“I always knew, as a tall man with a history of sometimes severe back pain, that Pilates was something I needed in my life. But I was always too self conscious to ever commit to taking a class. I’ve been having Pilates lessons with Claudia Teixeira for a year now. She is one of life’s natural teachers. She communicates with great clarity and infectious energy the best way for me to work and take care of my body. She is insightful and attentive and nuanced. With her humour and her enthusiasm and her rigour she has inspired and galvanised me and pushed me to a level of core control and control of posture, health and happiness with my own body that I’d never thought possible.”