Kate’s owned and run Pilates Plus and The Lilley Clinic for the last ten years. She’s a fully qualified, practising physio and Pilates instructor, who teaches classes, treats patients and generally takes care of our whole team.

She trained at Oxford Brookes University and before Pilates Plus she worked at Nottingham Queen’s Medical Centre and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, where she specialised in post-orthopaedic surgery rehabilitation.

When Kate’s not here in the studio, you’ll find her looking after her two children, heading out for a run and keeping our bookings ship shape.

Molly is a fully certified Pilates instructor having worked with Nuffield Health for several years teaching classes of mixed ability. She also works closely with 1-2-1 clients specialising in pre and post-natal sessions and loves seeing her clients progress over time.

Molly is always continuing her training and on the lookout for new and fresh ideas to bring to her Pilates classes offering different challenges for her members.

Before finding her passion for Pilates, Molly worked as a professional actress. Outside of the studio she loves her strength training in the gym and is working towards her first half iron-man distance triathlon.

Liza is a chartered physiotherapist and APPI-qualified Pilates instructor who’s been part of the Pilates Plus team for 15 years. Pilates plays a huge part in her personal fitness, enabling her to compete in triathlons and half marathons.

She has over 30 years experience in the NHS – 15 spent working as an advanced physiotherapy practitioner specialising in spines. With an underlying spinal issue of her own, due to a minor accident as a teenager, Liza has first-hand knowledge of the impact and treatments of back pain.

She has an MSc from Oxford University in the evaluation of healthcare, and firmly believes laughing uses the same deep core muscles as Pilates – something that’s apparent in her classes!

Emily’s been a Pilates instructor since 2011 and finds it a really rewarding job. She’s always been fascinated by health and wellbeing, and loves the way Pilates gets people moving, whatever age and ability they are.

After graduating with a degree in exercise and sports science from the University of Sydney, Emily saw first-hand how Pilates helped her father recover from back surgery. That motivated her to take a Diploma in Professional Pilates, and she’s never looked back.

Emily’s represented Tasmania as a runner and hockey player, and is also a certified barre attack instructor. Outside work, she enjoys being in the great outdoors, whether she’s running, swimming, waterskiing or getting stuck into a good book.

Debbie’s a chartered physiotherapist and APPI-qualified Pilates instructor who’s been teaching Pilates since 2004 and loves sharing her passion for exercise and fitness.

As a physio, Debbie specialises in musculoskeletal problems. As well as teaching here at Pilates Plus, she works part-time in the NHS as a first-contact physio, and part-time in private practice.

Her lifelong love of running has taken her on amazing adventures, including running seven marathons in seven days on the Wainwright coast-to-coast route, and completing the 150 mile Marathon des Sables in the Sahara desert. Since 2010, she’s also worked as advisor and assistant editor on a number of books, including The Concise Book of Muscles by Chris Jarmey.

Alex is a chartered physiotherapist with a long-standing love for Pilates. An expert in mat work and reformer techniques, she trained with both the APPI and Body Control Pilates (BCP), and firmly believes in sharing the benefits of good movement and posture in her classes.

Having qualified as a physio at King’s College London in 1998, Alex worked in both the NHS and private practice, specialising in musculoskeletal and orthopaedic physio, with a particular focus on occupational health and healthy backs.

After moving to sunny Bermuda and starting a family, she came back to Britain and joined us here at Pilates Plus in 2012. Alex still regularly takes courses with BCP, and is currently developing a new specialism in Pilates for equestrians.