YOGA - PILATES - FITNESS - STRENGTHENING - BARRE - MOVEMENT - DANCE - MINDFULNESS
Biography
Lizzie is a retired Professional Dancer & Choreographer with a little over 20 years experience in Performance & Teaching Dance & Fitness worldwide. She has Choreographed within Theatre, TV & the Music Industry working alongside stars such as Bonnie Tyler, the Indie rock band The Wombats & Jools Holland. She has supplied professional Dancers and created Choreography for UK production show tours, The International Netball Series at the O2 Arena & worked regularly as a Choreographer for popular TV soap series Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures).
Lizzie trained as a Dancer at LIPA (The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts - Paul McCartney's Stage School) graduating with a BA in Dance.
While living in London in 2002 working as as a young Dancer Lizzie gained her ETM Level 2 & began teaching Fitness all over Central London for most major Fitness chains (Fitness First, Virgin Active, LA Fitness etc). She taught privately for the BBC in house gym at the Woodlands Studios, Chelsea Sports Centre & on many occasions was invited to be a Fitness Presenter for large Charity Events such as "The Great Mile Run"/"The Race for Life"& other high profile corporate events.
A few years later Lizzie continued her professional development by gaining her Level 3 Matwork Pilates, Pre & Post Natal Qualifications with Internationally renowned Fitness Training provider YMCA Fit, additional certification in Weight Training & later became a Level 3 Certified Yoga Teacher in 2014. Lizzie has practised Yoga personally since her early 20's and was thrilled to train under the guidance of Yoga professionals Director & Yoga Author Conrad Paul & the Sivananda Lineage. All of the training courses Lizzie has attended have been in-person courses with reputable International training providers. Relocating to France in 2017 with her husband and young family the couple have worked extensively to bring the dream of a private studio/retreat venue to life. They have renovated their French Manor House into a beautiful venue for health and wellbeing offering a range of high quality Weekly Classes, Specialised Workshops & Retreats to English speakers in the area. In 2023 they also launched a complimentary Microgreens business "Maginfiques Microgreens". "I'm extremely proud that my range of skills, professional level tuition and stunning rustic studios are truly appreciated in the area. We have become well known as the "go-to" studio for well being and fitness improvement locally. I have the honour of helping, supporting, encouraging and motivating all kinds of people from all over the globe to become a healthier. To me that's a duty of care I take seriously, am passionate about and have true integrity for." Lizzie regularly attends workshops and class in Bordeaux & UK to keep broadening her own knowledge, personal training & continued professional development. Lizzie also loves the sunshine & the slow pace of rural French countryside life.
