Siân Collins, Pilates teacher, smiling in her Saxonwold studio

Your teacher

Meet Siân

Siân believes movement is one of the most powerful things we can do for our quality of life, longevity and lasting wellness. When breath meets movement, it changes both body and mind.

Siân holds a BA in Human Movement Science with Honours in Biokinetics, and is a qualified and certified Pilates teacher. She completed her Body Arts and Science International (BASI) Mat Course and Comprehensive Course in 2007 and 2009 respectively, in South Africa. She taught at a classical Pilates studio in Dubai from 2011 to 2013, and has been teaching independently in Johannesburg since 2015. With 19 years of teaching behind her, she takes an individualised, attentive approach, so every session is built around the person in front of her.

Away from the studio, she's a mum of two boys and happiest on the move – running, padel, tennis, hockey, dancing, or a long walk in nature.

Training

Training & qualifications

  • 19 years teaching Pilates
  • Pilates Mat Course, 2007, South Africa
  • Comprehensive Pilates Course, 2009, South Africa
  • Taught at a Classical Pilates studio in Dubai, 2011–2013
  • Teaching independently since 2015
Siân kneeling on the reformer, working the arm straps, at her Saxonwold studio

The method

Contrology

Joseph Pilates called his method Contrology. Every exercise starts from the powerhouse: your glutes and abdominals working as one unit.

“Contrology is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit.”
Joseph H. Pilates · Return to Life Through Contrology, 1945

In the studio

  • Overhead view of Siân on the reformer, legs lifted in the straps
  • Siân lying on the reformer with long legs extended in the straps
  • Siân reaching forward in a spine stretch on a Pilates mat
  • A long, extended leg in a leather strap on the reformer
  • Siân holding one leg towards her in a mat Pilates stretch
  • Close-up of feet resting on a wooden Pilates bar

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