Laura Anderson Mancini

Laura Anderson Mancini has worked in the world of Pilates for over two decades and is a fully qualified matwork and studio equipment instructor. Originally trained by Lynne Robinson and Gordon Thomson’s Body Control Pilates Association, she has been fortunate enough to learn from some of the leading Pilates experts such as Rael Isacowitz, Mary Bowen (one of the original Pilates Elders taught by Joseph Pilates), Elizabeth Larkam and Laurence Petersen. She has also worked under the guidance of the Finnish teacher Marja Putkisto, ranked as one of the top body workers in Europe. Method Putkisto takes Pilates in a unique direction. It highlights the consequences of shallow breathing, tightness and shortness in the muscles. It shows how by simply elongating short muscles through deep stretching and breathing you can free the body to its neutral position and optimum balance. Laura has combined all of her training influences to working with the body and the face, to create a program designed to realign your head on top of your spine, to relax the stresses from your face and lifts your head and facial muscles.

Laura is also a qualified Nordic Walking instructor trained by Francis Mitchell of Method Putkisto, London.