Testimonials

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The light bulb came on

I am always looking for more courses where I can learn more about the body. The body is so amazing and I am one of those people I want to know why someone is in pain and what I can do to get them out of pain. I came across Tanya’s shoulder course, and the light bulb came on and in all made sense if only someone had explained it to me like that 17 years ago. She has a great way of explaining everything.
Vanessa Pleace – Pilates Instructor (Australia)

So easy to understand

Tanya your courses were so easy to understand and you gave so much information without the exorbitant costs. Very visual as well, great for me.
I have always thought the body as a 3D Jigsaw puzzle. something always affects something else. Your words and knowledge gave me the words to express what I was feeling and seeing.
I have done nearly all of your courses.
Anne Ross (Australia)

I choose your courses

I choose your courses as I love the way you describe and teach the anatomy. Also, your courses are very specific to various conditions. For example; I had a lady the other day with Gluteal/hip pain so I searched your site for courses I could do (within an afternoon) which would help me understand that area of the body more, and therefore I was able to help her at our next session.

Susan Booth (UK)

A wonderful source of information.

Your trainings on line in 2020 have been a wonderful source of information, teaching, queuing and inspiration. My classes certainly know when I've spent a weekend on your webinars or Instagram! So finding your generous and enthusiastic online training was a real inspiration. I enjoy the honest, bright delivery, the depth of content, the variety, the easy accessibility to instantly usable knowledge!
Noreen Thackray (Zimbabwe)

Welcome to Pilates.

In all my years of doing courses and seeing people train instructors, Tanya just completely knocks me. Listening to her I feel like week one, day one. Open your front page. Welcome to Pilates. I can't remember my own name most days, and I am not kidding. Learning just a fraction of what Tanya has to offer will be a lifelong task so I am just so thankful we have lifelong access to these courses.

Mel Roberts – Yoga Instructor (UK) 

It´s just got more and more exciting.

I started the Functional Anatomy & Biomechanics course as I usually do by going through the manual, and watching the first video. During my fitness and Dance carrier – 30 years- (Fitness training, Personal Trainer, Pilates etc.) I have done several Anatomy courses, more than basic. But I must say that this one is going beyond what muscle is attached where, its name and its primary function. I always enjoyed anatomy and now it´s just got more and more exciting.

Mireille Brauneis - Pilates Instructor (Austria)

I've thoroughly enjoyed lateral tilt knock on effect

Just to say I've thoroughly enjoyed lateral tilt knock on effect and have learnt so much. I'm going to invest in a few more courses with Tanya.
I trained with STOTT Pilates and feel like they just taught us a bunch of exercises and didn’t focus on training our eye so well. I'm using Tanya’s courses as my mentor, especially as I haven't seen any real humans to teach in ages during lockdown.
Thankyou
Vicci Gillett - Pilates Instructor (UK)

Understand the benefits

I am a 75-year-old qualified Pilates Instructor in Clanwilliam, South Africa.  My qualification year was in 1998 – yes can you believe this – time flies.!!!  Since then, I attended a yearly Workshop. The last Workshop I attended in Cape Town was in 2018 and since then I am trying to keep up via your Of-CourseOnline episodes, which has given me some new ideas as well as to understand the benefits of each exercise which is a great help.

Erna Du Plessis - Pilates Instructor (South Africa)

A wonderful source of information.

Your trainings on line in 2020 have been a wonderful source of information, teaching, queuing and inspiration. My classes certainly know when I've spent a weekend on your webinars or Instagram! So finding your generous and enthusiastic online training was a real inspiration. I enjoy the honest, bright delivery, the depth of content, the variety, the easy accessibility to instantly usable knowledge!
Noreen Thackray (Zimbabwe)

This is fabulous!!!!

This is fabulous!!!! (The Symbiotic Relationship of the Lumbar Extensors and the Rectus Femoris talk) I have so many dancers who are spinal flexor... this really assists me to look at things differently... i love Tanya’s excitement sharing this. makes learning so much fun... I love how you pretend the muscles are talking out loud... great imagery for us to learn much easier with these examples!
Megan Nicko – Dance teacher (USA)

Thank you, Tanya

Thank you, Tanya. I am really enjoying the course, Shoulder Stability Protocol and all your teaching experience/wisdom!
Kevin Pedrey Personal Trainer (Washington, USA)

Love all Tanya’s videos

Love all Tanya’s videos so I purchased the bunch. I always seek education and specifically figuring out why pain happens and how to help it.

Yvona Pellegrino– Pilates Instructor (USA)



Gave me a new insight

I’ve been working as an archery coach for many years and have several degrees in sports sciences etc., But your practical way in guiding people to use their scapula correctly gave me a new insight. Thanks!”
Manuela Fenz-Fuchs – Archery Coach /Personal Trainer (Austria)

What a great course!

A friend introduced me to the Pregnancy and safe training course - What a great course! I have learned a lot and enjoyed the practical sessions.
Rone Jacobs De Witt – Biokineticist (South Africa)

Particularly useful

As always, this course (The Why Behind Compensations) is packed full of information to assist the movement professional with their teaching and anatomy knowledge. Its particularly useful to see the compensations on different body types. thankyou Tanya and team!
Emma Mcmahon – Pilates Instructor (UK)

Clear and easy to understand

This was the first of the ‘of-course on line’ courses (Safe Sacroiliac Training) that i have done and definitely won’t be the last. The material is very well presented in a clear and easy to understand manner.

Gail Louw- Biokineticist (South Africa)



Excellent information

Excellent information on what it is, how to educate the client on what to avoid and how to begin to move safely again without aggravating the bursitis. Good choice of exercises.
Vicki Howell-Harries – Pilates Instructor (Canada)

Extremely informative

I have just completed the Effective Training for Hypermobility course. I found it excellent and extremely informative. It’s really going to help me further enhance my Pilates Teaching with clients who have hypermobility.
Anne Bland- Pilates Instructor (UK)

Highly recommend

I have been a Pilates instructor and Personal Trainer for many years and was looking for a refresher anatomy and biomechanics course. Never need to look any further than Of Course Online as their courses are in depth, top notch and way ahead of others out there
I highly recommend taking classes from Tanya. They helped me understand better how to articulate movement in a much quicker and easier way.
Shelley Lewin (UK)

Particularly useful

Finally, I found a course (Shoulder Stability Wow Factor) that answered loads of my questions. I have been doing Tanya’s webinars from UK since 2018.  I love it very much. Tanya is very professional and very clear in her teaching.
Absolutely brilliant! Delighted and looking forward to attend the rest of your courses.
Terimoana Gilgen – Yoga Instructor – New Zealand

Thank you for the wise input

I came across Tanya’s courses from a Facebook advert and I am so pleased I did. I really like Tanya’s way of teaching and have thoroughly enjoyed the couple of courses I have done. I have just completed the cervical course. A client approached me with an issue due to a fusion and "cut" nerve due to neck pain. He has been living with a lateral head tilt for a number of years. He walked out of the gym yesterday with his head straight! He said he hadn't walked like that in years! It only lasted for a few meters but then he corrected himself and continued. It was amazing to see! Thank you for the wise input through your courses which I truly believe has helped speed up these results.
Lisa Macleod– Personal trainer (New Zealand)

The videos are amazing

I really enjoyed this Safe Cervical Training course. I loved the way Tanya presents the course. The videos are amazing and the passion and skills of the presenters is really motivating, i would surely recommend these educational materials and would love taking my next course very soon.
Natasja Warnick Body Alignment Practitioner – (South Africa)

I am now an anatomy nerd

I am a Personal Trainer and newly qualified yoga teacher. My sessions are a fusion of PT, yoga and Pilate’s style exercises (Pilate’s training is next). My mission is to help my clients love movement and want to keep moving well, be strong but kind to their bodies. I came to this new career late in life after years of over training and injury due to lack real understanding of how to be fit, strong whilst being kind to my bodies. I am now an anatomy nerd and love to learn so finding Tanya Thompson, her site and the Facebook group is so inspiring.
Gillian Brown – Yoga teacher (UK)

I love her spunk!!

I completed a full 500hr comprehensive Pilate’s certification and started teaching group reformer & suspension (trx) classes in a Pilates studio shortly before the pandemic hit. The studio has been closed since November for group classes and is not opening until July. I have been teaching a private lesson and a duet weekly and studying a lot of anatomy.
The short coming of my training was definitely the anatomy - so grateful to have found Tanya she is brilliant in the way she teaches and I love her spunk!!

Darcy Henderson – Pilates Instructor (USA)

Can’t wait for the next course

This is an amazing workshop; I have some experience with the subject but the way you explain how to use and motivate lazy serratus to work is brilliant. I’m satisfied as always and can’t wait for the next course. I have good progress with my clients already and this workshop gives me more confidence to work with clients. I love the assisted work as well and I had an opportunity to try it so far, works like a charm.
Ania Wojtera (Poland)

The Success Path is brilliant !!!

The Success Path is brilliant !!! I'm loving it SOOOO much!!! Just cant get enough of it!!!!! Thank from the bottom of my heart xxx
Karen Gallinetti

 A sense of direction and purpose

Very helpful. When I found you months ago, I was so excited about all the fantastic content but I didn’t know where to start. There was so much knowledge it was overwhelming. The Success Path now gives me a sense of direction and purpose. Thank you Tanya.
Catherine Pounder

Loving the Success Path

Me! Loving the Success Path!! Jumping around in the different levels according to my needs. Thoroughly enjoying the journey 
Jrene Sennhauser

I love the Education Hub

Started yesterday, I love the education hub but I was just dipping into topics I fancied. Love the idea of structure and accountability 

Kim Wells

Absolutely brilliant

Finally, I found a course that answered loads of my questions.  I have been doing Tanya's webinars from UK since 2018.I love it very much. Tanya is very professional and very clear in her teaching.
Absolutely brilliant
Delighted and looking forward to attend the rest of your courses.
Rita Don- Pilates Instructor (UK)

Thank you for the wise input

The stand out thing about this course (lateral Tilt Assessment) is the quality manual and delivery of the content. Clear, concise, what compensations to look for and exercises so I can deliver this program to a client in the real world. I’ve not come away feeling confused or not understanding and I can go back anytime to check information or remind myself of key points as you have lifetime access.
Vicci Gillett- Pilates Instructor (UK)

I am hooked!

This is the second Of-Course Online course (Training Your Eye) I have completed. And now I am hooked! I don’t think I’ll be satiated until I’ve done them all….many times over.
In ‘Training Your Eye’ Tanya takes what can seem like such a complicated and confusing topic and breaks it right down in a clear, concise, and easy to understand way. I feel so much more confident and knowledgeable when teaching my clients now. It is also reassuring knowing that I have this course (both video and manual) to refer back to as a reference if I don’t immediately know how to help a client. I am just starting my career as a Pilates teacher and this course has given me insight that would have taken years to develop otherwise.
Donna-Marie Macpanas Pilates Instructor (Australia)

The way you teach is perfect for me

Oh word, I am doing it!!! I just got so caught up in it I thought I had chosen to do another section of the educational hub. This is great. I'm a very practical, visual learner so the way you teach is perfect for me!!! I'm totally getting it!! I'm so excited!! Thank you thank u Soo much. I knew there had to be someone out there that would be able to teach me in the way that I learn!! Not common I tell you xxxxx
Karen Gallinetti

Definitely worth the time and effort!

This Pilates Mat course is well organised and communication and support are excellent. I started off with the course in studio just before lockdown 2020 and there were no problems switching over to on-line to be able to finish the course. The feedback on the assessments were excellent to help improve my skill and teaching and they made sure I had my certificate in time to be handed in for the HPCSA for my CPD points. I found this rehab orientated Pilates mat course original with a creative and evidence-based approach definitely worth the time and effort!
Suzanne Coetzee – Physiotherapist (South Africa)

Can’t wait for the next course

I am a physiotherapist I work mainly with adults particularly who suffer from musculoskeletal disorders. I am currently working towards becoming a qualified group exercise fitness trainer and work at the gym as part time job or hopefully run my own business and open my own gym I have attended 3 live events with Tanya in the UK she is absolutely amazing and inspiring. I am passionate about learning anatomy, biomechanics but not in the boring way as taught in university. I hope to find the time to do all of Tanya’s courses
Fatima Aldrees – physiotherapist (Saudi Arabia)

Now it´s getting more and more exciting.

Hello Tanya!

I started as I usually do by going through the manual, and watching the first video. During my fitness and Dance carrier – 30 years- (Fitness training, Personal Trainer, Pilates etc.) I have had several Anatomy courses, more than basic. I must say that this one is going beyond what muscle is attached where, its name and its primary function. I always enjoyed anatomy and now it´s getting more and more exciting.
Mireille Brauneis - Pilates Instructor (Austria) 

I will not be confused again.

I started with my Functional Anatomy & Biomechanics course work this week.

This is work I memorized before but fully understand it only now for the very first time. I will not be confused again. I still have to put in a lot more time, but feel that I am on a good track to develop my knowledge based on Tanya’s material. I have a sense of relief and much higher level of motivation.

Amanda Roon - Pilates Instructor (South Africa) 

Her exceptional way of teaching is super effective.

I want to Thank Tanya for the difference she made in my life, to the benefit of my clients, and for sharing her passion with the world. Her exceptional way of teaching is super effective. I certainly can testify to the impact it has made on my life and career.  
Shirley Phelan – (Ireland)

 I am already a lot more confident!

I was a designer for 18 years so I’m quite a visual person. I learn better through watching and through live examples. Unlike my colleagues who mostly came from a dance background (so had an advantage when it came to anatomy) I didn’t. But that’s why Tanya's videos were/are such a really great tool for movement professionals who are a bit unsure about their anatomy knowledge. It's made especially for people like us and makes a lot of sense because she puts everything into a situation. This method of teaching works very well with me and even though I still have to re-watch the videos over & over again, I am already a lot more confident and reassured having this material available at any time. 

Melissa De San Antionio

I love the way she teaches the anatomy. 

I searched for more continuing education as 'every day is a school day!' You can never learn enough about the body. I choose Tanya’s courses as I love the way she describes and teaches the anatomy. Also, the courses are very specific to various conditions. For example, I had a lady the other day with Gluteal/hip pain so I searched Tanya’s site for courses I could do (within an afternoon) which would help me understand that area of the body more, and therefore I was able to help her at our next session. .I was frustrated with other courses because they didn't go deep enough. I like the layout and structure of Of-CourseOnline.com, the format really works for me. . Thanks.
Susan Booth - Pilates Instructor (UK) 

Brilliant, loving the courses.

Brilliant, loving the courses, love the fact we can re-watch as it takes me ages to take things in. I’m also looking forward to the shoulder webinar.

Vanessa Daly – Pilates Instructor (UK) 

Craved for more!

I bought the Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics Course and craved for more therefore I purchased the Mat Instructor Course. Lots of videos and invaluable information!

Karen Benn – Pilates Instructor (USA) 

Her exceptional way of teaching is super effective.

I want to Thank Tanya for the difference she made in my life, to the benefit of my clients, and for sharing her passion with the world. Her exceptional way of teaching is super effective. I certainly can testify to the impact it has made on my life and career.  
Shirley Phelan – (Ireland)

 Excited to do this session again and again!

Just followed along with the "Innovative Arm Toning" webinar. Love Tanya's instruction. Excited to do this session again and again - I'm sure this will be a game-changer in my shoulder strengthening post rehab. Also, I wouldn't mind arms like Tanya has. lol.

Cat Coxon – Pilates Instructor (South Africa) 

You are receiving the biggest hug!

Tanya, you are ABSOLUTELY the bomb! You are receiving the biggest hug! Thank you! Can’t wait to share this wisdom with my clients! .
Ginger Purkey – Pilates Instructor (USA)