Vanessa Fagan

Vanessa (‘V’) has been practising Pilates and Yoga as well as general fitness for over 20 years. Her background is in classical ballet as well as gym and fitness training, and she also enjoys calisthenics, martial arts, climbing, dancing and anything else that engages her body and mind. In fact, Vanessa is keen on trying anything new that comes her way and likes a challenge, an enthusiasm she brings to all of her classes. She hopes helps to inspire participants regardless of where they’re at in their own fitness journey.

Her passion for Pilates started as a result of a severe back injury – it helped her rehabilitate her body and come back to full fitness after many years of chronic pain.

Vanessa knows that Pilates is a great, effective and fun all-body workout suitable for any skill level, age, size and background that can really transform people’s quality of life, increase their strength, flexibility, mobility, posture and body awareness and improve mood and energy levels dramatically.
Pilates skills and techniques are transferable to everyday tasks, and help participants lead a truly happier, healthier life.

At London Dance Academy

“My proudest LDA achievement is expanding into teaching from working for and running the studio for many years, and in general adding teaching as a new dimension to my personal and work life is something that I very much enjoy and am extremely grateful for.

Seeing students from all walks of life enjoying movement and being in sync with their bodies, improving their skills and abilities with every session and benefitting from exercise in and outside of class is a true joy. Being able to inspire them to reach their goals and pass on my passion for exercise is a real joy and honour.

My style is energetic but calm (yes, that is possible as a combination!), with a strong focus on the mind-body connection across all forms of exercise and on making exercise enjoyable and rewarding as well as challenging.”