About me

Hannah Plom

Hannah Plom did her initial teacher training at the prestigious Body Control Pilates Centre, London in 2010. In February 2016 she passed the Body Control Pilates examination to teach on the Reformer, and followed this with the Comprehensive Studio Certificate exam in August 2022.

Having experienced lower back pain, Hannah appreciates the importance of spinal mobilisation - her decision to train as a Pilates teacher came from this understanding and her desire to share the benefits - and her love - of Pilates with others. More recently she used Pilates extensively to aid recovery from hip surgery, and uses it on a daily basis to control her hypermobility.

Hannah is currently working towards a Level 4 qualification - the Certificate in Instructing Applied Pilates Mat Work. This qualification was the 1st in the UK at this - the highest - level of achievement within the health and fitness industry. It demonstrates the advanced knowledge and skills to teach Pilates across a very broad spectrum of clients, including special population groups and those involved in specific activities. The qualification is endorsed by Ofqual and accredited by Active IQ.

Hannah holds a current First Aid Certificate.

Hannah has completed additional training and workshops with highly respected Body Control Pilates teachers and authors Lynne Robinson, Miranda Bass, Nathan Gardner, Carmela Trappa and Lisa Bradshaw.

She has also attended face-to-face training with Pilates elders Mary Bowen and Lolita San Miguel; 2nd Generation teachers Brooke Siler, Michael Fritz and Ton Vooght, Amy Kellow, Kathy Corey, Rebecca Convey, Cara Reeser; and others including Eric Franklin, Rebekah Rottstein, Amy Havens, Julie Driver, Lesley Logan, Alison Salmond, Jenna Zaffino, Maria Earle, Tom McCook, James Earles and many others!

During the Covid lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, Hannah took the opportunity to participate in many other CPD opportunities online and was excited to study further with many of the above presenters, and others including Anula Maiberg, Cameron Angus, Michael King and Alan Herdman.

Body Control Pilates has a network of Supervising Teachers across the UK. Hannah is proud to be part of this team since 2021. The role involves allowing Student Teachers to gain real-life teaching experience, refining their skills by teaching under supervision. All students have completed their formal training modules and passed a practical assessment before they can commence their teaching practice. Hannah loves mentoring student teachers, sharing her knowledge to help trainee teachers grow and watching them along their teaching journeys!

Hannah holds a REPS Certified Level 3 Pilates qualification, the Body Control Pilates Comprehensive Studio Certificate, a current First Aid certificate and is fully insured (including Public Liability Insurance) through the BCPA/Balens.

Hannah is an active member of the Body Control Pilates Association (BCPA), is a Founder Member of the Body Control Pilates Academy, is a member of the Society for the Pilates Method, is a registered Back4Good Professional with Backcare (the National Back Pain Association), and has completed the below further qualifications and courses to date.

Qualifications Held

Body Control Pilates: Matwork Certification (Level 3) November 2011
Body Contorl Pilates: Reformer Certification February 2016
Low Back Pain (Back4Good Practitioner) December 2017
Designing Pilates Programmes for Bone Heath (Level 3) August 2016
Designing Pre- and Post-natal Exercise programmes (Level 3) December 2017
Physical Activity and Health Considerations for the Older Adult (Level 3) March 2021
Comprehensive Studio Certification August 2022
Body Control Pilates Certificate in Designing Pilates Programmes for Hypermobility April 2023

Body Control Pilates

Body Control Pilates: Matwork
Body Control Pilates: Intermediate Matwork
Body Control Pilates: Matwork Evolution
Body Control Pilates: Standing Pilates
Body Control Pilates: Precision of Movement
Body Control Pilates: Matwork (Level 4) - Movement
Body Control Pilates: Matwork (Level 4) - Adaptations
Body Control Pilates: Matwork Certification Update (February 2023)

Special populations

Body Control Pilates: Low Back Pain specialism (Level 4)
Body Control Pilates: Pilates for Bone Health (Osteoporosis)
Body Control Pilates: Bone Health Update and Exercise Strategies
Garuda Studios: Buff Bones with Rebekah Rottstein
Balanced Body: Empowering Osteoporosis on the Core Align
Body Control Pilates: Pilates for the Older Person (led by Carmela Trappa and Jenny Hawke - co-authors of Pilates for Life)
Body Control Pilates: Pilates and Pregnancy 1 (Ante-natal) (led by Lynne Robinson, author of Pilates and Pregnancy and creator of Body Control Pilates)
Body Control Pilates: Pilates and Pregnancy 2 (Ante-natal and Post-natal Programmes) (led by Lynne Robinson, author of Pilates and Pregnancy and creator of Body Control Pilates)
Body Control Pilates: Pilates in Breast Cancer Rehabilitation (Foundation) (led by Dr Karen Robb, Specialist Cancer Rehab Physiotherapist)
Body Control Pilates: Pilates in Breast Cancer Rehabilitation (Programming) (led by Dr Karen Robb)
Body Control Pilates: Pilates for Hypermobility 1 (Foundation) (led by Professor Jane Simmonds and Mark Parfitt Jones)
Body Control Pilates: Pilates for Hypermobility 2 (Programming) (led by Professor Jane Simmonds and Mark Parfitt Jones)
Body Control Pilates: Pilates for Children (Foundation)
Body Control Pilates: Pilates for Children - designing programmes for 5-11 year olds
Body Control Pilates: Pilates for Children - designing programmes for adolescents (12-16 years)
Body Control Pilates: Pilates and Scoliosis
Body Control Pilates: Understanding Medical Conditions
Body Control Pilates: Reformer for Pre- and Post-natal

Small Equipment

Body Control Pilates: Pilates with the Band
Body Control Pilates: Pilates with the Foam Roller
Body Control Pilates: Small Ball and Toning Circles
Body Control Pilates: Pilates on the Big Ball
Body Control Pilates: Spine Corrector and Pilates Arc

Studio Equipment

Body Control Pilates: Reformer 1 - Beginner and Intermediate (Qualification awarded in February 2016)
Body Control Pilates: Reformer Evolution
Body Control Pilates: Reformer 2 - Advanced
Body Control Pilates: Wunda Chair 1 - Beginner and Intermediate
Body Control Pilates: Wunda Chair 2 - Intermediate and Advanced
Body Control Pilates: Cadillac 1 - Basics
Body Control Pilates: Cadillac 2 - Intermediate
Body Control Pilates: Cadillac 3 - Advanced
Body Control Pilates: Ladder Barrel
Balanced Body: Core Align 1
LisaB Pilates Academy: Chair 1 - Reviewing the Fundamentals
Lisa B Pilates Academy: Chair 2 - Moving On

Other courses/workshops attended

Conferences

Body Control Pilates: Development Weekend 21
Cobham Pilates: Inspiration Day 2014 (led by Lisa Bradshaw, Donna Pourteymour and Dominique Beaumont)
Cobham Pilates: Inspiration Day April 2015 (led by Lisa Bradshaw, Donna Pourteymour, Dominique Beaumont and Cherry Hirst)
Body Control Pilates: Development Weekend 25
Body Control Pilates: Development Weekend 26
Cobham Pilates: Inspiration Day January 2016 (led by Lisa Bradshaw, Donna Pourteymour, Cherry Hirst, Beth Bristow and Jess Cooney)
Cobham Pilates: Teacher Inspiration Day January 2018
Cobham Pilates: Teacher Inspiration Weekend September 2018 (led by Lisa Bradshaw, Donna Pourteymore, Kate Fry, Cherry Hirst, Catherine Barrand, Jess Cooney and Mandy Penalver)
Pilates On Tour: London, April 2019 (workshops with Lolita San Miguel,Eric Franklin, Heather King-Smith and Maria Earle)
Everybody Pilates: Pilates Weekend with Brooke Siler and Dana Santi
Body Control Pilates: Pre DW workshops - Mat and Studio equipment with Kathy Corey
Body Control Pilates: Development Weekend 30
Pilates on Tour: London, April 2023 (workshops with Bejamin Degenhardt, Eric Franklin, Suzanne Scott, Karen Frishmann, Joaquim Valsinger and Amy Haven)

Anatomy Workshops

Body Control Pilates: Psoas - Good Guy of the Pelvis (led by Cameron Angus, Chartered Physiotherapist)
Body Control Pilates: Pre- and Post- Hip Replacement workshop (led by Kyle Blackburn, Chartered Physiotherapist)
Pilates from Within: Anatomy in Clay, the Back (with Amy Kellow)
NRG Pilates / Winchester Pilates - The Shoulder
NRG Pilates / Winchester Pilates - The Hip
Everybody Pilates: Anatomy in Clay, the Hip and Shoulder (with Amy Kellow)
Ergotonics: Cervical Spine weekend (Cameron Angus)
Ergotonics: A trip around the Hip (Cameron Angus)
Body Control Pilates Central: Heel Pain workshop (Ian Saddler)
Body Control Pilates: Shoulder Pathology workshop with Kyle Blackburn
Body Control Pilates: The Pilates Approach to Mechanical Knee Pain with Kyle Blackburn
Born to Move: Born to Walk with James Earls
Polestar Pilates: various Pilates Hour sessions with Brent Anderson
Body Control Pilates: Your Strength is Your Song - the Breathing Mechanics and Core Control (with Cara Reeser and Jeremy Laverdure)

Repertoire workshops: Studio Equipment

Perform Pilates: Contemporary Variations on the Reformer (with Amy Havens)
Body Control Pilates: Dynamizing Flow - Athletic Reformer (with Kristi Chaussaurd)
Cobham Pilates/LisaB Pilates: Springboard 1
Julie Driver Pilates: Teacher workshops
Cobham Pilates / LisaB Pilates: Progressive Reformer 1
Cobham Pilates / LisaB Pilates: Progressive Reformer 3
Body Control Pilates: Studio Certification exam preparation workshops (with Sarah Marks)
Share Pilates: Rational Reformer (led by Brooke Siler)
Share Pilates: A day with Jenna Zaffino
bePilates: The Upper Hand - Pushes, Pulls and Assists on the Reformer and the Mat (led by Brooke Siler)
Cobham Pilates: The Reformer Box (with Catherine Barrand)
LisaB Pilates: Reformer and the Pole
LisaB Pilates: Stretchy Reformer
Cobham Pilates: The Arc on the Reformer (with Catherine Barrand)
LisaB Pilates: The Jumpboard
LisaB Pilates: Wundaful Reformer
Pure Pilates Atlantic: Incorporating Unilateral Reformer Exercises for Improved Strength and Balance
Body Control Pilates: Rotational Reformer with Kathy Corey
Body Control Pilates: Flexibility vs Stability on the Reformer with Kathy Corey

Repertoire workshops: Small equipment

Body Control Pilates/Zenergy: TRIADBALL Workshop (led by Michael Fritzke and Ton Vooght)
Shore Pilates: Miracle Ball/The Elaine Petrone Method (with Frances Stephens)
Cobham Pilates: various small equipment workshops, including Foam Roller; Magic Circle; Bands; Circuits
Perform Pilates: Small Circles, Big Magic (with Julie Driver and Amy Havens)
Body Control Pilates: Matwork Variations for Face-to-face and online classes (led by Michael Fritz and Ton Vooght)
LisaB Pilates: Matwork with weights
LisaB Pilates: Pilates Arc workshop
Polestar Pilates: Foam Roller Variations (with Vikki Harris)
Body Control Pilates: Purposeful Bands and Balls (with Nathan Gardner)

Repertoire workshops: Matwork

Fitness Pilates: Focus 2013 - Pre/postnatal, older people, advanced work
Shore Pilates: Classic Mat Workshop (with Miranda Bass, author of The Complete Classic Pilates Method)
Cobham Pilates: Classic Mat workshops 1 and 2 (led by Lisa Bradshaw, co-author of The Pilates Bible)
Body Control Pilates: Pilates plus Psyche (with Mary Bowen, Pilates elder)
Body Control Pilates/Zenergy: Understanding the Classic Mat (led by Michael Fritzke and Ton Vooght)
Indolore: Introduction to the Melt Method
Teach2Inspire - Lesley Logan and Julie Driver
Kinetic Pilates - Progressing to the Classical Mat, and It All Begins with the Feet (led by Rebecca Convey)
FitSkool and Cadenza Pilates: Foundation Training (with Kate Gray and Sam Parsons)

Retreats

Various Sport and Spa "Fitness Fiesta" Weekend Fitness Conventions
ReFrame Pilates: Pilates and Wellness Retreat April 2018 (Holly Spence)
Wiltshire Pilates: Cretan Dream retreat October 2018 (Jill Rowland)
Pilates&Wellness: Winter Retreat January 2019 (Rosalind Hoyes)
Julie Driver and Alison Salmond: Pilates Fun in the Sun 2019 - teacher retreat

Other

LSSM: London School of Sports Massage and Remedial Therapy: Introductory Sports Massage Workshop
Zumba Fitness: Official Zumba Instructor (Basic Steps, Level 1) (October 2011)