About Ellen Leigh the Teacher
With 30 years teaching experience, as a 4th Generation Pilates Instructor, I am very comfortable in assisting people to move their body. Beginning with Classical dance, I made my way to Sydney and into the wider world of Dance where I attained a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance) & went onto freelance musical theatre & contemporary dance performances. Alas, Injury and exhaustion headed me into the world of Pilates where I was soon teaching this discipline to a collection of business men & women, elite athletes & broken down dancers. I later returned to the Sunshine Coast here I continued teaching at a number of studios that offered accreditation in Gyrotonics, Pilates Barre, Aerial Pilates & a variety of Yoga disciplines.
With an interest in the body’s desire to heal I have explored avenues in rehabilitative therapies & natural nutrition that I apply firstly to myself as a pledge to the ongoing adaptation that assists the frequent change that occurs within my own body.
I have a love of deep stretching as a way to restore the nervous system & as a means to complement the body’s instinctive ability to self-heal.
I also believe in combining the natural breath consciously as a way to promote mind-body communication & integration.
My mind- body training extends to a Masters in Neuro Linguistic Programming which has given me the tools to bridge the gap between class content & client education. As the mind & body are integral to each other, the verbal communication between myself & my student is equally as important as the class repertoire.
When class content is spoken in a way the student can understand it, it is then that the transformation can begin. The transformation inspires the pathways of learning to become open & receptive – it is a chemical reaction that occurs.. both student & teacher are transformed
‘Freedom in Function’ – “Movement is a pathway that can facilitate physical & mental health & wellbeing. As individuals we are innately designed to live in health & freedom. This freedom is present when we embrace our natural strengths with our internal rhythm or ‘dance’. When we ‘dance to the beat of our own drum’, mind-body alignment can occur
Bachelor Creative Arts – Dance
APMA Comprehensive Pilates Certification
BASI Comprehensive Pilates Certification
SCBA Ballet Teaching: Studio Operation
Bonfire Hot Yoga Teacher
Xtend Barre Certification
Aerial Pilates & Yoga Certification
Masters Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Mother of Two Beautiful Children