Meet the founders
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Lyd
FORMER INTERNATIONAL RUGBY PLAYER / MOVEMENT COACH / YOGA TEACHER / OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST /
HI, I'M LYDIA. INITIALLY BALANCING MY WORK AS AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST IN THE NHS WITH REPRESENTING ENGLAND IN RUGBY, I HAD THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST FULL-TIME WOMEN’S RUGBY PLAYERS. WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE A SHORT-LIVED DREAM TURNED INTO OVER 10 YEARS OF REPRESENTING ENGLAND, PLAYING IN 3 RUGBY WORLD CUPS, A COMMONWEALTH GAMES, AND NUMEROUS TOURNAMENTS, EARNING OVER 50 INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCES.
DURING THIS TIME, I'VE EXPERIENCED MY FAIR SHARE OF HIGHS AND LOWS—FROM UNDERPERFORMING AND INJURIES TO BEING NOMINATED FOR WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND MAKING THE WORLD RUGBY TEAM OF THE DECADE (2010-2020). THROUGH IT ALL, I'VE LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING CARE OF MY BODY AND MIND. THIS JOURNEY HAS LED ME TO CREATE MY OWN MOVEMENT PRACTICES, ENABLING ME TO CONTINUE DOING THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST TO ME.
I NOW GET TO WORK WITH INSPIRING PEOPLE, WHETHER THEIR GOAL IS TO PERFORM TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OR ENJOY MOVING DAILY . WHAT I HAVE LEARNT AND WHAT I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS A FULL TIME ATHLETE I SHARE THROUGH ON-FORM.
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Tom
IRONMAN TRIATHLETE / MOVEMENT COACH / JEMS® PRACTITIONER / FUNCTIONAL RANGE CONDITIONING MOBIITY SPECIALIST® / OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
HI, I’M TOM. MY JOURNEY FROM A NOT PARTICULARLY ATHLETIC CHILD TO A FREQUENTLY INJURED FRONT ROW RUGBY PLAYER, AND NOW TRAINING FOR MY 6TH IRONMAN, HAS MADE ME PASSIONATE ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MOVEMENT. I'VE HAD THE HONOUR OF REPRESENTING MY COUNTRY WITH ENGLAND DEAF RUGBY, AND THIS EXPERIENCE HAS FUELLED MY COMMITMENT TO HELPING OTHERS BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY WANT TO BE.
WITH OVER 10 YEARS OF STUDYING HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND WORKING WITH REMARKABLE INDIVIDUALS, I'VE GAINED VALUABLE INSIGHTS. MY CAREER SPANS WORKING IN THE NHS WITH PEOPLE FACING COMPLEX, LIFE-CHANGING CONDITIONS TO RUNNING MY OWN PRIVATE PRACTICE. I'VE COLLABORATED WITH ATHLETES AIMING FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE ON THE WORLD STAGE AND EVERYDAY INDIVIDUALS STRIVING TO MAKE MEANINGFUL LIFESTYLE CHANGES. MY MISSION IS TO GUIDE AND SUPPORT YOU IN ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS AND UNLOCKING YOUR FULL POTENTIAL.
Our Story
"It shouldn't have to be this way" became a common phrase among us, but it sparked a positive change. Our frustrations with injuries, surgeries, and sports underperformances turned into motivation. We felt deep compassion for the NHS patients we worked with who faced challenges, and this inspired us to find solutions. Our conversations began to focus on how we could help ourselves and others: reducing injuries, maximizing athletic performance, waking up with more energy, staying fit and healthy as we age, and doing more of what we love to live fulfilling lives.
We used our own lives to test and explore different theories and concepts from the world of human performance, physical training and psychology. inspired by the worlds of movement, JEMS® yoga, CALISTHENICS and mixed martial arts where the focus was on whole body and mind connection as well as control, awareness and mobility.
we started doing daily movement practices and noticed we could move with more freedom and ease as well as Finding the body and mind nourishment of having a movement practice.
This is where the concept of ON-FORM was born. We started sharing the movement and mobility sessions that had benefited us with a wider community of people who wanted to move more, move better, and continue doing what matters to them. The sessions we designed are not just about completing a 10-minute movement routine on the mat; it’s about what that session enables you to do in life.
“Movement has been an incredibly important part of my life. Movement has not only allowed me to EXPERIENCE THINGS i NEVER DREAMED OF, LIKE travelLING THE WORLD, BEING A PROFESSIONAL athlete AND REPRESENTING MY COUNTRY, but it ALSO allows me to connect with the things I love and most importantly the people I love. I am moving now to hopefully give myself the best chance of LIVING a life full of doing and being the person i want to be.”
LYDIA, former -PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE & COFOUNDER OF ON-FORM