In 2002, Kellie Jones rented a small space for only four clients, after becoming frustrated with the limitations of having to teach over-filled Pilates classes.

She found that her small-group clients progressed much faster, making them even more eager to continue with her classes, as they quickly achieved their goals, often exceeding their own expectations.

Kellie also found that, to earn a living as a Pilates teacher, she needed to be freelance and subsequently found herself teaching in a number of different clubs, which soon reduced her job satisfaction and sense of belonging to a team.

Thus, Kellie had her first dreams of running her own centre, based around a small-group philosophy.

In 2004, Kellie met Ellie Searle when she began attending her Pilates classes. Ellie, a specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and Pilates Instructor, shared Kellie's vision of setting up her own centre, which included a therapy clinic.

Only two years later, in 2006, Kellie took on larger premises and Ellie began renting a room, from which to run a part-time Physiotherapy Clinic, as well as her own Pilates classes.

By 2010, both had developed a loyal clientele but realised they were rapidly out-growing their relatively modest building. The girls could see that they needed to move to a new location in order to expand their businesses, which led them to join forces.

Within a week of making the decision to work together, they found the perfect place at Reeds Farm, which was converted in just three months to become The Hummingbird Centre!

Instinctively, Kellie and Ellie knew that, to make the Centre work, they needed to build a team of like-minded individuals, whose focus was on quality teaching and treatments.

They subsequently recruited a number of teachers and therapists who embraced their own ideals and proceeded to open The Hummingbird Centre in September 2010,