Meet Our Course Trainer
Our course trainer brings a wealth of experience in fitness, massage, rehabilitation, and Pilates, aimed at creating confident and knowledgeable instructors in the field. Get to know the expert behind our courses.
Alissa Dennis
Trainer, Educator, Assessor
Alissa begun her fitness career as a personal trainer and sports massage therapist.
Living in Australia for 12 years she qualified as a student with Sydney TAFE college, completing 3 years of full time in person study. becoming a level 4 fitness professional and therapist.
She then went on to complete qualifications in leadership and management, as well as events management. which helped her when running her own fitness business.
Alissa spent time doing various ongoing CPDs which in return made her capable of teaching mobility training, advanced stretching and rehabilitation exercises to her clients.
After a keen interest in various sports and extreme hobbies, such as ice hockey, quad biking, power lifting, aerials
(lyra hoop/pole/trapeze)
and snowboarding. Alissa herself was left to rehabilitate her own body on several occasions, giving her further first hand knowledge on how to recover and repair from injury. using her unique fusion of training methods.
This sparked her interest in helping others in the same way and so she went on to complete her exercise referral diploma, making her a GP/NHS approved trainer.
During her time in Australia, Alissa feel in love with Pilates and attended classes every week and had her own 1:2:1 Pilates coach, this training was a big help with keeping her body strong and mobile. She took part in Mat, chair, spring board, reformer and classical equipment classes with various instructors, giving her a great variety of all aspects of Pilates.
She then decided to complete her Mat Pilates diploma and go on to do her reformer certification and her pre/post natal certification.
Alissa has now completed her education and training certification and CAVA certification, so that she could provide these courses to students and has also registered herself with CIMSPA and got CPD accredited approval for her courses from EMD UK.
With extensive experience in Pilates instruction and a passion for teaching, Alissa ensures that every participant gains a deep understanding of the Pilates principles and techniques. she knows how to adapt to her students and relate to instructors from all backgrounds of health and wellness industry.
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