Alissa is originally from Kent, England, but she spent half her life living overseas in Australia and a lot of time traveling the world, exploring new and exciting places.
During her time in Australia, she trained as a Personal Trainer and sports massage therapist. Working in gyms and with private clients.
She enjoyed hobbies such as Lyra hoop, trapeze, snowboarding, quad biking, hiking, and powerlifting.
Unfortunately, these took a toll on her body and after several injuries, she decided to take a step back from it all, so she spent 3yrs repairing her own body with Mat Pilates, classical equipment Pilates, reformer classes, mobility training, functional strength training and rehabilitation exercises.
She paid for her own private coaches during this healing phase and now she gets to share that extensive firsthand knowledge with others.
She fell in love with Pilates and how it helped her with her rehabilitation process.
So, when she returned to living in the UK in March 2020, she qualified as a Mat Pilates instructor and continued with her reformer qualifications along with plenty of CPDs such as Tower, Pilates chair, pre/post-natal and jump board, increasing her knowledge further.
She also completed her exercise referral diploma allowing her to work with NHS/GP patients, as she really found a passion for helping people to fix their body’s, ease their pain and get them strong again.
She used to teach in studios in London but now she is the head trainer in a beautiful studio in Kent and hopes to have her own studio one day.
Her classes are a mix of classical, contemporary, dynamic and gym exercises, blending the best of all styles together to give a strong full body workout.