About
Val has been teaching from her home studio for almost six years. She was first introduced to Pilates 18 years ago after the birth of her second child.
The benefits of Pilates were evident to her from day one, helping her with post-natal conditioning as well as helping to rehabilitate her back from a herniated disc injury.
Having worked in the corporate world of PR in London and Dublin, Val spent ten or so years as a full-time stay-at-home mum before she trained as a personal trainer and began teaching kettlebell classes at a local fitness studio.
Val has grown her bespoke Pilates business into a place where clients of all ages and abilities come to learn how to move and strengthen their bodies in order to live full and active lives no matter what their age or ability.
Val Lawrence Pilates is a boutique home-based Pilates studio in Greystones, Co. Wicklow. The studio is fully equipped with a range of Pilates equipment to help clients achieve the most out of every Pilates session, whether it is for rehabilitation, strengthening, stretching or just moving the body for fun and flexibility.
The studio is a warm, welcoming, and bright space that hosts private and semi-private Pilates sessions.
Val’s Qualifications
Pilates was always Val’s first love in fitness, so in 2015 she became a mat Pilates instructor and shortly after that followed up with a Comprehensive certification with BASI Pilates. She has also done several training courses in Yin Pilates and Stretching in Bali, Indonesia. Val’s long list of qualfications consists of:
- BASI Comprehensive Teacher Training Certificate
- STOTT Pilates Mat Teacher Training Certificate
- ITEC Diploma in Personal Training and Fitness Instruction
- Certificate in Kettlebell Training
- Pilates for Osteoporosis
- Pilates for Injuries and Pathologies
- Pilates for Hypermobility
- Pilates for Menopause
- Pilates for Back Pain
- Pilates for TMJ and Neck Pain
- Yin Pilates Level 2 Teacher Training Certificate
- Stretch Fit Teacher Training Certificate
- First Aid for Everyone Certificate
‘If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30 you are old, If it is completely flexible at 60, you are
young”
– Joseph Pilates
Why Pilates?
Pilates is more than just a set of exercises – it is a system that follows the principles of breathing, centering, concentration, control, flow, and precision, and it gives anyone who practices it an improved sense of body awareness and mind/body connection.
Pilates can teach you how to move your body in a way that feels good for your body.
Pilates will help to alleviate aches and pains and niggles caused by the stresses of everyday
living.
Pilates will teach you about mind/body awareness and relaxation.
“Thanks Val for Pilates this morning. I am walking straight for the first time in about 10 days”
“Wow, great class… first time in weeks my head is clear, just brilliant, brilliant”
“I loved today’s class, felt really good afterwards and can feel myself getting stronger”
“That class was equally as good for the head as the body”
“That was the most gorgeous class, thank you”
“I loved the hour of peace and calm doing your class last night”
“What a great start to my day, thank you”
