Melanie

Until 2005, Melanie was very unfit, very overweight, and didn't do much exercise. She decided to transform her life, lost 4.5 stone and then went on to compete for Great Britain in the sport of Triathlon on the international stage for five years. Injury forced her retirement in 2012 and she now focuses on helping others to achieve their fitness goals and dreams.

Melanie is a REPS registered personal trainer, triathlon, cycling and swim coach, nutrition advisor, NLP (mental strength) coach, hypnotherapist and massage therapist. You can contact Melanie on ryding2health@gmail.com

Melanie is the managing director or Ryding2Health Limited, which was incorporated in England in 2011, and in New Zealand in 2015. Ryding2Health Ltd. is a REPS registered fitness facility.

Megan

Megan is a competitive highland dancer and has competed throughout the country over the last year. This sparked her passion for heath and fitness. This passion coupled with a desire to see others achieve their best, helps her and her clients achieve their goals. Whether they are goals in general fitness, sports performance or functional movement.

As a massage therapist Megan aims to get the best results for each client, individualizing each session to get you feeling your best again. She specializes in pain relief from nerve pain to headaches as well as helping people regain their full range of movement. She also offers sport specific massage to release tension so you can play to your full potential.

Megan is a REPS registered personal trainer and a qualified deep tissue / therapeutic massage therapist. You can contact her on megan.ryding2health@gmail.com

Mark

Mark is passionate about helping people get fit and keep fit. He is currently taking a range of group classes and studying to become a personal trainer. Having spent 12 years in the British Army, he brings a fun and interesting take on exercising using natural obstacles and unconventional equipment like tyres, sandbags and cones. Mark enjoys participating in obstacle courses, muddy races and cross country. He has completed 2 full marathons and many half marathons. His goal is to create programs and plans that put the fun back into fitness.

Mark is a provisionally REPS registered personal trainer. You can contact him on mark.ryding2health@gmail.com

Trina

Trina has always been actively involved in sports, including horse riding, dancing and netball and this was where her interest in massage was born. Having also regularly received massage herself, Trina knows that it benefits the mind and body and hopes to relieve the aches and pains that build up.

Trina is a qualified relaxation, sports and deep tissue / therapeutic massage therapist

Jenny

Jenny has been riding since the age of five and participating in show jumping throughout her entire life to at a semi professional level. As a result of various riding related injuries she became interested in and then trained as a physiotherapist.

Joining the team as a massage therapist, Jenny contributes her extensive medical knowledge as well as a wide variety of different massage techniques, such as relaxation massage, deep tissue massage, Swedish massage, myofascial release, and the highly sought after lymphatic drainage. She is also trained in Kinesiology Taping, used for treating sport injuries, work-related pain conditions and more.

Jenny is a qualified massage therapist who specialises in relaxation, Swedish, and therapuetic massage as well as myofascial release and manual lymphatic drainage. She can be contacted on jenny.ryding2health@gmail.com

Kayne

From a young age Kayne has always been actively involved in Softball and Taekwondo, representing Southland in both sports.

Kayne is very passionate about sports and exercise and believes that everyone should find a form of physical activity that they enjoy and incorporate it into their everyday life. He hopes to help others achieve their goals no matter what they are.

Kayne is a REPS registered personal trainer and can be contacted on kayne.ryding2health@gmail.com