About Juliet Lloyd – The Pilates Workshop

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Juliet Lloyd

Pilates Mat and Studio Teacher (2003)

Juliet was first introduced to Pilates by her Physiotherapist husband, Robert.
Three years after the birth of their twins she was finally ready and able to address her chronic back pain.

From an early age Juliets’ compulsion to move brought her success on the athletics track and a dedication to dance.
She signed her first professional contract at 16 and went on to perform in a wide variety of shows around the world for many years. A flair for acrobatics coupled with her hyper-mobility, enabled her to specialise as an acrobat/contortionist.

Once Harriet and Alexander were in Nursery school Juliet joined her first Pilates class.
Within a few short weeks she could move free of pain ” . . . I feel like I’m getting my body back!”.
For someone who had been pushing and over extending her body for years, Juliet was amazed at how effective the gentle Pilates exercise could be.

So impressed by the results she enrolled with Body Control Pilates, Covent Garden, London and completed
her training in 2003. She has been teaching in New Zealand for 12 years and takes great satisfaction in sharing her knowledge and passion with her students.

What others say about Juliet

As an avid over trainer I took up Pilates to learn the importance of core control and re-learn correct posture during exercising. I feel good when I do cardio workouts but it is only Pilates that helps me feel fully refreshed after a workout.

Mandy Heim49 years old

Jo and I were saying we have now attended, your Pilates classes for ten years, are we your longest running ladies, we hope to go on to our seventies at least, the reason I attended Pilates, for inner core strength, toning the body and trying to reduce my weight, which I am still working on Juliet, and the use of the Swiss ball which I find fantastic especially I have had problems over the years for my lower back, and Pilates certainly helps. If we are in the Christmas holiday season and I am not attending Pilates, I certainly feel the aches and pains creeping in, I attended yoga once but felt it did nothing for me, yet Pilates with the lovely instructor Juliet, gave me greater enjoyment of doing Pilates.

Kaz Farquhar

I have been going to classes for Pilates with Juliet Lloyd from The Pilates Workshop for over 3 years now and feel it has been the best exercise for me. It has been commented by my Doctor how flexible I have become and my posture and abdominal strength has improved. I also have noticed I don’t get the back pain I used to get.

Juliet is a fabulous teacher and is very gentle, patient and understands all our different abilities in the class. It is one fitness class I will keep on going to.

Linda Foster

I took up Pilates because I suffer from Fibromyalgia which causes muscle aches and stiffness. I have found Pilates has helped reduce pain and stiffness and increase flexibility.

I am in my 3rd year of Pilates with Juliet now and cant see me stopping anytime soon! I had a 6 month break last year and really felt the aches and pains return.

Juliet is the most amazing instructor, she is very welcoming and focused on making sure you are doing everything correctly.

Rebecca Lata

Why I took up Pilates

My second son was a heavy little boy and I put my back out quite badly when he was a baby from carrying him around on my hip and with all the lugging about of heavy baby gear. I did 35 sessions of physiotherapy with ACC and was tearing my hair out to get on top of the back pain. I had an MRI and found damage between the discs in my lower back. My physio at the time basically said you have to figure out how to live and work with your disc issues because they aren’t going away and suggested working on my core and posture with Pilates classes. As it happened my mother- in –law was going to Juliet and so I started with Juliet.

How Pilates has helped:

Since going to Pilates classes I have found a way to manage my lower back issues, keep the flexibility in my spine going and also as a bonus there is a strong relaxation, positive energy component to the class which is very calming and soothing. I’ve been attending Juliet’s classes for about 5 years and enjoy Juliet’s calm, positive personality and her attention to individual needs. I go to a later evening class (8pm) which has been a good time that works well with family life. Another bonus to the class has been the nice people I’ve met there.

I also started Pilates because I had suffered pelvic floor damage during the birth of my 2nd son and the pelvic floor work has helped immensely too. But I haven’t included this as a bit more personal.

Jane Wilson

Many years ago I had continual back problems, my daughter who is an osteopath, suggested I start Pilates. Luckily I found Juliet who is so very caring. I now never have to have treatment for my back.

Over the many years that I’ve been doing Pilates with Juliet I have encouraged so many friends to join her classes, all have been equally as happy as I have been.

Judith Pownall

After suffering from a bad back as the result of a car accident many years ago, I joined one of Juliet Lloyd’s Pilates classes on the advice of both my Physio and my GP.

I can sincerely say that it was an excellent choice. My back condition has improved considerably and I have also noticed a huge improvement in my core strength especially now that I attend two classes a week.

Juliet is professional in her role, an excellent teacher, always approachable for advice, exceptionally talented at Pilates as well as being extremely friendly and personable. These qualities all help to make classes thoroughly enjoyable.

Robyn Ruff