Meet the Team
Our team shares a passion for health, fitness and community. Our staff members come to us with years of experience helping people become the best versions of themselves. Whether your goals are weight loss, fine tuning or just to get in shape and have fun, we’ll make sure you reach every single one.
Managing Director
Aida Pecelyte
I specialize in guiding individuals through the management of chronic pain, weight loss, and the pursuit of overall well-being. With a track record of assisting numerous clients, I am committed to tailoring personalized strategies that address their unique needs and goals. My clients have overcome challenges and achieved all the goals by integrating a holistic approach encompassing yoga, Pilates, and other effective techniques. I have helped my clients in attaining lasting weight loss through dietary adjustments, physical activity, and promoting their overall well-being. My dedication is to guide clients on their path to optimal health and vitality, ensuring they not only address chronic conditions but also flourish in all areas of life.
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Level 3 Personal Trainer
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Level 3 Pilates Instructor
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RYT 500 Yoga Teacher
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Kettlebell Instructor
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First Aid
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Nutrition
Team Leader | Fitness Coach | Personal Trainer
Liz Jabourian
I have helped clients with weight loss and lean muscle gain through various resistance training & free weights all with lasting effects using diet to maintain their result. I specialize in high intensity but low impact circuit training, HIIT and LIIT body conditioning. To me exercise should be as fun as possible so after a session you feel energized and feel like you can achieve anything! I am a pre-and post-natal trainer- my inspiration came from closing my own abdominal separation after having my second child through post-natal Pilates based exercises. My goal is to help clients gain healthy lasting habits and confidence so they feel they can achieve anything in life and in the gym.
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Level 2 Gym Instructor
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Level 3 Personal Trainer
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CPD in Pre-and Post-Natal
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First Aid
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Nutrition
Fitness Coach | Personal Trainer
Anthony Brooking
With over a decade of experience as a Personal Trainer, I have had the privilege of working across numerous gyms in London, Essex, and Hampshire. Throughout my career, I have honed my expertise in guiding individuals toward their fitness goals, with a particular focus on fat loss and muscle gain. I employ a diverse range of methods, including tailored weight training programs, customized nutrition plans, and appropriate supplementation strategies, to ensure that my clients achieve their desired outcomes. Moreover, my approach extends beyond physical transformation; I am deeply committed to supporting my clients' mental well-being. Through my years of practice, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative impact of a balanced approach to fitness, encompassing both physical and mental aspects.
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Level 2 Gym Instructor
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Level 3 Personal Trainer
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First Aid
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Nutrition
Personal Trainer | Front Of House
Max Phillips
I originally got into the fitness industry because of my own struggles with injury. I was given the option of corrective surgery and never play again or spend 3 years of having treatment and doing rehabilitation exercises and through this I learnt a lot about the body and discovered a passion for helping people come back from injury, as well as achieving their health and fitness goals.
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Level 3 Personal Trainer
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Kettlebell Instructor
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Strength and Functional Coach
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Padwork Instructor
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Outdoor Fitness
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First Aid
Fitness Coach | Personal Trainer | Front Of House
Claire Porter
My aim is to encourage people of all abilities to get fit and improve their wellbeing by providing a supportive space and a friendly face and environment for them to do so. I know how being unfit and having underlying health conditions can affect your whole life, and I want to help those who want to bring about a positive change to theirs. I also have a real passion for nutrition and the power of food as medicine and how what we eat and how we fuel our bodies has a huge impact on our performance and wellbeing. I would love nothing more than to use my own experience and my own journey to help others feel amazing and reach their goals!
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Level 2 Gym Instructor
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Level 3 Personal Trainer
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First Aid
Fitness Coach | Personal Trainer | Front Of House
Barbara Lofts
Sport has been my life since childhood having been a swimmer and runner from an early age, later taking up cycling and dabbling with triathlons.I have worked in the sport industry for over 30 years, qualifying as a PT 6 years ago.
I am passionate about all aspects of sport, health and helping people realise their individual potential and reaching their goals.I believe everyone can achieve a healthy lifestyle, fitting in exercise around their existing life patterns in order to preserve health into mid and later life.
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Level 3 Personal Trainer
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Level 5 Sports Massage Therapist
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Swimming Teacher
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Outdoor Fitness
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First Aid
Personal Trainer
Mohammed Halim
I have 20 years experience in the fitness industry and have been a personal trainer for over 8 years. I got onto this path because I enjoyed every aspect of fitness that was involved with boxing and wanted to share that with other people. My favourite part of fitness is the feeling of success and personal achievement that you get from a good workout. This was the main thing that I wanted to share with others as it creates an extremely positive mindset towards exercise.
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Level 3 YMCA Personal Trainer
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HIIT Training Coach
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Level 1 Boxing Coach
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First Aid
Zumba Teacher
Sharon Poole
I have been teaching all aspects of Dance & Fitness for many years and still love the challenge and rewards it brings. Many students have qualified as teachers or have gone on to dance professionally. Teaching Zumba & Fitness has been great fun and a wonderful way of exercising not just the body but the brain to remember all the dance moves. I also do Private lessons to help towards Exams or for events such as a first Wedding Dance.
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Associate Member IDTA in Ballet
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Qualified Zumba Teacher & Fitness
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First Aid
Personal Trainer | Yoga and Pilates Teacher
Rachel Parnell
My health and fitness career began when I ran my first London marathon at 18, having been dancing for most of my life exercise has always been a central part of my daily routine. After suffering from back pain during my training, I moved my focus to functional movement and bodyweight exercises to help perfect my technique. My training focuses on short HIIT style circuits that can be done in any environment, as well as training for my next marathon I also run a university programme helping students to keep active and fit in exercise around their studies. I want people to enjoy their workouts, Exercise doesn’t have to involve hours on the treadmill or machines - we can take your training back to basics and have fun at the same time!
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Level 3 Personal Training
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CPD in Padwork
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CPD in Barre Pilates
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GP Referral
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200 FLY Yoga Teacher
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Sport and Exercise Nutrition
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Allied member British Dietetic Association
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Pre-and-Post Natal
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First Aid
Nia Teacher
Erica Gee
It's my passion and privilege to share Nia, this wonderful wellness practice. I've always loved dance and movement so was blessed to find Nia, fall in love with it as a student and then train to teach it. When not sharing Nia or learning more about it on a daily basis, I am enjoying time with my family, baby granddaughter and my garden. You might have seen that we learn about Nia via a Belt system and I'm a Blue Belt, currently taking my Brown. I am also trained to deliver Nia 'Moving to Heal' classes and I incorporate these for my students. The learning never stops which is one of the reasons I love Nia - ever evolving, ever growing- so exciting! Teaching triples the joy that I receive and my student community is very close to my heart. You are welcome any time. All my classes and workshops are open to everyBODY, no matter what age or level of fitness. Nia has the potential in relationship with you, to self-heal...in other words to make make us feel better no matter where our 'now' body is.
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Nia Certified Teacher
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Advanced Diploma in Life Coaching with ICF and EMCC
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BA Honours in Humanities
Yoga Teacher
Silvia Talavera
I completed Yoga Teacher training near the Himalayas, in Rishikesh. I learned that yoga is a journey. Once you start practicing yoga you soon realise there is no end to that journey. I then travelled to Thailand, Cambodia and many places in Europe, living and teaching yoga. I try to make each class unique by mixing up and varying the sequences to keep things interesting. My classes can easily be adapted for beginner to intermediate students. I like to keep things achievable but also challenging for all levels.
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200 Hours Yoga Teacher
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First Aid
Yoga Teacher
Helen Mercercox
I have personally practiced Yoga for many years and following redundancy I followed my passion and retrained as a yoga teacher. I am passionate about sharing the amazing power of yoga which I combine with essential oils & ayurveda. I’d like you to feel at home & welcome in my classes, I am here to support & guide you, to help you bring some harmony into your life. I believe yoga is for everyone regardless of fitness level, size or shape, let me help you discover this wonderful practice. My classes are influenced by nature and the changing seasons, I would love to share some of this magic with you.
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200 Hours Yoga Teacher
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Level 2 Ayurveda
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First Aid
Yoga Teacher
Kate Batchelor
I can remember stepping into my first yoga class almost 24 years ago, not really knowing what to expect, but discovering that after each and every class I felt better, calmer and more confident. I soon learnt that yoga was about far more than striving for a 'perfect body', but offered so much more in relation to self acceptance, self-value and wellbeing. I'd found a passion for something that supported me both physically and mentally through the ever changing journey of life. When the time was right, I turned that passion into a career, completing my Diploma in Yoga Teaching with the British Wheel of Yoga in 2017 by which time I was teaching small weekly classes. As a keen runner I recognised first hand the benefits that yoga had on my own running and in sports, so went on to gain my Yoga in Sports Certificate with Yoga Alliance. Most recently I've also undertaken Menopause Yoga training, discovering a wealth of information, tools & techniques to help support myself and others through this transitional stage of life. My yoga teaching draws on a blend of hatha, vinyasa, sports, restorative and subtle yoga to offer your body and mind a little bit of what it needs!
Salsa Teacher
Erika Villegas
I'm Erika and I have been dancing since the age of six. I grew up in Colombia loving all the Latin rhythms: Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, and Cumbia. In my early years, I attended Swing Latino Academy where I learned the skills to perform Salsa in different styles. In 2010 I moved to Spain and I started teaching weekly group salsa lessons at the Coppelia Boite club. After the class we would finish with a nice social dance. Salsa is my passion and I would be absolutely delighted to share this beautiful Latin rhythm with you. It brings happiness to the mind and body.
Yoga Teacher
Gregor Thomson
I am delighted to join team at Bodywise as a Sunday yoga teacher. I trained as a yoga teacher after having done yoga for a number of years and developing a deep interest and love of yoga; through which I wanted to share yoga with others. I believe yoga can be for anyone and everyone. I like to keep my classes interesting with varied and mixed sequences, and options for everyone from beginners to the more experienced, while hopefully keeping a sense of fun. After all, yoga should be enjoyed.
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200 Hours Yoga Teacher