Your Instructors
Sandrine Gasnier
Sandrine is a Pilates Mat and equipment Master trainer and has been training instructors in the UK and in Europe for PhysicalMind Institute New York for the past 20 years. She has been in the Pilates industry for over 25 years. Sandrine has been operating her UK studio for over 18 years and now resides between France and Spain. She continues to manage the UK studio but now also offers training across Spain. Sandrine also offers fitness retreats across Spain.
She started as an actress and dancer in Paris. She also worked as a Disney princess for Warner Brothers and Disneyland Paris . Sandrine trained as a Physiotherapist after suffering from back and cervical injuries but Pilates was the light at the end of the tunnel so she went to the United States to train and learn the method. At the time there was only two schools of Pilates. Sandrine is lucky enough to have been trained by first generation Pilates instructors who trained with Joseph Pilates himself. She likes to stick to classical Pilates but if you come with an injury will work on rehabilitation.
She is also a fitness blogger and gives talks, lectures, workshops and mentors trainees on Pilates and fitness. Fully trained on TRX and Rebound UK she loves bringing a cardio element to her workouts. Sandrine is a certified Rehabilitative Breast Cancer Exercise Specialist by the Pink Ribbon Program and helps breast cancer survivors to regain mobility and improve their quality of life.
Woman Wellness Specialist
Having had 5 children Sandrine is a woman wellness expert and looks after pre and post pregnancy, diastasis recti and pelvic floor issues. Sandrine created the BarrePlus Method 10 years ago after her fourth baby when no barre workouts existed, it is a mix of Pilates, Ballet and Aerobics! BarrePlus is our most popular class online.
She specialises in running and injuries (used to be a competitive runner herself) and worked with Dame Kelly Holmes and her athletes “On Camp With Kelly” mentoring the next generation of middle distance runners in the UK.
Sandrine is also a Sports massage therapist and does a variety of massages such as holistic, deep tissue and Hot stones. She is one of the few in UK/Spain to be trained and qualified in ScarWork with Sharon Wheeler from the USA.
Brendan Roos
Brendan has worked in the IT industry for over 14 years and sport has always been a major part of his life – in particular playing Volleyball for the South African team. He’s also been involved in martial arts to a high level and has also been a keen cyclist for many years. It is only after a severe calf injury during his volleyball training that Brendan has developed a keen interest in Pilates to rehabilitate his injury. He is now qualified in both Mat and Pilates Equipment with PhysicalMind Institute New York . He has then furthered his studies completing equipment training with APPI (The Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute) to further aid with rehabilitation at the studio. He also has developed a keen interest in the History of Pilates and has attended several classical workshops to understand how the method was created. Brendan is now also an assistant teacher trainer for Sandrine’s Pilates.
He is also trained to teach TRX, BarrePlus and Bounce and Burn classes.
