I fell into Classical Pilates by complete accident, and haven’t looked back since. During my last year of undergrad  I used to book into Pilates classes near to campus in an attempt to force me to get to the library and work on my masters applications. During one of those days when filling out the masters application, I was prompted with the simple question; “Why do you want to undertake this degree”. The honest answer, at least at the time, to delay working. When I took a look at my life and what truly brought me joy, Pilates had taken on a huge role and I knew I wanted to explore it further. This led me to my classical comprehensive training with Equinox - a studio I chose because I was aware of its popularity in the States and its proximity to my flat in London. I will never forget the first seminar day, looking at the training manual and wondering where all the lunges and pulses were, and what on earth ‘Stomach Massage’ was. It was then that I entered the world of Classical Pilates.

Beyond Pilates, in the last few years fitness has taken on an ever growing role in my life, most recently I completed HYROX London Olympia alongside my cousin in a mixed doubles category - basically a fitness event made up of running/functional workout stations. Combining HIIT/Strength Training alongside Pilates has been extremely complimentary in my own training, and so when Rosie approached me about creating a fitness space dedicated to this - it was a no brainer.

In a full circle turn of events, our largest project, the worldwide directory of classical pilates studios takes me back to my undergrad roots as a Human Geographer. A degree that I thought would never be used lays the foundation of our work at Honeycomb studios. During my time hunting and mapping studios (while I'm sure I missed a few my first time around) I was able to draw on my experience from my final year dissertation where I mapped Lebanese restaurants around London in an attempt to highlight a global diaspora.