Five minutes with Phoebe Cole, APPI Pilates course presentor, on her journey with Pilates

We chat with Phoebe Cole, APPI Pilates course presenter, on her journey with Pilates and why she recommends APPI's Pilates Instructor Certification.

When did you first commence your journey with Pilates and why?

I started my Pilates training in 2013 when I decided as a practising myotherapist I wanted to be able to give my clients more rehabilitation from injury, pain or dysfunction. 

You teach APPI's Matwork & Reformer Pilates Course for those with no healthcare background. Why would you recommend this course to someone wanting to become a Pilates teacher? 

The course has encompassed everything that a Pilates matwork & reformer person needs to walk out of the training and be able to teach. I love how the training is set up by APPI, it’s clear concise and fun. The contact hours enable the students to have one on one learning especially with anatomy and exercise prescription to be able to ask questions and also practice with each other. This gives the students confidence and you can tell when we practice all together.

What is your favourite Pilates exercise and why?

I love seal, it’s about true core integration as well as having mobility throughout spine. If you don’t have those then you can’t do it! However once you can finally do it, it’s not only rewarding it’s also fun.

How has Pilates changed your life?

Pilates has changed my life and allowed me to feel better in myself than I ever have before. Talking to my body through Pilates movement and exercise not only makes me feel stronger and taller and more centred but it makes me appreciate my body and all the things that it can do.

What are you inspired by (person, place or idea)?

I’m inspired by anyone who is in the health and well-being industry, as it’s a wonderful profession to be able to help people feel better in themselves and especially through movement such as Pilates. If everyone could have a deeper connection with their body through awareness and movement, mental health would decline

Do you have a favourite quote?

Someone else is happy with less than what you have

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