Josh

Joshua Taylor is an integrative psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and personal trainer. He is passionate about integrating the body and mind through holistic and contemporary wellness practices, as well as breaking the persistent taboo around therapy for men.Up until 2019 Josh organised multi disciplinary events across Essex and Suffolk, such as adult and children triathlons, duathlons, open water swims, and paddleboard events. In 2019 his middle distance triathlon was awarded third best triathlon in the UK behind London and Blenheim Palace triathlons.

Josh ran The Old Joinery Studio, a busy wellness space, whilst studying for his MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling. Qualifications: MA Psychotherapy & Counselling, MSc Psychology, Yoga Alliance Teacher, Level 4 Sports Massage, Level 3 Personal Training.

Laura

Laura is a pilates teacher who founded and ran Colchester Pilates for five years before co-founding The Practise. Always wanting to create movement classes that go beyond the physical, Laura leads with her ethos of ‘nourishing movement for the body and mind’. She holds a particular passion for creating movement spaces that focus on what your body can do, not how you look.

When not teaching you can find Laura cycling, reading and embarrassing her young children with her dancing.

Qualifications: Body Control Pilates: Level 3 Matwork Pilates, Pregnancy & Postnatal Pilates, Reformer, Pilates for the Older Person, Pilates for Bone Health. Lisa B: High Intensity Power Pilates. Art of Motion: Anatomy Trains in Motion; Myofascial Meridians. Joanne Cobbe: Reformer. The Move Union: Group Chair