MyBody Studios ® is the North East's premier venue for holistic exercise, specialising in Pilates, Yoga, BarreConcept and Personal Training.
Clients have included Sunderland AFC, Durham County Cricket Club, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital London, London Business School, Royal Air Force Museum, Barnet NHS Hospital, Nuffield Hospital and private schools in Hampstead.
There is a reason that many sports stars including footballer, Niall Quinn; England cricketer, Paul Collingwood and snooker player, Steve Davis, have chosen MyBody Studios as their venue of choice.
Since opening the business in 2001, it has grown organically from the original fitness concept to embrace other aspects of well being, including mindfulness, bodywork and beauty treatments. Director, Emma Newham, who has been in the fitness industry for over two decades, advocates a holistic approach to treating the body as well as the mind.
With over forty group classes a week, we have a class to suit everybody, regardless of age or ability.
If group classes are not for you, we offer a bespoke one to one personal training with sessions tailored to your needs.
Corporate Wellbeing sessions in the workplace are a popular choice to maintain a healthy workforce and help to reduce stress and improve mood.
Several of our teachers are specialists in certain areas such as back care, rehabilitation and pregnancy fitness.
Having been in the fitness industry for over two decades, owner and director of MyBody Studios, Emma Newham, has a wealth of knowledge and industry experience to share with all of her students. Aside from being qualified in various styles of yoga and Pilates, she also specialises in Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis, Cardiac Rehabilitation, BarreConcept, Exercise to music and Personal Training.
Emma is also an assessor and a qualified IQA (Internal Quality Assurance ) - internal verifier certification.
Emma has trained under and worked with numerous prolific figures in the industry including Patabi Jois, John Scott, Paul Grilley, David Swenson, Madeline Black, Eric Franklin, Elizabeth Larkham, Gordon Thompson, Alan Menezes to name but a few.
Pilates Union UK was founded by Emma in 2008. The company caters for the needs of the global Pilates community and specialises in teacher training. Her Pilates and Barre Teacher Training courses are accredited by the awarding body Central YMCA qualificaitons and Skills Active.
Emma is creator of the BarreConcept Method - the UK's number one ballet barre workout. She runs instructor training courses internationally in this concept and her BarreConcept Method is the only barre course in the world that has gained international accreditation in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. BarreConcept is now Europe's leading barre training provider.
Author to 9 published exercise training manuals, her books are in demand from Pilates enthusiasts all over the world. Her best selling BarreConcept Workout DVD"s iare a UK first.
She has a wealth of experience in the media, having appeared on national TV as well as hosting her own live weekly fitness slot on London radio. She had her own fitness column in the Gazette and has had articles published in glossy fitness magazines and appeared in The Guardian, The Times, The Mirror, The Herald, Metro, The Echo and The Sun newspapers.
Aside from teacher training, Emma’s speciality is in sports training and rehabilitation. She has taught Premiership and International footballers, England Cricketers, Leading Principal ballet dancers, gymnasts and worked extensively in Ireland with leading dressage riders and horse trainers.
She has taught in Australia, India, Germany, Canada, Sweden and Ireland, Jordan.
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