Burcu Ozdemir

Burcu completed her Pilates Mat education at the Smartbody Studio in Amsterdam in 2015. A few years later, she followed the Comprehensive BASI Pilates Teacher Training. Burcu has an overall love of movement, having had an active lifestyle since childhood! Volleyball, tennis and skiing are a couple of sports which you may ind Burcu enjoying […]

Tim Persent

Tim Persent was born in South Africa in 1964 and has been a dancer and artistic collaborator with the Amsterdam-based dance company, LeineRoebana, since 1994. He is currently dancing with the Dance On Ensemble. Parallel to his enormous dance career, Tim Persent has worked for several cultural institutions in different capacities. From 2005 to 2016 […]

Willemijn de Groot

Willemijn is a mother of three small children (aged 6, 4 and 3). She has been practicing Pilates for 20 years. After three pregnancies within the span of three years, she had to rehabilitate from pelvic instability. This required a lot of perseverance and focus towards her body. Pilates played a pivotal role in this […]

Elisa Hiu Chi Fu

Elisa is a BASI Pilates certified Pilates teacher who moved to Amsterdam from her home in Hong Kong in 2020. She has been teaching mat Pilates for 11 years and equipment Pilates for 3 years. Her curiosity towards the wellbeing of the physical body and the emotional aspect of oneself has inspired her to also […]

Eliane Busstra

Eliane’s pilates journey began at Studio Anna Mora when she was 14 years old and needed to recover from an accident. She fell in love with the practice. Pilates gave her back control over her own body and taught her to be more in contact with herself. After 8 years of following her own practice, […]