Meet Our Training Providers
Pilates Foundation Accredited Trainings are rooted in an apprenticeship-style model of learning, reflecting the way Pilates was traditionally taught and developed.
Our Accredited Teacher Training Providers (TTPs) work within agreed Pilates Foundation principles and syllabus requirements. Within this framework, each provider is encouraged to teach in a way that reflects their own professional practice and experience, while supporting trainees to develop an individual and authentic approach to the Pilates Method.
The Pilates Foundation sets the criteria for final assessment and membership, ensuring consistent standards across all training routes. However, the delivery of training varies between providers, offering students a range of approaches and teaching styles to choose from.
This variety allows trainees to select a course and tutor that best suits their learning needs and professional goals, while still meeting the shared standards of the Pilates Foundation.
Leila Coppock - Bodywise Pilates - Salisbury, Wiltshire
Leila has been an accredited Pilates Foundation Matwork and Equipment Teacher Training Provider since 2014. She is passionate about maintaining the high standards of the Pilates Foundation and supporting the development of confident, knowledgeable teachers.
Her Pilates Foundation training includes Matwork training at The Place in London (2005), and Bridging Equipment training (2009–2010) at The Scott Studio, Somerset. With a background in contemporary dance and a BA and MA from London Contemporary Dance School, Leila began her career as a dancer before going on to teach Pilates in gyms and health clubs across London. She later relocated to Wiltshire in 2006, where she established Bodywise Pilates.
Leila is proud to lead a studio known for its experienced teaching team and commitment to high-quality movement training. Leila’s teaching is grounded in the principles of the Pilates Method while drawing on her broad movement background, including dance, yoga, biomechanics, functional movement, and somatic approaches such as Feldenkrais and release work. This integrated perspective allows her to support a wide range of clients—from rehabilitation to advanced practitioners and fellow teachers.
For the last 2 years Leila has been training to become an Anatomy Trains Structural Integrator (a type of fascial release work based on Tom Myers' 12 myofascial meridians). She worked as a massage therapist in the past, so this course has involved a return to hands-on bodywork after many years, and it has significantly impacted on her understanding of the body and movement.
Sasha Caddell - Plas Pilates - Cardiff
Sasha is a former professional dancer with extensive experience in a number of different dance disciplines. In 1998, she graduated with BA in Performing Arts from Brunel University (Rambert Dance School).
Unfortunately, shortly after graduation she suffered an injury that would eventually bring her professional performing career to a close.
Having successfully used the Pilates Method to assist in her rehabilitation, she decided to retrain as a Pilates Teacher in 1998.
Sasha assists with precision and accuracy in refinement of movement for a wide variety of clientele with differing personal needs.
Sasha is known for being tenacious and enthusiastic with her clients’ development. She specialises in the rehabilitative aspects of Pilates and has extensive experience in assisting patients with an array of pre-and post-operative conditions, as well as working in tandem with other healthcare professionals helping to improve their overall general health and well-being.
Sasha seeks to promote self-accountability in health, fitness and well-being.
In addition to her work as a practitioner Sasha is also a fully qualified and experienced teacher trainer and examiner for the Pilates Foundation UK, having successfully trained over 60 Pilates Teachers with a 100% pass rate.
This involves tutoring and lecturing on a wide variety of subjects including Anatomy and Physiology and Movement Analysis. She is also a former chair of the Pilates Foundation Board of Directors.
