MY STORY
A dancer, a teacher, a lifelong student.
How I came to Pilates, and why the classical work eventually claimed me for good.
What led me to practice and teach?
It all started when I dropped into a class at my local gym in Budapest in my late teens with nagging back pain. I quickly fell in love with Pilates and how it made me feel. In 2011 I started teaching Matwork classes, but it didn't stop there for me. I wanted to understand more, so I undertook full studio training with Stott Pilates in London and fully qualified with them. I learnt so much about anatomy, good form, and posture that I felt I could really help people learn to move better.
Why Classical Pilates?
In 2018, I popped into a class at The Pilates Place in London and was so impressed by how organic and natural the movement felt, as well as how challenging the class was. It was taught on equipment that was different from what I was used to, and the exercises flowed and felt more like a dance than the Pilates I had known before. The dancer in me loved it.
I learned from my teacher that this was the Classical Reformer Flow. As I continued practising it, I discovered that while being precise and maintaining good form, Pilates could still be organic, natural, dynamic and rhythmical, and that movement did not have to feel restrictive in order to be safe.
I loved the principled structure of Classical Pilates, and in 2021 I took a deep dive into The Pilates Center’s 500-hour Bridge Programme, dedicating a year to developing my understanding of the original exercises and the connections between them under the guidance of master teacher trainers.
The training also expanded the way I teach. Rather than simply teaching what an exercise looks like in a textbook or repeating a script, I respond creatively to the person or group in front of me, trusting that there is no single right way to teach, only the approach that best serves the person in front of me. I am always curious and I treat each session as a collaboration rather than a prescription.
My teaching journey
Over the years, I have taught Pilates in many settings, including for 13 years on regular Matwork classes at Jacksons Lane in Highgate, where I built a community of clients who returned week after week, and even moved with me online during the pandemic.
I also taught in several London studios, including The Pilates Place, where I gained my first experience of teaching the Classical method with the support of Inge Stevens, Larissa O’Brien and Siobhan Paton. Later, I ran my own home studio in Crouch End, working with a loyal group of clients and supporting other teachers and trainees with their own development.
Since relocating to Greece in 2026, my practice moved partly online, allowing me to continue working with clients and teachers wherever they are in the world.
My in-person work is based in Chania, Crete, where I am continuing to share the Classical Pilates system and helping people discover its lasting benefits through my private and small group classes.