a STOTT PILATES™ certified teacher which is how she was first introduced to STOTT PILATES™ method. When her family moved to Kuala Lumpur in 2005, she was able to begin using the Reformer and became even more enthusiastic about Pilates.

After training on the Reformer and small apparatus like the fit ball for 2 more years, she decided to work towards becoming a certified instructor. As of March 2007, she is certified in Level 1 Mat, Reformer and Cadillac, Chair, and Barrels. She strives to teach her clients the importance of learning and using the 5 Basic Principles in all aspects of their training.

The Principles truly are the best foundation for intelligent exercise and they can be incorporated into the way we live our daily lives. A mother of 4 children, Shawn is crowned as “wondermom” among the peers in the studio. She is truly a dynamic and ever positive person who juggles her roles as a mother, wife and instructor toward the clients full-heartedly and with well balance.

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Catherine was certified by the Certified Pilates Trainer Course collaboration with Meridian Pilates Studio from Vancouver, Canada in Kuala Lumpur. She then worked as a Pilates teacher in Kuala Lumpur until she moved to China where she established a Pilates Studio of her own.

While in China, Catherine went on to enhance her Pilates skills in Meridian Pilates Studio, Vancouver.  Later she took a trip to Germany to attend a Rolfing pre-course training called Spectrum in order to learn more about human’s anatomy.  She then decided to further specialise in Rolfing and join the course in Munich.  After she obtained her Rolfing Certification she returned to China where she continued to practise her skills until she moved back to Malaysia end of 2008.

Today she has found a way to combine both Pilates and Rolfing concepts into her everyday work.  The Rolfing skills allow her to get a good insight in the strengths and weaknesses of a person’s body, which she then works on with respective Pilates and Rolfing techniques. Pilates and Rolfing complement each other perfectly and they allow her to get the best out of each technique. Last year she further taken the Visceral Manipulation Training organized by the Barral Institute from the US and plans to continue joining the rest of its trainings.  She believes that the knowledge she learned will further benefit to her Pilates Teaching.

You can also have a look at Catherine’s Rolfing page:  www.rolfing2u.com

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