Christine Bowen
I’m an experienced level 5 Romana’s Pilates teacher — the only one in Northern Ireland and one of a handful in the whole of Ireland.
I’ve been teaching since 2012 in Belfast, Dublin, England and The Hague. You may know me from teaching Pilates courses for over 4 years for Queen’s Sport and the Queen’s University staff wellbeing programme, as well as running my own classes at other locations across Belfast including Maitri Studio, Ballynafeigh Community Centre, and the Belfast Chiropractic Clinic.
After several years of teaching large group classes, I was keen to train to teach the full Pilates system and create a home for Classical Pilates in Belfast.
In 2018 I committed to 2 years of travelling to The Netherlands every month to complete a rigorous 700 hour apprenticeship through the Romana’s Pilates training programme, with my mentors Marjorie Oron and Jane Poerwoatmodjo at The Pilates Studio in The Hague.
I now love working one-to-one and in small groups to give you greater value through more tailored and individual attention. My attention to detail and calm manner will make you feel comfortable and confident, helping you to achieve things you might not have thought possible.
My comprehensive training gives me a crystal clear picture of how the whole system fits together and how to use it to help you become stronger and feel good in your body. This helps you do more of what you love in the rest of your life and it’s why I teach.
I help you to understand the ‘why’ of Pilates rather than just what it looks like to do an exercise, which gives you true value for the commitment you put into your Pilates practice and helps you achieve your goals. Whether that’s managing back pain, improving your mobility or balance, helping you to do other activities you love, or teaching you the tools to live your life independently for longer.
I love hearing how my clients reap the benefits of Pilates outside their sessions and one of my favourite moments is when my clients tell me “that’s the fastest hour of the week” — because we all know that time flies when you’re having fun.
As well as teaching online and from my dedicated studio space at Maitri Studio in Belfast as Source Pilates, I also guest teach weekly for The Pilates Studio Dublin.
