New Classes and Instructors

Ballet

Instructor: Gemma Brannigan
Born in Cardiff, Wales and trained at the Royal Ballet School, London. Gemma has completed 20 years training in Classical Ballet and 10 years in ISTD Tap and Modern dance as well as other disciplines including contemporary and street styles. Her choreographic work started at the Rubicon, Cardiff as a dance teaching assistant. She now continues to teach choreographic sessions and interpretation to music to ages 6- 13 years, adult dance fitness, zumba, salsa, beginners' ballet, beginners tap and produces annual workshops.

Gemma comments, "I am really looking forward to teaching the public the basics of a true art. Ballet has been my life for over 20 years and I am delighted to be able to finally give something back. Dancers or people looking to engage with a new dance style, choose ballet, the complete overall body toning session."

Hip Hop

Instructor: Francesca Parma
Fran has been dancing all her life. From a young age she enjoyed Jazz, Tap and Street Dance at a local dance school, and then started Hip Hop classes when she came to university, falling in love with the style of dance and has been training for three years. She regularly travels to London to train at Pineapple Dance Studios, and is constantly looking to learn different styles of hip hop and improve.

Fran comments, ''Dancing is such a great way to exercise; it is great cardio, whilst working all the muscles in the body. It improves flexibility and is great for memory! I love it because it makes exercising fun, the music is always up beat and lively which creates a great atmosphere in classes. No matter what level you are, even if you've never danced before, come and check it out! You'll love it!''

Flo Yoga

Instructor: Karolina Kluz
Karolina embarked on her yogic journey in 2007 in hope of rehabilitating previous shoulder and spinal injuries. She has always been fascinated with the mechanics of the body and initially her practice was mostly driven by physical demands. Overtime her awareness shifted and her practice gained spiritual, emotional, and mental insight. In July 2009 in Calgary, AB, Canada she completed a teacher-training course at Yoga Passage, which inspired Karolina to deepen her own practice and to share the benefits of yoga with others.

Karolina comments, ''Yoga truly is a gift. It allows us to delve deeper and to acknowledge our points of physical and emotional weakness as well strength. That acknowledgment can help us balance out the physical body and transcends into other aspects of our lives. I enjoy teaching dynamic yoga with a focus on victorious breath, strength, awareness of the body, as well as long holds that challenge our inner determination. I think we are all our own best teachers and yoga gives us an opportunity to really listen, feel, pay attention, and to learn from ourselves. It's powerful stuff!''

TRX - Class coming soon!

Instructor / TRX Suspension Trainer: Rhys Thomas Oxenham
TRX Suspension Training bodyweight exercise is one of the most versatile training systems around. We set up the portable TRX® Suspension Trainer™ and carefully monitor you to perform hundreds of exercises that build power, strength, flexibility, balance, mobility, and prevent injuries - all at the intensity you choose. There are hundreds of exercises that you can do virtually anywhere. It helps build power, strength, toning, flexibility, balance and endurance and can help with nearly every goal. The TRX can also be used for rehabilitation of an injury.

Rhys comments, ''The TRX is one of the most versatile workout tools available at the moment. It uses a lot of compound movements, which means when you use it, you always work more than one muscle. The TRX activates your Core muscles in most of the exercises too - meaning that you are more likely to see results - fast! TRX can be used for many different goals and exercises and can be progressed to make it as hard as you like, thus making it a great tool for new gym users or experienced athletes.