Daphne Pena-Higgs

Daphne Peña-Director/Owner of New York Pilates. Personally trained and certified by Romana Krysanowska, Daphne opened London's first Authentic Classical Pilates in 2000. Since then, thousands of clients have benefited from training in this original method on the highest quality Gratz equipment. New York Pilates London is known as the centre of excellence for training in Classical Pilates.

Daphne Pena-Higgs instructs the following:

Group Equipment (Intermediate/Adv)

This is a fast paced Intermediate challenge class using reformers, towers and other apparatus as needed. Entire basic sequence is a pre-requisite.

Intermediate/Adv. Mat - In Studio only

A fast paced Intermediate class with some advanced exercises. Clients must be a full intermediate to join.

Group equipment (Basics +)

Get your basics down on Reformer and Towers. This is still a challenging class, so if you have any injuries please speak to us about doing a private before joining this class.

Pre-Pilates on Mat and Apparatus

Pre-Pilates is an important part of building a strong foundation. The correct muscles need to be activated in order to support the connections of the powerhouse to the rest of the body.

We will go over the pre-pilates exercises on the mat as well as the apparatus. Small props such as the breath-a-cizer and balls will help you to gain more knowledge on how to stabilize and strengthen a beginner body.

Price £120 + VAT

Advanced Teacher's Class - Apparatus and Mat

This is a fast paced Advanced class. 30 mins of matwork and/or matwork on barrels and 60 mins of apparatus. May include reformer, towers, spine correctors and/or wunda chairs.

No chronic injuries please! Must be at least a high intermediate level to join.

Price £65 + VAT