Live Breathe Pilates Health

Melanie is a truly professional, warm-hearted and fun Pilates -teacher. Her classes are never ever boring, always encouraging & positively challenging, not to forget the hearty laughs in between the postures! She's brilliant with tweens/teens - we're doing our class at home with participant ages ranging from 12-70! I warmly recommend her for anyone who'd like to develop their core strength and their posture.

Great Pilates Reformer class with Mel; she takes care and time to ensure everything is in the right place for every single exercise and movement. It has helped me enormously with core strength and posture as well as loosening tight muscles and deep stretching.Mel is a great teacher, patient, friendly and attentive to detail. Great space to train too, right in the middle of Valbonne village.

Plus de 15 séances en solo, je suis convaincu du potentiel de pilates! Ayant un métier très physique, ça m'a permis de soulager des douleurs et faire du renforcement musculaire. Mélanie a toujours des séances très variées et est à l'écoute des besoins du moment.

I originally stared working with Mel for personal Pilates sessions during the breaks in covid lockdowns and due to the success of those, I asked her to expand our brief to cover a more bespoke health & wellbeing plan covering; fitness, eating habits, weight loss, screen/media time and to create a more structured relaxation & sleeping programme for me.Mel designed for me a very achievable coaching plan (followed up with calls and progress sessions) and I’m delighted to say, it really worked. The quality of my sleep has improved. My weight has gone down and I now eat ALOT better thanks to her excellent programme.I highly recommend Mel. She is quite an extraordinary person with a natural gift for improving the life and wellbeing of others.

I love Mel’s approach to staying fit and healthy. She listens to her clients and adapts the sessions to fit individual needs. While exercising on the Pilates we sometimes have fits of giggles when she asks us to do a certain exercise. Our moto is we will give it a try! Highly recommend her duo reformer classes.

Mel’s studio is a precious and welcoming place in the heart of the lovely village of Valbonne. Mel embodies care in her mastery of Pilates. She meets you where you are and makes any session a time to remember.

I never thought I would enjoy Pilates as much! I viewed exercise as a bit of a necessary evil before I met Mel - other than a gentle round of golf - and hated classes where you have to measure yourself against others. Mel's one on one class gave me a great place to challenge myself without feeling inadequate and her expert yet lighthearted guidance means I genuinely enjoy going. She lets it be meditative (I like being on the reformer with my eyes closed) yet effective to a degree that surprises me. All I've had to do is accept that the words, 'Last 3...' are almost always followed by, 'On each side'!!!

I started with Mel on the reformer in September 2022 and am in love with her classes. It is amazing how great I feel after a workout with her. Can not recommend Mel enough - she is the best

Déjà 6 séances de pilates pour mon épouse et moi et je me sens obligé de déposer cet avis tellement nous apprécions ses cours, sa bienveillance, son dynamisme et son professionnalisme. Mel est une coach sympathique avec un sourire ancré qui dégage une énergie positive. En outre, les séances de Melanie sont extrêmement variées, ce qui évite toute lassitude. Un petit break pendant les fêtes de fin d'année puis nous reprendrons nos sessions hebdomadaires avec envie et plaisir, merci.

Started Pilates again after a hiatus during covid. My semi-private lessons with Melanie in her studio have been fantastic! She tailors each reformer class to how we are feeling that day and focuses on different areas to strengthen. It's never boring and always challenging! Melanie gives clear instruction delivered in a warm, non-judgmental manner. The strength and stretch from Pilates is unbeatable. If you are looking for a Pilates studio, Studio Mel is the place!