Vertebrae and Spring prides itself on offering teachers who are of an exceptionally high standard. All of our team have over ten years experience of teaching movement and have trained with reputable schools of Pilates. The team have all trained to work on posture, biomechanics and alignment in movement so that we can work safely with clients who come with injuries and conditions. We have knowledge of classical and contemporary Pilates so that we can offer challenge, progression and conditioning as well as adaptations and a gentle, more mindful approach when needed.
As a company Vertebrae and Spring is about standing out not just for our exceptional services but for dealing fairly and ethically with all associates. We want to promote top quality teaching in the fitness industry by valuing our teachers as professionals. The result is of course a community of excellent teachers who place exceptional value and care in what they do.
Enjoy browsing through our teacher's profiles below!
Amy Ku Redler
Amy Ku Redler is a top level health and well-being consultant. During her career she has been featured in The Times, Vogue, TimeOut, Harpers & Collins and cited as one of London’s top 100 therapists in the London Evening Standard.
She has continually developed her skill set alongside 25 years of experience in movement and therapeutic practice. She originally trained with the Pilates Foundation but has since then gained qualifications in Thai Yoga Massage, Ayurvedic Massage, Yoga, counselling and mindfulness. Developing her Pilates work in 2013, she completed her Pilates equipment training with Anne-Marie Zulkhari one of the Pilates Foundation's founding members.
More recently she completed an MA in the Traditions of Yoga and Meditation at SOAS University. There she specialised in mindfulness practices for chronic pain, for which she co-developed an 8 week programme which ran at UCLH.
A session with Amy can combine all of her skills or focus on just one discipline. Her aim is to support you on your journey to health and wellbeing in a way that is manageable and realistic alongside a modern lifestyle.
Jill Everett
Former New York City teacher Jill Everett has been passionately teaching Pilates for 20 years. As studio owner in Manhattan for 15 years, she has taught and inspired many different types of people to develop better movement, fitness and to overcome chronic injuries. She created and hosted eight Yoga, Pilates and hiking retreats abroad in xhutan, India, Mexico, Maui. She is both a certified body control Pilates teacher and Pilates Foundation teacher. As well as a certified Yoga and meditation instructor, a personal trainer, accredited Feldenkrais practitioner and vegan nutritionist. Jill is a well rounded and multi skilled practitioner and a session with her can include all of the above or just one discipline.
Jill’s teaching has earned her 5 star reviews from happy clients worldwide and she has been featured in UK and USA press and international TV. For Jill, joyful movement is the goal. Every class will be different, custom designed to give you the skills and motivation you need and most importantly have fun doing it!
Jasmin Perrow (Founder)
Jasmin Perrow's approach to movement has led her to become one of London's sought after Pilates teachers. She stands out in her clear use of anatomy and depth of knowledge in the physical and physiological workings of the body. She has worked with 90 year olds, teenagers, celebrities, global c.e.o.s, busy mums and dads and young athletes. She particularly enjoys focusing on detail, technique and body awareness during each session to enable her clients to have healthier and better functioning bodies and a greater sense of awareness in movement and presence.
She has worked alongside some of London's top physiotherapists and osteopaths in a clinical setting as well as founding her own business to serve with her ever growing private client list and promote high quality Pilates teaching and bodywork more widely.
Jasmin trained as pre and post natal specialist with Carolyn Anthony. She has qualifications in clinical anatomy from the university of Bristol, healing diastasis recti and pelvic floor dysfunction, Pilates for neurological conditions, Pilates for golfers and Pilates therapy for shoulders. More recently she has completed a four week course at Meridian university, C.A in healing collective Trauma and a short course in how to target the limbic system to reverse trauma with the national institute of behavioural medicine.
She is a member of the Pilates Foundation with whom she did her original Pilates teacher training and has a first class BA from Dartington college of arts.
Sana Basma
Sana first trained to teach Pilates mat work in 2008 with the Pilates Foundation. She went on to study with Anoushka Boone in one of the most thorough and authentic Pilates schools in the U.K. She has additional qualifications in Pre and Post Natal Pilates, Pilates for Scoliosis and Pilates for the Hip and Knee.
Sana teaches at Triyoga, The Life Centre, Chelsea Bridge clinic and (of course) Vertebrae and Spring.
She is incredibly passionate about Pilates and the possibilities it offers, she has an incredible energy which she brings to her classes and loves to help people discover what they are capable of.
Deborah Moser
Deborah is a both a dedicated Pilates teacher and professional dancer. After training at the new dance academy in Bern, she qualified to teach Pilates with Polestar Pilates in Basal. Moving to London in 2018 Deborah has quickly become very busy teaching Pilates across London. Her years of working extensively with the body as a dancer allow a unique feeling of movement, attention to postural detail and whole body engagement within her classes. She has the ability to facilitate learning each individual movement in depth as well as keeping the class flowing and enjoyable.
Henna Leminen
Henna Leminen originally trained as a contemporary dancer, working in dance companies in Hong Kong, Mississippi and London. She has a wealth of experience in working with the human body and brings a great sensitivity and love of movement to her Pilates sessions. Her Pilates qualifications include mat-work and equipment Pilates as well as pre and post natal specialist; where her training covered the pre and post natal to an exceptionally high level as well as fascial release work. Henna has worked closely with Jasmin during her time as a teacher for Vertebrae and Spring. She is proud to offer a style of Pilates that is both bio mechanical, strength based work and intuitive movement; promoting the client's own body awareness and enjoyment of movement.