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!).
