Lindsay Davy
Lindsay is an ETA and STOTT® trained Pilates instructor. She taught Group Fitness, Indoor Cycling and various sports for many years, and became interested in Pilates in 2010. After obtaining her instructor qualification, she opened the Natural Affinity Health and Wellness Studio in 2011. She has since added reformer Pilates to her repertoire (2016). Her passion for Pilates has inspired her to branch out into Zenga, Total Barre, Pilates for children, as well as mom-and-baby Pilates.
Lindsay is a MSc graduate, with her thesis focusing on cardiovascular disease risk in South African adults. She is also a full-time teacher, as well as mom to a busy son and daughter.
She is passionate about health and wellness, and in addition to Pilates, offers Step classes at the studio. Lindsay also enjoys running and walking.
Lindsay Davy
Lindsay is an ETA and STOTT® trained Pilates instructor. She taught Group Fitness, Indoor Cycling and various sports for many years, and became interested in Pilates in 2010. After obtaining her instructor qualification, she opened the Natural Affinity Health and Wellness Studio in 2011. She has since added reformer Pilates to her repertoire (2016). Her passion for Pilates has inspired her to branch out into Zenga, Total Barre, Pilates for children, as well as mom-and-baby Pilates.
Lindsay is a MSc graduate, with her thesis focusing on cardiovascular disease risk in South African adults. She is also a full-time teacher, as well as mom to a busy son and daughter.
She is passionate about health and wellness, and in addition to Pilates, offers Step classes at the studio. Lindsay also enjoys running and walking.
Lara Eaton
While she has always had a love of sports, Lara’s true passions are horse riding, dance and Pilates. After discovering the Pilates method in 2009, she obtained her Matwork qualification (up to Advanced level) with STOTT Pilates® and began teaching classes at Natural Affinity in 2012. She has since completed the Stott Reformer instructors course (Intermediate level) as well as Total Barre and numerous other workshops (prenatal pilates, zenga and rehab-related). Lara took her passion one step further and focused on Pilates for women’s health as the topic of her MSc thesis (Human Kinetics & Ergonomics, Rhodes University, 2017). She is currently also in a managerial role at the studio since 2019, assisting with marketing, administration and client relations.
Lara enjoys teaching group classes as well as working with individual clients who require more specialised attention. She is a great believer in fitness for sustainable, long term health and considers exercise as medicine for the body, mind and spirit.
Lara Eaton
While she has always had a love of sports, Lara’s true passions are horse riding, dance and Pilates. After discovering the Pilates method in 2009, she obtained her Matwork qualification (up to Advanced level) with STOTT Pilates® and began teaching classes at Natural Affinity in 2012. She has since completed the Stott Reformer instructors course (Intermediate level) as well as Total Barre and numerous other workshops (prenatal pilates, zenga and rehab-related). Lara took her passion one step further and focused on Pilates for women’s health as the topic of her MSc thesis (Human Kinetics & Ergonomics, Rhodes University, 2017). She is currently also in a managerial role at the studio since 2019, assisting with marketing, administration and client relations.
Lara enjoys teaching group classes as well as working with individual clients who require more specialised attention. She is a great believer in fitness for sustainable, long term health and considers exercise as medicine for the body, mind and spirit.
Ashwin Pienaar
Ashwin is a 200 hour Yoga Alliance certified instructor and an artist. He enjoys most physical activities and a range of sports. He instructs Ashtanga and Yin classes at the studio and enjoys the discipline which yoga requires. While building strength, the Ashtanga practice (following a set sequence of poses), becomes meditative as one becomes familiar with the sequence. Yin, on the other hand, is restorative. By holding passive poses for 3 to 5 minutes, deep connective tissue is repaired. Some poses are comfortable, others are not. Breathing and concentration are important.
Ashwin Pienaar
Ashwin is a 200 hour Yoga Alliance certified instructor and an artist. He enjoys most physical activities and a range of sports. He instructs Ashtanga and Yin classes at the studio and enjoys the discipline which yoga requires. While building strength, the Ashtanga practice (following a set sequence of poses), becomes meditative as one becomes familiar with the sequence. Yin, on the other hand, is restorative. By holding passive poses for 3 to 5 minutes, deep connective tissue is repaired. Some poses are comfortable, others are not. Breathing and concentration are important.
Samantha Carolus
Sam has a group fitness qualification from Tri-focus Fitness Academy and various stretching, HITT and other strength-based certificates. She has been in the strength training and holistic movement business for 4 years. Her passion for strength came about after having played sports for many years resulting in injuries, only to learn that it really doesn’t matter if you can lift heavy weights if you can’t move freely or do so without pain. She’s aware that we have to change the way we look at strength and movement and she’s all about working with what YOUR body can do – be it a small, slow jumping jack or half a burpee. She wants her clients to just keep it moving and learn to love their bodies as they are now, the strength will undoubtedly come with time!
Samantha Carolus
Sam has a group fitness qualification from Tri-focus Fitness Academy and various stretching, HITT and other strength-based certificates. She has been in the strength training and holistic movement business for 4 years. Her passion for strength came about after having played sports for many years resulting in injuries, only to learn that it really doesn’t matter if you can lift heavy weights if you can’t move freely or do so without pain. She’s aware that we have to change the way we look at strength and movement and she’s all about working with what YOUR body can do – be it a small, slow jumping jack or half a burpee. She wants her clients to just keep it moving and learn to love their bodies as they are now, the strength will undoubtedly come with time!
Hayley Wilson
Hayley is a recently qualified ETA-based Pilates instructor who discovered her love of Pilates while still at school. For the last 10 years, Pilates has been her source of strength and stability, keeping her grounded and connected throughout every stage of life. Pilates supported her ballet and contemporary dancing throughout high school, and kept her sane and healthy as she completed her Mathematics degree at Stellenbosch University. After moving to Grahamstown in 2022, she finally gave in to the hunger to know more about this incredible movement method, and completed her instructors course.
Hayley loves building deep relationships with her clients, working with them to discover their potential and find ease in their movements. A firm believer in the connection between the mind and the body, she weaves mindfulness practices into each of her classes, unlocking the restorative nature of Pilates.
A lover of hiking, sunshine, and people, Hayley spends her days writing for companies around the world and protecting her belongings from the claws of her foster kittens.
Hayley Wilson
Hayley is a recently qualified ETA-based Pilates instructor who discovered her love of Pilates while still at school. For the last 10 years, Pilates has been her source of strength and stability, keeping her grounded and connected throughout every stage of life. Pilates supported her ballet and contemporary dancing throughout high school, and kept her sane and healthy as she completed her Mathematics degree at Stellenbosch University. After moving to Grahamstown in 2022, she finally gave in to the hunger to know more about this incredible movement method, and completed her instructors course.
Hayley loves building deep relationships with her clients, working with them to discover their potential and find ease in their movements. A firm believer in the connection between the mind and the body, she weaves mindfulness practices into each of her classes, unlocking the restorative nature of Pilates.
A lover of hiking, sunshine, and people, Hayley spends her days writing for companies around the world and protecting her belongings from the claws of her foster kittens.
Kayla Shefer
While her day job is that of an certified Occupational Therapist, Kayla is also a Vinyasa Yoga teacher. She earned her 200hr qualification in peak pose sequencing vinyasa flow yoga style, completing her training in Cape Town.
Her classes offer yoga asanas and culturally rooted Hindu philosophies to facilitate your movement, but essentially the practice is yours to make your own. She intends to hold an accessible space where you have the opportunity to befriend and grow in love for the vessel in which you move through in this human experience – a chance to connect with your own body and achieve your own goals.
Yoga classes facilitated by Kayla range from power vinyasa classes to slow flows, inspired by the natural cycles of the womb and moon. She is passionate about the mind-body-spirit connection which includes a wholistic embodiment of movement, spirituality, art, culture and connection. She is keen on growing with her students in physical strength and over all health & well being, and hopes to form a community committed to holistic growth and positive change grounded in loving-kindness.
Kayla Shefer
While her day job is that of an certified Occupational Therapist, Kayla is also a Vinyasa Yoga teacher. She earned her 200hr qualification in peak pose sequencing vinyasa flow yoga style, completing her training in Cape Town.
Her classes offer yoga asanas and culturally rooted Hindu philosophies to facilitate your movement, but essentially the practice is yours to make your own. She intends to hold an accessible space where you have the opportunity to befriend and grow in love for the vessel in which you move through in this human experience – a chance to connect with your own body and achieve your own goals.
Yoga classes facilitated by Kayla range from power vinyasa classes to slow flows, inspired by the natural cycles of the womb and moon. She is passionate about the mind-body-spirit connection which includes a wholistic embodiment of movement, spirituality, art, culture and connection. She is keen on growing with her students in physical strength and over all health & well being, and hopes to form a community committed to holistic growth and positive change grounded in loving-kindness.