SCOUT INSTRUCTOR SERIES - Meet Laura

LAURA BROGAN

Age: 27

Star sign: Scorpio

How long have you been teaching Barre & Pilates ? I've been teaching Barre for 2 and a half years and Pilates only for 5 months!

How did you first get into Pilates ?  I first found Pilates on Youtube when I was a mere teenager! So funny to think about that now being cramped in my bedroom planking and crunching.

What are your favourite Pilates position?  Nothing better than a clam kick out.

What's your favourite thing about teaching at Scout Pilates? The calm energy that washes over when you enter the building, the combination of teachers, clients and of course the Hunter candles -  perfect combination. It’s so welcoming and feels like a retreat in the middle of the city.

Enough Pilates chat, what in your life gives you the most energy? Working creatively, especially in film. I work as an Actor & Director and love every aspect of the industry. And dark chocolate - donations are always welcome. 

Tell us your favourite place to eat in the inner west and what you order there? What a loaded question. Its a hard choice, but Chinese Dumpling Master on Enmore Road - fragrant noodle, special braised eggplant, garlic kai lan, any dumpling and you’re set!

What advice would you give to your 15-year-old self? Keep on being yourself, it will get you so far and bring beautiful friends into your life.

Last great book that you read? 101 Essays to Change the Way You Think Brianna Weist - its an absolutely beautiful collection of thoughts, life lessons and philosophy.

If you could travel ANYWHERE tomorrow, where would you go? Montenegro!!! I didn't get to stop by on my last trip to Europe and I'm dying to do - the landscape, the water, the food & beauty of it all.

What goal are you hoping to achieve by the end of the year? Interestingly enough, I’m hoping to achieve more acceptance of where I am and to slow down on striving towards goals like a headless chicken. I want to achieve a gratitude mindset for what I’ve already achieved in the past.