Personal Trainer - Nadya Fairweather Nadya founded U-Shape in 2006 to provide her clientele with personally tailored and holistic personal health training. She has always been active and started coaching gymnastics over twenty years ago. Her love of coaching formed a path towards the fitness industry where she achieved various certifications and diplomas in Personal Training, Gym Instructing, Exercise to Music, BarreConcept, Sports Massage Therapy, Outbox Round 1 Boxing Instruction, and a level 4 Qualified Cancer and Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor. Nadya is most passionate about helping others through exercise to feel stronger both physically, mentally and emotionally. Life doesn’t always go to plan and many challenges may seem like impossible barriers to cross. But with her knowledge and motivation you will be sprinting towards the next goal feeling stronger in every way before you know it.
Personal Trainer - Anya Russell developed a passion for sport and fitness whilst studying for a degree at the University of Bath, which has a strong reputation in elite sports performance and student sport.
As a qualified Girls Gone Strong pre and post natal fitness coach, Anya is extremely driven and focused on helping her clients reach their goals. Her caring, encouraging and positive attitude coupled with her careful planning and preparation of training programmes, tailored to her individual clients' needs, makes her an in demand trainer, with many of her clients regularly achieving and exceeding their own expectations. As a mum to two small children, she is empathetic to the training difficulties and pressures new mums face, having experienced them first hand herself.
She is passionate about nutrition, and spends time furthering her knowledge by reading up on latest research. She is constantly striving to be the best trainer she can, by completing numerous courses.
Personal Trainer - Angela Davies maintains a high level of fitness in her own life, and actively promotes the benefits of health training. She has completed several half marathons, summited Mt. Kilimanjaro and recently cycled from London to Paris in 30 hours. In training, Angela creates an environment that encourages individuals to continually challenge themselves in a fun and rewarding way. She works closely with clients to inspire, motivate, and support them, helping them to achieve a balanced lifestyle that encompasses all dimensions of health & well-being. Angela’s qualifications include Active IQ Level 2 NVQ in Instructing Exercise and Fitness (GYM), Premier Training International Certificates in Gym Instruction and Advanced Personal Training, and First Aid Certification.
Personal Trainer - Sian Cross Sian qualified as a personal trainer back in 2009. Since then she has committed herself to empowering others to make the changes and transformation they desire to achieve the life they deserve. To her, health and fitness is more than just aesthetics; it’s self worth and independence. She qualified as a Life Coach in 2016 and now combines this with her training sessions, leaving her clients feeling the improvements both inside and out.
Yoga - Alexandra Bowley Alex is a former professional dancer, turned Yoga Instructor and Reflexologist.
She finished her first teacher training in Greece and went on to expand her studies in India and is now a Yoga Alliance qualified RYT 600 with 100s of hours of international teaching experience behind her, including leading on a Teacher Training course.
Her specialities are Hatha, Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow and she also enjoys holding Yin, Nidra, Restorative, Meditation, Pranayama and Relaxation classes and inspiring others to improve wellness and commit to long term health goals. She is an avid SUP Yoga instructor.
Alex’s teaching style is fun and naturally flowing. She combines knowledge of anatomy and breath to give her students the opportunity to explore the mental and the physical, enjoying a balance of calmness and power.
Alex’s classes include emphasis on breath, energy, flow, alignment, power and relaxation; postures which will invigorate the physical and mental being, leaving you with a general sense of change, growth and wellness.