Annie Hackwell
“Hello - I’m (the other) Annie, I’m going to be teaching Pilates on Fridays at 5pm and I’m so excited to be joining the teaching team here at Soma and to share my love of Pilates with this beautiful new community.
My love of Pilates and somatic movement means my classes are a joyful blend of mindful movement, breath awareness, and embodied strength. I love guiding people to connect with their bodies in a way that feels supportive, fluid, and empowering—so you leave feeling grounded, open, and more at ease in yourself.
I qualified in Pilates in 2016 after a journey of reconnection with my body, as I fell in love with Pilates, I fell back in love my body and what it was capable of by fully embodying the principles.
I’m passionate about creating space where every body feels welcome, and where movement becomes a practice of both strength and self-care. Whether you’re new to Pilates or experienced, I’ll meet you where you are and help you explore your own possibilities.
I am also qualified in trauma informed Holosomatic bodywork, breathwork and reiki. And am so passionate about what we are capable of when we take care of our nervous systems. I’m a lover of nature, connection, and all things that bring us back into balance. When I’m not teaching, you’ll find me with my gorgeous floofy child - George, exploring energy work & other somatic practices, or with a good coffee in hand.
I can’t wait to welcome you to class and move together in this beautiful space.”
The SOMA Session
Wednesdays 7am
More than a stretch or a nice playlist. The Soma Session is a somatic workout, built to shake up your morning and get you out of your head before the day even starts.
You will move through breath, rhythm, and release. Music that lifts you. Movement that asks your body to lead for once, not your to-do list.
You leave invigorated. Not wiped out, awake. From the inside out.
Pilates
Friday’s 5pm
My Pilates classes are focused on the original Pilates principles but create space for a dynamic experience where you can create new movement patterns in your body and build a new relationship with self. You can expect flowing, layered movements based around the fundamentals that will keep you challenged but supported with options should you desire them. And as with all of my classes, you’ll leave feeling elevated, supported and recalibrated.
Monthly: The Softening- a Sunday Somatic Reset
Monthly on Sundays 2.30p,
This is a 90-minute immersive journey designed to help you soften, unwind, and come back into your body — just in time for the week ahead.
Blending somatic practices including movement, chakra meditation, breathwork and subtle body awareness, this session invites you to gently release held tension from the physical body and nervous system while restoring a sense of inner alignment and calm.
Using embodied, wave-like movements and guided breath, we work through the body from root to crown — not to “activate” or force change, but to listen, integrate, and reorganise from within. Immersive headphones for part of the session create a cocooned, inward-focused experience, allowing you to drop beneath the noise of everyday life and into deeper sensation and presence.
This is a slow, nourishing practice rooted in trauma-informed somatic work. Everything is invitational. You are always in choice. Rest is welcome.
You’ll leave feeling grounded, spacious, quietly resourced and more in your body, more in yourself, and more prepared for whatever the coming week holds.