Paul Anthony McLinden PDTC Royal Academy of Dance

Paul Anthony McLinden

With nearly three decades in the industry, Paul Anthony McLinden has helped to shape mainstream Pilates into one of the world’s fastest growing exercise methods. During Paul’s classical ballet career in the 1980’s, he trained as an apprentice to Pilates legend Alan Herdman, the man credited with first bringing Pilates to the UK. By the end of the 1990’s, Paul had travelled the globe studying and certifying hundreds of Pilates teachers as the Head of Teacher Training for the Body Control Pilates Association, an undisputed world leader in Pilates education.

Today, Paul remains one of the most respected and recognisable names in the Pilates industry. Since co-founding Brighton and Hove’s first Pilates studio in 1997, 16 local matwork teachers and studio owners in and around Brighton and Hove first qualified to teach Pilates as studio apprentices to Paul. He remains a Senior Course Lecturer for the Body Control Pilates Association and is certified as a Level 3 Pilates Instructor by the Register for Exercise Professionals.

Paul and his hand-picked staff of trainers work with a vast cross-section of clients at ocean wave pilates, ranging from brick layers to professional dancers, sports personalities and a handful of high-profile Hollywood celebrities.

Paul’s book and DVD series entitled Pilates for Dancers is to be published in 2010.

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The top rated Pilates studio in Brighton and Hove with the best matwork and studio equipment sessions that Hove and Brighton can offer

Paul and Jason Teaching Classical Pilates Reformer Technique

Pilates for Dancers with Paul Anthony McLinden

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ballet stretch on ladder barrel

pumping knees on wunda chair

pumping knees on wunda chair

short spine massage on reformer

If you live in Brighton and Hove and want affordable high quality Pilates training either matwork or equipment studio then they are the best possible place to go

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Brighton and Hove’s premiere Pilates studio, ocean wave pilates offers studio equipment and matwork classes taught by master Pilates trainer Paul Anthony McLinden PDTC, Royal Academy of Dance and former Head of Teacher Training, Body Control Pilates, and his qualified staff of instructors.

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Located in central Hove since 2002, ocean wave pilates provides a calm and friendly atmosphere, with emphasis placed on the individual. Clients are encouraged to think for themselves, self-correct, and eventually develop a deeper understanding about the way their own body moves. Our clients improve posture and deep core stability whilst avoiding any movement that might cause stress or injury. Pilates is suitable for everyone, ages 9 to 90+.

ocean wave pilates' equipment studio is located at 30 The Drive in Hove, a short distance from the centre of Brighton, East Sussex. Pilates matwork classes are available at both 30 The Drive and the ROX School of Dance which is just over the footbridge on the North side of Hove Railway Station. See the matwork schedule for times and location. Click on the button for location maps.

What is Pilates?

Since its creation nearly 100 years ago, the exercise method invented by Joseph Pilates has become well known to millions as a highly effective way to stay fit and flexible, at any weight or age. By targeting specific muscle groups and correcting faulty postural habits, Pilates soon begins to balance and reshape the entire body. How? The Pilates method focuses on deep internal stability. These revolutionary exercises use both surface muscles groups as well as those nearest the spine, creating a solid ‘core centre’ from which we learn to move. Clients soon begin to gain a better understanding of their posture and alignment, learning to naturally self-correct imbalances that might lead to injury. As a result, the method is today celebrated worldwide for both rehabilitation and sculpting the perfect body.

Why ocean wave ?

''I can't believe how quickly I've sorted out my neck and shoulder problems. In just five weeks, I can move my neck more than I've been able to in years - and that's after having long courses with chiropractors, physios, and massage therapists. I am most grateful to have lost the ‘tenseness’ that I've been carrying… I noticed a difference after my very first Pilates session at ocean wave pilates.”

Ms. A. Lewis, Brighton

“Good teachers can be made, but the truly great ones are born. Paul Anthony McLinden’s teaching is technically correct, yet innovative and creative. I urge you to attend… in fact, I envy you!”

Lynne Robinson, the world’s top selling Pilates author and co-founder of the Body Control Pilates Association

“Pilates doesn’t just work, it produces really quite amazing results. I have achieved a monumental 8 % increase in bone density and my doctors agree, it has to be from practicing Pilates! A big ‘thank you’ to my fantastic instructors at ocean wave pilates for the hard work we’ve all done together, both on the mat and on the equipment… it has been life enhancing in so many different ways.” -

Ms. S. Box, Hove

“Paul Anthony McLinden has travelled across the globe perfecting the Classical Pilates work. He is one of the UK’s first and only Pilates teachers to open his heart, his mind, and his studio to fresh ideas.”

Siri Dharma Galliano, celebrity Pilates trainer to Madonna, Sting, Uma Thurman, Cameron Diaz, and Jessica Lange

The best Pilates in Hove. Top quality training, The premier studio in Hove, The best highly trained instructors. The most highly trained master Pilates teacher in Paul Anthony McLinden.