05/11/2025
Next up on meet the team from Karen has been a member of the team for the past 15 years. Karen trained as a dancer from the age of 15 and by 19 graduated from Edinburgh’s Telford College with a BA (HONS) Degree in Dance. It was whilst studying for her Degree that she first discovered Pilates and its benefits.
After teaching dance for a year she was drawn back to her Pilates roots and decided to train as an instructor. Karen knew that by teaching Pilates she would gain great pleasure from helping others improve their own bodies and realised the benefits Pilates could have on people’s lives, both young and old.
Karen trained in both Mat-work and Studio Pilates in 2005. Since training she has worked with a range of clients including those affected by MS, ME, osteoporosis, cerebral palsy, spinal injury, hip / knee surgeries as well as pre and post natal clients and top athletes, including tri athletes and the Hearts Football Club. Karen has worked in various studios in Edinburgh and was Company Director of The Pilates Place LTD, a very successful pilates studio.
In September 2016 Karen decided to train to be a Kinetic Chain Release practitioner after having felt the benefits for herself. Karen always says KCR was her missing piece, she loves being able to help people by easing their pain, calming their mind and overall making them feel better within themselves. Karen also has an interest in KCR for children, having seen firsthand the benefit it brought to her own children. Since training in KCR Karen then went on to train in Connective Tissue Release, Reiki, Indian Head Massage and LifeHeal Biofield Tuning Therapy.
Karen loves to keep fit and thanks to lessons with Claire...she also loves paddel boarding