After many years as a competitive swimmer and coach, Jo-Ann focussed her attention on becoming an ACE Certified Persona Trainer. She is a registered member of the Canadian Association of Fitness Professionals, the Pilates Method Alliance, a seminar presenter and a BCRPA Trainer of Fitness Leaders. She was also a founding member of The Canadian Pilates Association and held a position on their board of directors until 2006. During this time she also pursued certificates in Thai Massage, Reiki and became a Registered Natural Health Practitioner.

Her Pilates education includes an intensive apprenticeship training program following the Polestar Education Pilates curriculum as well as completion of the widely recognized Stott Pilates Conditioning Program. She has also graduated from the Masters Program offered by the world renown Pilates Centre in Boulder Colorado - considered by many to offer the most rigorous, comprehensive and respected training program in the world. She continues to expand her knowledge of anatomy and movement by incorporating other modalities of bodywork such as Therapeutic Ball Release and Anatomy Trains and yoga.

She has been involved in the Pilates community in BC since 1998 after a car accident left her with injuries that were not healing from traditional methods of rehabilitation. It was at that time she realized the powerful connection between mind and body to heal itself. Her first experience with teaching this method was at Delta Orthopaedic and Physiotherapy under the guidance of Diane Lee and Karen Angelucci. She then went on to teach at the Canadian Pilates Institute. This experience along with modern scientific gains and insight into how the body moves helped her realize that Pilates is an ever growing and evolving system with a deep respect for its traditional roots. It is from this perspective that Jo-Ann’s goal is to inspire others to work towards the same profound changes she herself experienced through the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning.

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Cathy is a registered physiotherapy and is the owner of Cathy Watson Physiotherapy. Her area of focus includes treating men and women with pelvic floor issues. This includes bladder/bowel issues, pelvic pain, prolapse and diastasis resulting from prostate issues/surgery, abdominal/gynecological surgeries, sport injuries or giving birth.

Cathy is a member of the International Pelvic Pain Society and the International Continence Society and continues to further her learning by attending courses and conferences throughout the year.

Cathy is a registered physiotherapy and is the owner of Cathy Watson Physiotherapy. Her area of f... Read More