Emma Kate Millar began her fitness career as a professional Modern Dancer with a background in competitive Irish Dancing. Strength, fitness, flexibility and body awareness were absolute prerequisites for her as a performer. However, in 2003 she sustained a serious back and hip injury, which threatened to take away her abilities as a dancer and physically limit her life. That year her injuries brought her to Pilates.

Over time, the foundations of the method have allowed her to achieve a full recovery and beyond. Pilates allowed her to attain a level of physical health and balance which had transformed her life. It wasn’t long before Emma Kate decided to learn to teach the method to others, and spread the freedom, accessibility and relief the method had given her. Emma Kate was certified under STOTT Pilates in 2004 and has updated and maintained her education over the years through Balanced Body, CoreWorks Pilates and Physiotherapy, and Body Harmonics as well as graduating from York Universities Dance Program in 2010 with a focus on Dance Science.

Body Mason opened in 2015 as a culmination of many years of knowledge and hands-on experience of helping bring awareness to the body—its movement, its strength and its resilience.