About our Founder, Amanda

Initially qualifying as a PT in the 90s, Amanda became an avid Ashtanga yoga practitioner and consequent teacher for 9 years before deciding in 2004 to start studying the method of Pilates. Still then a niche form of bodywork practiced mostly by ballet dancers and those in the know as a means of rehabilitation, she experienced first-hand the rehab benefits with her own back injury. Amanda qualified with the renowned Pilates Foundation in 2010 after completing 1200 hours over 2 years in order to complete each programme. This in-depth and highly professional training covered all aspects of the Pilates Method on all equipment supported by research and clinical evidence.

Her professional journey took her from London to Surrey, to work with osteopaths and health professionals at the Haslemere Clinic to help people improve self-awareness of body movement and pain relief. This was done with personal training in Pilates in her Classical equipment studio in the clinic, now in Hewshott, Liphook, Hampshire.

Post pandemic the industry changed. Amanda took herself back to work in London to share knowledge in some of the city’s most prestigious studios. She experienced an outbreak of boutique Pilates studios in the capital during this time; some bringing awareness of Joe Pilates and his method of Contrology in the form of dynamic Reformer Pilates classes, some not. Both experiences were educational. With this awareness of how the Pilates world was so changing she returned to Hampshire to make Sublime Wellness happen bringing to her clients the truest form of Pilates as Joseph Pilates intended.

The Sublime Wellness Sanctuary, now expanded and thoughtfully relocated to an exquisitely serene and rural setting, is the embodiment of a vision held for over 24 years.

Amanda’s mission is to provide conscious luxury, wellness and freedom of movement in order to live a healthy, active life free of pain delivered through the finest practitioners in holistic wellbeing.