Centurian Pilates is owned and run by Annie Duff. Trained in Injury and Special population work, Annie is our first choice for patients who require specialist rehabilitation or one to one pilates tuition.

Annie Duff has been teaching Pilates since 1999.

Originally from a Fitness (Aerobics, Gym Instruction, Personal training) background. She “fell” into Pilates when struggling with knee and back pain.

Certified by Stott Pilates, in Matwork, Annie is one of the few teachers in the Carlisle indeed, cumbria area qualified to teach on all of the large apparatus and have a small studio with two reformers, a Cadillac, chair, and barrels.

She is also a certified Fletcher Towelwork instructor.

Annie teaches Matwork group classes in village halls using the more familiar, regular mat, swiss ball, foam roller and bands, and less familiar, spine corrector (balanced body Pilates arc), Rotational discs, and Fletcher towelwork.

Much of her Pilates teaching was in Abu Dhabi until moving back to the UK, in 2007. In the UAE Annie worked with many of the Sheikha’s (the women of the ruling family), where she would train them in their homes on  their own Pilates equipment. She also had a small studio, where she could teach one to one, and small group

classes. She taught freelance group classes, mixed ability, and advanced at Abu Dhabi Health and Fitness.

Mostly, Annie Duff runs progressive group matwork courses, where a skill is honed and perfected over a matter of weeks, allowing strength and flexibility to develop. She also runs Back care courses, and beginners courses depending on demand.

Annie will shortly be starting a Fusion group drop in class, with a half hour of circuits followed by a half hour of Pilates, to incorporate cardiovascular

(and fat burning) exercise.

The large equipment is suited to one to one/two.  At the beginning of a course of one to one, a posture analysis is done, to help identify areas of the body which need attention. Pilates works by lengthening short muscles and strengthening weak ones. It helps recreate balance within the body, and helps mobilise stiff areas .

Pilates is one of the safest forms of exercise, when performed correctly, and can be helpful in alleviating neck and back pain. It is also useful  in helping rebalance the body from sports such as Golf and Tennis which are very one sided (one directional).  Sports injuries often occur when a part of the body compensates for another that isn’t working correctly.

Age is no barrier.  Annie has worked with teenagers through to eighty plus year olds.

Available in the one to one/ two classes are the use of Cardio equipment such as treadmill, upright bike, and an eliptical trainer for those of you wanting to combine Pilates and Cardiovascular fitness, for general conditioning and toning, or weight loss.

Scotby is 2 miles from Carlisle city centre and located just 2 minutes off junction 43 of the M6 with ample free parking.

More information

Centurion Pilates website