International Pilates teacher Ian Dilworth trained and qualified as a level 3 Pilates instructor with Gordon Thompson and Lynne Robinson in London's most respected Body Control Pilates studio. He continued his training with the Pilates Institute of London to teach remedial Pilates and on Pilates machines. Ian became a national representative for the Pilates Institute in 2001. He has given presentations to groups of health professionals, spinal injury clinics, back pain clinics and hospital groups. He has been written about widely in the press and his clients have ranged from retired Yorkshire coal miners to European royalty.

Ian is also the author of the 'Pilates for Life' exercise programmes which are sold worldwide through the website www.pilatesforlife.com.

In 1999 Ian founded the highly acclaimed Harrogate Pilates Centre, which in 2002 was named as one of the best Pilates studios in the U.K. In 2002 he also opened a second studio in the Spanish Canary Islands and taught there until selling the studio early in 2007, prior to moving to Lunenburg.

Before moving to Canada, Ian was a professional member of the BackCare Association and a member of the International Stress Management Association. He remains a member of the Body Control Pilates Association and The Register of Exercise Professionals.