Pilates PT

13/10/2026

07/10/2026

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I love lifting weights. The fifty-minute round trip before I’ve actually done any lifting? Slightly less enthusiastic about that.

I’m really proud of finishing my half Ironman. But alongside all the swimming, cycling and running, I missed having more time for the training I’ve always loved.

My dad and brother compete in strongman, so strength has always been a big thing in our family. Picking up something heavy makes me happy. It doesn’t need to be more complicated than that.

What does get complicated is finding the time. Between running , clients, school runs and everything else, going to the gym can mean finding a two-hour gap. And there aren’t many of those going spare.

So have kindly gifted me their Box Plus to try in our home studio. We’ve been unpacking it and getting everything set up, and I’m excited about having the option to lift without organising half my day around it.

It won’t replace everything I do at the gym. Pilates isn’t going anywhere either, obviously. But it gives me another option.

A longer session when there’s time. A couple of exercises when there isn’t.

It doesn’t have to be an hour or nothing.

I’ll share how I get on once I’ve had more time using it. For anyone also trying to fit strength training around family life, I’ve popped the FITTLE details in the link in my bio.

What’s the exercise you genuinely love, but struggle to make time for?

05/10/2026

Feeling ridiculously lucky to live this life, live in this location, and be surrounded by people who make me so happy. Makes up for the classic biz owner quarterly VAT stress, the (still) broken sleep, and the world rapidly descending into chaos 😬

Corfe Castle is a must if you’re Dorset bound, or have a family member who needs a night in the stocks.

Absolute highlight this summer was seeing my local haunt Durdle Door from the “other side”. Swimming the 3.5kms from Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door with Mamma Swim CIC .swimming was absolutely incredible!!

The annual Pumpkin Festival at Square & Compass Pub with so many mates. As wacky, and as Dorset, as always. 10/10 recommend.

My boys ❤️

The garden delivering. Because who doesn’t need this much squash!?

Just two old slags at Lulworth Cove Katie OConnor

Sneaking in a little sun whilst hosting my guest retreat in Montpellier. I promise I did lots of work too 😜

POV: trying to have a proper catch up with your husband whilst you’re away on work, but you also have kids.

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Sitting on Lulworth Cliff, looking out to sea, with my loves ❤️

I hope he looks back on camping in Skippy, drinking cereal milk from the bowl, in his PJ’s, in the sun, with fondness ❤️ I know I will.

Ian “Wright on the beach”. Give me your favourite Chippy puns 👇 Is there anything better than fish and chips on the beach, with mates, and a can of coke!?

A summer spent frequenting the local amusement arcades 🫠 Note to self: don’t ask the kids what they want to do today.

Man O War beach (one of my favourite local beaches) looking 😍

Greenhouse delivery 🍅

I could spend all day photographing French graffiti, street names, and front doors 😍

Dinner ready on retreat 🍅

The best welcome home from retreat ❤️

The Mamma Swim CIC legends! See you next year ladies ❤️

02/10/2026

I said what I said. Don’t let the Pilates Princess/Pilates Bod/Pilates Police trends put you off the thing your body (and brain) would love to do. It’s not a test, you don’t need to be great at it. You just need to DO IT ❤️

Anyone else fed up of the non-inclusive, aesthetic-driven, perfection-pushing side of Pilates culture at the moment!?

And FYI - instructors love beginners ❤️

04/09/2026

And that’s a wrap. I’ve had 2 studios in London over the last 12 years, and they are now both closed. Whilst tears have been shed, it’s for the benefit of The Bump Plan®️| TTC/Pre/Postnatal as we continue to grow and develop (big plans incoming). Here’s a little trip down memory lane 😭 there’s too many photos to share!

Sandy was one of my first studio “colleagues”. Couldn’t close without bringing her back one last time 🐾

We’ve been so lucky to have gained so much press over the years, including a Tatler Gym Award for Best Pilates Studio, and appearing on the front (top banner) of The Sunday Times on the day I gave birth to Kit (randomly).

Thank you to all journo’s, influencers and PR’s who helped us over the years - especially you Tori Lutz | Self-Trust Coach ❤️

Baby Kit visiting the studio to keep an eye on it

Baby Freya sitting in on staff training, to check for gaps in our knowledge ✏️

Baby Freya bun in the oven ❤️

Filming for The Model Method Online years ago, with my producer Sandy 🐾

Post-wedding bliss at the studio. So many life milestones celebrated and discussed with clients there 💍

Shooting with the amazing Daniel Hamshere for our new studio website

The first ever photo of the studio on opening day 😍

Baby Sandy causing chaos 🐾

Sandy’s favourite client 😬

The big man The Hedgerow Kitchen helping me build Studio number 2 at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London in Knightsbridge, mid-Covid it would seem

The most beautiful of settings for our 2nd studio Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London

The 2nd studio 😍 Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London

Baby Freya + tummy time ❤️

Studio number 2 was a beaut 👌🏻

Very lucky to have spent my life helping others move, whilst also getting to fit movement into my life.

Such a special piece from the late Poppy Chancellor ❤️ I was so proud when I bought it and it’s now in my Dorset studio.

The last photo before the studio started being sold off 😭 You’ve been dreamy. Now to make this decision worth it 💪🏼

19/08/2026

Pilates teachers….what have I missed? 😜

18/08/2026

Summer 2026 you’ve been lush.

👆🏼 Square Fayre with my faves ❤️

Meeting my mum in London for an “arty” tourist day with Freya in tow too 😍

Riding the tube and being tourists with Freya 🚇

The veg patch DELIVERING!!!! 🎃

I want to eat this gorgeous human who’s been in my life 20 years ❤️

Lost my jellyfish virginity 🪼

Watching the eclipse with the kids from “Scratchy Bottom” with just a pinhole camera (cereal box), a picnic and a b**r ❤️

Weymouth Ironman 70.3 training with my training bestie .mintcake has actually been a highlight 🚲

More craft projects than I can shake a paintbrush at 🎨

Walking to Winspit for a swim with the kids - peak memories 🌊

So much time spent at The Sprout & Bean this summer and I am not complaining 🍕

Battle of the Dorset legends 😜 Square & Compass Pub

Summer nights in Skippy and Maud 🚐

Mid-cycle coffee and banana bread The Sprout & Bean 🚲

Dinner at Mark Hix house was a highlight! A 6-course meal cooked before my eyes by a real legend to The Hedgerow Kitchen and I 👨‍🍳

2 of my favourite cooks ❤️ Only one came home with me 😜

Ready for Camp Bestival. But was Camp Bestival ready for us?

Dinner party heaven Mark Hix 🐟

Getting a new seaweed tattoo with the best in the business Jo Chastney | Fine line tattoo artist l Twin parent 🪸

Spending 1:1 time with Freya whilst she’s off school (which has basically involved a crafty bits tour of Dorset🎨)

14/08/2026

Imagine having to work with the guy too 🫠