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Clare Bannister, Teachers at Lotus health and fitness

Clare 

Clare is the principle teacher and founder of Lotus Health and Fitness. She’s a Pilates and Yoga loving foodie who has worked in the health, fitness and well-being industry for over 25 years. Clare is trained in Hatha Yoga and the contemporary STOTT PILATES® method for Matwork and Reformer Pilates. Through her ongoing training in Pilates, she has gained qualifications in pre and post natal, Pilates for Back Care and Classical Pilates. Clare gained a BSc degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, leading to a career lecturing nutrition, developing and delivering training, and managing the programme at a large Central London Health Club.

Following her lifelong passions for health, nutrition, cooking and the therapeutic affect of food, Clare is also an Ayurvedic Nutritionist and Ayurvedic Massage therapist.

Clare’s integrated ‘East meets West’ approach to health and well-being delivers total health – a truly happy and healthy body and heathy mind.

Sandra, Teachers at Lotus health and fitness

Sandra

Teaching for over 25 years in the fitness industry has given Sandra a fantastic perspective on how to achieve your personal fitness goals – a health body is the key to a healthy mind!

Taking a wealth of experience from local health centres and London’s Premier Health Clubs Sandra is also a fully qualified STOTT PILATES® Instructor, Total Barre™ instructor and personal trainer. Sandra’s classes & PT sessions are fun, creative and very thorough. Her love of dance, theatre and entertaining really make her classes come alive.

 
Sandra, Teachers at Lotus health and fitness

Everton

Trained in the STOTT PILATES Method, Everton has a keen eye and has worked with many body types of all ages and levels of experience. Moving forward with continued education, his focus is fixed on Pilates for special populations.

With an energised teaching style he gives, but also demands a lot from clients in both  group classes and one to one sessions. Realising the great benefits Pilates holds for the body Everton continues to develop in all areas in this field always achieving great results. With many years experience teaching dance, Everton has transferred skills and developed a teaching style all of his own. Using that energy one would find in a dance studio with encouraging and motivating phrasing through the exercises any client taking class with Everton will feel revitalising and long lasting results.

Karren, Teachers at Lotus health and fitness

Karen

I have been practicing yoga for over 15 years in some shape or form. Having my first baby made me realise that I had to invest in myself to ensure I could show up more effectively for my family. Throughout this time period yoga became such a treat for me and having a growing family, as well as a demanding job in the city, it became an essential part of my life. So much so that I decided to train as a yoga teacher in 2015 with the world renowned Katy Appleton. Before this training I really saw yoga as lovely way to move your body, but throughout this intensive course it became so much more. Once this box was opened for me I found it impossible to shut and I went on to immerse myself fully into the world of yoga and teaching.

The style of yoga I teach is Vinyasa flow, which means linking postures together to form short sequences that can be constantly changed and played around with. I pride myself on creating new classes each which link breath body and spirit so that anyone attending will learn more about works for their own individual sense of self. 

 
Anna, Teachers at Lotus health and fitness

Anna

Anna has been practicing Yoga for over 15 years and is a 600hr registered teacher, including pre and post natal. Anna is dedicated to supporting her clients to progress.  She is thankful to her teachers; Andrea Everingham who ignited the fire and Stewart Gilchrist Emi Tull, and Marcus Veda who keeps it burning. 

 
Anna, Teachers at Lotus health and fitness

Justine

Since her initial 200-hour teacher’s training with Casey Chiang, a student of both Ana T. Forrest and Dylan Werner, Justine has expanded her teacher’s training repertoire extensively. She has attended masterclasses and workshops with Jared McCann, Patrick Beach, Jason Crandell and London School of Hand Balance’s Master Sainaa. In 2023 she completed Advanced 50-hour teacher’s training with Ambra Vallo and was coached in handstands by hand-balancer Manuele D’Aquino.

Justine teaches and practices by Patanjali’s principle: “Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.” There is nothing more rewarding than to be part of the journey others undertake on their mats and to witness how that journey transcends the mat more and more.
Anna, Teachers at Lotus health and fitness

Yas

Yasmin is a sculpt, barre and yoga teacher. She trained as an actor, before realising her heart lies with movement. One life changing trip to Rishikesh, India and she was back on the mats, this time teaching in London. She has since taught and trained as a barre instructor with some of London’s best barre studios, later adding sculpt to her offerings. Yas’s practice is fun, strong and always led with kindness. Expect a motivating playlist and layered sequences!

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Following a bad ankle sprain one of our clients avoided coming back to class thinking they wouldn’t be able to practice. The opposite is actually true…If you suffer a limb injury, your practice can form part of your rehabilitation. In fact, I often see people recovering from an injury that are performing the exercises with greater control, concentration, precision and most importantly moving from their centre. The added awareness means their focus on the principles of Pilates is greater. Your practice also identifies the imbalances that occur post injury. Taking the strain off the injured side and overloading the stronger side can lead to further injury. When you continue with your practice, we continue to teach you the method with consideration to the injury, adapting the exercise and working with other pieces of apparatus. Always be sure to mention any injuries to your teacher and let us help adapt the class to your needs. #Pilates #HighamsPark #PilatesEastLondon ...
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Yoga Inversions Workshop with Justine ✨Ready to flip your yoga practice upside down?If you have the drive but need confidence or technique, this workshop is your launchpad.Inversions take time—and we rarely get that in regular classes. This session gives you the space to build solid foundations and master the skills behind handstands, forearm balances, and headstands.This workshop is for anyone with a regular yoga practice who wants to boost upside-down confidence and refine technique for more consistent inversions.Get focused time, space, and guidance to level up. Book your space via the Bsport app or the link in comments️⬇️ Yoga Inversions Workshop: Saturday 3rd October 12.45pm - 2.45pm#yogaworkshop #yogainversions #highamspark ...
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