Fit Brit Collective

Personal Trainer & Writer

Meet Brit
Fitness Services
- Personal Training & Coaching
- Pre & Post Natal Training
Classes & Events
Mind Body Bump Book
FBC Press & Writing
- Portfolio
Fit Brit Blog & Advice
- Fitness
- Food
- Fashion
- Lifestyle
- Travel
Contact

#soliloquy-container-1451{opacity:1}#soliloquy-container-1451 li > .soliloquy-caption{display:none}#soliloquy-container-1451 li:first-child > .soliloquy-caption{display:block} SW London Personal Trainer

Fitness Services

FBC Press & Writing

Class Times & Bookings

Fit Brit Blog & Advice

What to wear when you’re expecting

Third Trimester Pregnancy Fitness Fashion

10 things I’ve learned from my fit pregnancy

6 non-aesthetic reasons to train glutes

JOIN FIT BRIT COLLECTIVE

Email Address

First Name

@FitBritCollective on Instagram

TO A TOUGH WEEK FULL OF RAINBOWS... one of which is the arrival of the weekend! There’s always something to feel good about or look back proudly on. 3 things I’m particularly grateful for this week: Permission to stay in bed for a full morning, granted by a nasty visit by summer flu but served with a generous side of Murray cuddles My daughter’s last baby music class giving us the opportunity to let a wonderful person know how bloody brilliant she is at her job (it feels good to show people they make a difference) A sell-out #strongertogether finale class full of bigs & littles I see getting so much stronger every week and making genuine connections along the way ❣ Life has such a changeable forecast. My suggestion? When the sun shines, bask in it. When the skies open, find a rainbow and climb it until you emerge in the sun again.

EDITOR’S PICK! Thanks @bbabymag for making #mindbodybump your top pregnancy read in the latest issue. To be listed among pregnancy practitioners and writers such as #birthrights leader @rebecca.schiller, @nortonhenrietta (whose nutrition book I used as a bible during pregnancy and referenced repeatedly in the research for my own book) & the #positivebirth game-changer @milli.hill means the absolute .

TAKE A BREATH. Since becoming a mother, and since coaching more and more mothers, my appreciation for belly breathing is greater than ever. It’s where I begin every PT session, every class, and, personally, ever moment of overwhelm. It is a fantastic resource physically as full range in the diaphragm promotes integrated activation of the support muscles, but it’s perhaps even more powerful mentally. It is timeless, for one, and an anchor back to the present when hours rush by as you blitz your to-do list, or when minutes mimic eternity as your child screams in pain (me for the last 5 days as heat waves + baby fevers make disagreeable bedfellows). It took the mindful core rehabilitation practice of my postpartum recovery to value breath as more than a subconscious process keeping me alive. But the calm, awareness and timelessness of a simple breath is beneficial to everyone. * If you, like me, need to step momentarily out of time today, try this. Take 3 deep breaths, focusing on the rise and fall of your diaphragm and its expansion into the corners of your side body. Intentionally connect one breath to each of the following: your core, your consciousness, your purpose. Your purpose can be as simple or grand as you need it to be; eg holding your child until they feel better, or the bigger ‘why’ behind the project relating to the email you’re sending. Make it specific to the moment. When you come back into time, invite all three to join you. * PS - just finished reading Gay Hendricks’ The Big Leap and he champions the idea that time is something we create rather than something to which we’re subjected. This reframes time as a productivity resource, not a restraint, and makes us take ownership of the way we create time. I love it in theory but on reading back this post I have realised I’m so conditioned to see time as an external pressure! Anyone else read it / used its principles?

BRIT-ISH... no longer just adjectifying my name; it now represents 1/2 of my official nationality 🇬🇧🇨🇦!!! And yes, I may be the first person in British history to complete my citizenship ceremony in head-to-toe @sweatybetty but I think it’s a fitting end to a 13 year process during which I’ve worked bloody hard (inc squeezing in the citizenship ceremony between clients 🤣) and had the honour of working for and with some brilliant British brands ♥️. * From the time I landed in 2006, on my own at 17yo, without a clue in the world how my modest upbringing in a tiny town in rural Canada would translate to life overseas and what tracks I would tread on this fresh new soil, Britain has been home to me. It has been the place of so many experiences that have made me who I am today. It has given me... * a masters from a Scottish university (which is 454 years older than my own country) that opened my eyes to so many lessons in and out of the classroom, but especially out * experiences I can definitely say I’d have never had anywhere else (scuba diving & naked swimming in the North Sea, teaching fitness classes to audiences of 100+, writing for magazines I hoarded during my youth, to name a few) * failures that gave me the will and resilience to succeed * successes that invited me to dream bigger * love, heartbreak and, eventually, marriage to a man I still can’t believe fate/luck allowed me to meet * a career that sometimes looked like it was spinning round in circles but all began to make sense with the beginning of FBC (which was aptly named to reflect the British & expat community ) * a business I love, full of plans and opportunities that thrill and scare me happily out of my comfort zone * a network of friends, peers and colleagues who challenge, inspire and support me * access to more cultures than I once knew existed, and adventures across 5 continents (4 more than I’d visited before I arrived, and counting...) * a strong, cheeky, gorgeous daughter who is too young to understand how lucky she is to be a dual citizen by birth! #honeyimhome

WHAT YOGA MEANS TO ME Full breath Soft gaze Open heart Supple body Present mind Bare feet Stripped of doubt Questions to the universe Receptive to answers Liberation from expectation Leaning into challenge Leaning into love Love for me Love for her Love for you 🧘‍♀️ Been leaning into my non-negotiable practice once a week for the last 5 years and I can affirmatively say that being a part-time yogi makes me move better, feel better and be a better human . Some of my favourites inc @moncits @sophiedearyoga @breatheyourbody @caroline.pegna.henley @biestie @lisroscoe @michaeljameswong and a few not on insta! Excited to flow with @davidkamkw & @chloefaulkneryoga tomorrow at #sweatlifefestival! @moligophotography

TAP

Meet Brit
Fitness Services
Classes & Events
Mind Body Bump Book
FBC Press & Writing
Fit Brit Blog & Advice
Contact