Pilates Springboard

Build your
foundation

Enhance your power

Deepen &
Restore

Pre/Post Natal

Sustain & Step up

Springboard is the ultimate piece of equipment that challenges your entire body while providing spring assistance and resistance to improve your fitness, balance, spinal/peripheral mobility and strength.

Get ready for an invigorating full body workout! In this energetic and playful class you will work your shoulders, legs, arms, butt, and abdominals. Sometimes you will be challenged with extra props like balls, foam-roller, rings or the Bosu Balance Trainer.

Exercises that you may find difficult to perform on the mat, can be adapted onto the Springboard in a controlled and safe manner. The varying resistance of the springs can be tailored to your body, meeting you at your precise needs.

Why

Improve balance
Spinal mobility & strength
Full body toning
Dynamic exercises for extra challenge
Added resistance from springs

For Whom

This is an Intermediate level class, previous experience with Pilates is required. We recommend joining our Pilates Mat Beginner or Pilates Mat All Level classes prior to joining Pilates Springboards.

Do you want to try out some lessons at AnnaMora?

We kindly ask you to reserve your spot in advance.

Ready to book?

Classes at Studio AnnaMora run on a simple credit system – no separate passes for different class types, just one currency that works across everything we offer.

1 credit = 1 group class (mat, springboard or online)

2 credits = 1 reformer class

Credits come in flexible passes starting from a single drop-in, credit passes or as part of a monthly membership if you train regularly.

New to the studio?

We have two intro offers designed to help you find your footing – a Trial Pass to explore group classes, or a Welcome Pack that includes a private session with a senior trainer from day one.

What makes Springboard unique?

This class is designed for a maximum of 7 participants, creating an intimate and personalised training session. Benefit from this small group environment where the teacher can give 1-on-1 feedback & offer modifications specifically for you throughout the class. We are proud to offer you this individualised approach for the same price as a regular group class!

The trainers

Renee Van Egmond

Anna Mora

Andrea Bergh

Elisa Hiu Chi Fu

What our members think

Best known for her positive spirit & the joyful energy she brings to each class, Renee is one of Studio AnnaMora’s original trainers, teaching since 2011. Renee is certified to teach Pilates both on the Mat & on the Apparatus since 2009 in the Ellie Herman method.

Coming from a life-long dedication and passion for movement you can always find Renee teaching in the studio, skiing in the Alps or hosting retreats at the Côte d’azur in France, where she teaches Pilates and cooks French & Italian meals.

“Let the body speak and move with the rhythm of it.”

Her deepest motivation is to create challenging classes while still making it fun! She is flexible towards your needs and where you are at today, so that you feel motivated to train week after week.

Join Renee for her favourite class to teach, Springboards, and you’ll be sure to experience a new level of precision in your training along with plenty of joy.

What is your best advice when starting Pilates?

Be aware it’s not a quick fix, commitment to training 2 times a week minimum will bring you to a full satisfaction of body movement and understanding the meaning of Pilates in daily life activities.

How do you modify exercises for clients with injuries or limitations?

Pilates is endless in its adaptations for the limits within someone’s abilities. You can always move, stretch and strengthen within the repertoire of Pilates.

Anna, of Mexican origin, is a ‘born’ dancer. She was educated as a classical ballerina and danced professionally at “Het National Ballet” and “Compania nacional de Danza de Mexico” before settling down permanently in Amsterdam.

“Breath is movement. And movement is life.”

Her different backgrounds (including Polestar Pilates and GYROKINESIS) come together in the motto ‘The Joy of Moving.’ On that basis, she has been training her students for over 20 years. According to Anna, customised training is the key to finding optimal balance and health, and that has been a priority in building the studio.

Anna has gathered a team that enhances both her values and vision. This leads to a mix of different specialities that work together to always give the students the most refined movement experience.

What types of equipment do you use in your Pilates classes?

The type of equipment I use is always connected with the level of the student. My ultimate goal is to share the endless and playful possibilities within the complete Comprehensive Pilates repertoire. This includes, the Reformer, Tower, Barrel & Chair.

How often should I practice Pilates to see results?

Joseph Pilates wouldn’t take any students who could not commit to training a minimum of 4 times per week. Of course, I don’t expect that of my students today. Doing Pilates 2-3 times per week, is the best way to feel and sustain your growth. I recommend adding variety to your training schedule, as studies have shown that a more comprehensive fitness program that includes aerobic activities, such as walking, biking and swimming, provides even more health benefits.

What is your favorite part about teaching?

I love when people recognise and understand the full power of their bodies. They get out of their heads and find the limitless potential of their bodies. That’s when they truly find the JOY of movement.

Andrea grew up as a ballet dancer, which led to a life long pursuit of movement involving everything from running to yoga, karate to pilates.

She likes to think of the body as having the capacity to contain, not just a book, but a “library of movement” vocabulary, and strives to allow all her clients to feel autonomous and curious in their practice. To then be able to approach daily life with confidence and courage and freedom from physical constraints, that’s the peace of mind that comes with a mindful pilates practice.

“The story we tell ourselves matters, and I love to help people create an amazing story about themselves.”

With a keen eye for efficient movement and alignment, she strives for gentle precision. And with a firm nod to humility and enjoyment, she hopes to send you out with a smile. Stronger, longer, and ready for the day.

Andrea is certified in the Polestar Pilates Mat Course and Polestar Pilates Comprehensive Course (machines). She is also a certified Barre Concept teacher, and has undergone training for Oov apparatus. She is continuously busy with furthering her knowledge with workshops related to the pilates method and functional movement.

What is your favourite part about teaching?

I love teaching pilates becauseI’ve come to understand that we all want the same thing: to be seen and be healthy and feel empowered. I love holding space for people, allowing their best self to come forward, cheering on their successes and reframing “failures” as challenges and finding solutions for areas of improvement. I get immense joy from giving people a sense of agency and self confidence, seeing their Aha moments and connecting the dots, being centered and coming into a sense of reverence for self.

The studio is a great equaliser: social status doesn’t matter, race, gender, body shape, age, financial status, none of it matters. But a smile and feeling good in your skin certainly does.

What sets you apart as a Pilates teacher?

I think what sets me apart as a teacher is that I believe life should be fun, and we should remain curious. There is no reason why hard work and enjoyment cannot go together. I strive for all my clients to become more connected to themselves, to dive into the details. On this day, in this moment. To encourage people to ask themselves questions and really listen for the answers. There is so much intelligence in the body and mind, just waiting to be unleashed. And when you can find joy and curiosity, you will bring your best self forward.

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 become a certified holistic aromatherapist and to study comprehensive myofascial release technique, cupping therapy. She deeply believes in taking a holistic approach when finding an equilibrium in oneself, e.g. (looking into lifestyle, recent stressful episodes, etc.)

In recent years her interest in the female body has grown so much so that she is on the path of becoming a certified Women’s Health and Exercise Pilates Specialist under Carolyne Anthony’s The Center for Women’s Fitness, that includes the understanding the function and dysfunction of the pelvic floor and fascia, working with prenatal and postnatal clients, clients who have developed Diastasis Recti from child bearing or surgeries or having certain lifestyle (i.e. men can have it too!) and clients who are in the peri-menopause and menopause years of their lives.

“Flexibility and strength is the magic combination to achieve/maintain mobility”

With a combination of the above studies, Elisa has been able to gain insight into the function and the mechanic of the body. During her classes, she might suggest doing a simple manipulation of the fascia in the body to gain more range of motion before performing an exercise better or simply bringing awareness to how you feel from the moment your body has contact to the mat or the equipment can have an impact on how a simple exercise could feel in the body or how a correct body mechanic can be introduced.

Besides teaching Pilates, Elisa also offers holistic aromatherapy for emotional and physical conditions, deep tissue massage, myofascial release session and cupping therapy (with silicone cups as she is not great with fire except for cooking!).