About

My name is Alison and I am a fully qualified, traditional acupuncturist and Comprehensive Studio Pilates teacher. I have been teaching Pilates for twenty one years and graduated from The Acupuncture Academy in 2023 

Combining the classical teachings of East Asian medicine for diagnosing and treating chronic imbalances with acupuncture and enabling a more positive movement experience with Pilates, pays tribute to Joseph Pilates, it’s founder, who took much of his inspiration from Eastern wisdom, embracing his ideal of a healthy body, mind and spirit. 

• Growing up in Gurnard and Cowes, I ‘emigrated’ to Hampshire when my father left Plessey, Cowes, for Plessey on the mainland.
• Attaining a college Diploma in Fashion design after 3 years at The London College of Fashion, I enjoyed a successful career as a designer until the birth of twins in 1994.
• Following many years of back pain and dysfunction, an enlightened physio introduced me to Pilates, then still in it's infancy in the UK.
• Pilates mat-work teacher qualification was completed with Body Control Pilates in 2002, who were not, at that time, offering studio training. 
•  Studio training was undertaken and completed in 2004 with Helge Fischer, one of the founders of Body control Pilates, Stephanie Beeson and Michelle Cohen, of New York's Kelly Kane School, at the New Pilates School in Brighton. 
• Initially working alongside Stephanie Beeson, in her Pilates studio in Sutton was followed by running my own studio within Surrey Physio at the Sutton Tennis Academy.
•  In 2008, I opened my own private studio in Epsom. 
• Between 2014-2017 I refreshed my studio knowledge, completing the Comprehensive Studio training with world leaders Polestar Pilates.
• After owning a holiday home in Gurnard for 10 years, a long held dream of returning to the Island finally became possible in 2021
• I currently work under Alison Jepp for acupuncture and my maiden name of Winter for Pilates.

Now in my sixties, I haves no plans on retiring and am 'walking the walk’, 

practicing Pilates and Qigong  and receiving regular Five Element Acupuncture.

I believe that  good health  is attained from a  holistic approach  embracing  body, mind and spirit.