At the time I don’t think I imagined it would one day become an actual bricks-and-mortar studio!

Over the years I trained across pretty much every corner of the fitness industry - Personal Training, Pilates, Spin, Zumba, Pre & Post Natal and more, while dancing, performing and competing myself. TBP grew with me, from those first dance classes into a whole team of instructors and a community of people moving together.

But the more time I spent in the industry, the clearer I became about the kind of space I wanted to create.

I’m a Black, queer East London woman, and I wanted somewhere that felt like us. Somewhere beautiful and unapologetically Afrocentric. Somewhere you could care about getting stronger, fitter or learning an incredible new skill without being made to feel that your body needed fixing first.

So after a couple of years of planning, stressing, dreaming and probably asking myself “what am I doing?” more than once 😂, I opened the doors to our first permanent studio in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in 2023.

And somehow, the little dance classes I started all those years ago have become a home for Pole, Aerial Silks, Hoop, Sling, Dancing In Heels, Spin, Pilates, Yoga, LBT as well as space for Sony film shoots, game nights, FLINTA shibari workshops and more.

I’m incredibly proud that we’ve created a space that intentionally centres Black, POC and queer communities without being exclusive. If you share our values, you’re our ally and you’re welcome here.

I want TBP to be somewhere you can come to get stronger, try something completely outside your comfort zone (or within it, just in an environment that’s got seasoning, swagga and hot sauce in the fridge)  have a laugh, make friends, shake your backside, hang upside down - or just have an moment or two where you get to feel good in your body.

Come as you are. Take up space💪🏽🤩