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Alessandra
Candice
Carrie
Charni
James
Naseema
Rashmi
Reshana
Soria
Tatum
Vivienne

Alessandra

Originally from Italy, Alessandra is qualified as both a Physiotherapist and Pilates Instructor. After ten years working as a physiotherapist with orthopedic patients, athletes, and rugby players in Italy, she moved to South Africa where she currently teaches Pilates in Cape Town. After experiencing the benefits of Pilates firsthand as an active athlete, she became a true believer of the method and obtained her first Pilates qualification in 2011. She now wishes to share her knowledge and love for Pilates with her clients.

Service Areas:
Cape Town CBD & Atlantic Seaboard
Cape Town Southern Suburbs

Candice

Pilates At Home was founded by Candice Rinkwest, a BASI Certified Pilates Instructor and practitioner. Candice’s interest in Pilates and functional movement stemmed from personal injury during her dancing career. Having personally suffered injury as well as undergoing hip arthroscopic surgery, her sensitivity and drive to help her clients achieve their goals with the utmost care is central to her teaching philosophy.

After teaching at a number of Pilates studios and gyms over the years, she decided to teach independently as she began to see an increasing need and demand for private Pilates classes at home for rehabilitating post-surgery, pregnant and elderly clients who were unable to travel out to a studio. This opportunity challenged her to bring her passion for Pilates and business together to create Pilates At Home.

Service Areas:
Johannesburg Central
Randburg Central
Roodepoort
Sandton
Midrand

Carrie

Carrie has always been a firm believer that exercise contributes towards a healthy, happy, and balanced lifestyle. She was diagnosed with Scoliosis which led to her having to get a back fusion. Since her back operation in 2010 Carrie has been practicing the art of Pilates and after experiencing the benefits decided to pursue a career as a Pilates instructor to help others with their goals and pain management.

Service Areas:
Midrand

Charni

I have been a qualified Pilates instructor in both mat and equipment since 2015. I have 2 accreditations through BASI (2016) and Body Control Pilates (2018). I am passionate about movement and enjoy working with people.
My passion for movement started when I became an archery coach. I enjoyed helping people move their bodies towards better positional form to shoot a bow more effectively, however, after coaching for a couple of years I noticed quite a lot of people had a problem with getting their upper bodies into a position that represents good posture. From this point, I wanted to learn a form of movement to help people feel more comfortable in their bodies with their daily activities while indirectly improving an archer’s ability to shoot a bow. Pilates was the one and only!

I now enjoy working with people who have an everyday body type with the intention of improving their posture. I do this by improving the spine’s ability to move which increases the shoulder’s ability to move and also decreases neck and shoulder pain. This then helps the everyday person feel better and more confident in their everyday lives.

Service Areas:
Johannesburg Central
Randburg Central
Sandton

James

James’ journey started as a Personal Trainer which ultimately led to his interest and passion for Pilates. After completing his BASI Mat qualification, he switched gears and focused his attention on Private Pilates instruction. He has since worked with a variety of clients and enjoys the different challenges each individual presents.

Service Areas:
Randburg West
Roodepoort

Naseema

Naseema has always had a passion for improving the lives of others through mind and body awareness and discipline. This led to the first step in her fitness career in 2011 when she began her studies as a yoga instructor. She took a brief break to focus on her corporate career. However, the desire to drive change through physical movement and mental wellness persisted, causing her to refocus her attention and complete a Pilates qualification.

Service Areas:
Johannesburg East
Johannesburg Central

Rashmi

Rashmi’s health and fitness journey started in 2011. Having always been weight conscious and since working in the fitness industry, she became more passionate about health and fitness. Her love for Pilates has inspired her to share this amazing discipline with other individuals so they too can experience its benefits. Rashmi is not only a Pilates Instructor but also a qualified Personal Trainer, Sports Massage Therapist, and Pre and Post-natal Instructor.

Service Areas:
Johannesburg South

Reshana

I am a fitness fanatic and lover of all things healthy. My passion for a healthy lifestyle has inspired me to become a qualified personal trainer, Pilates instructor, kids development specialist, sports massage therapist, and pre and postnatal instructor.

I started teaching Pilates in 2015 and have been in the fitness industry for 10 years and love every minute of it! My favorite Pilates exercise is the cat and cow stretch. In my spare time, I love to cook healthy food, go on hikes and spend time with my loved ones.

Service Areas:
Roodepoort
Randburg West

Soria

Soria started in Corporate Finance but soon discovered her love for health and Fitness. Her personal training career started 10 years ago, she loves the diversity that fitness offers, and even though she is qualified in a wide variety of Fitness programs Pilates remains her favorite. She did her Pilates Mat (International) through HFPA. She truly believes exercise is medicine to the body and soul and enjoys training the “Active Agers”.

Service Areas:
Pretoria East

Tatum

Tatum is passionate about taking care of the human body and has a great love for movement. Being a dedicated professional dancer for most of her life, discovering Pilates in her 20’s took her dance strength to another level. Tatum studied Pilates in Cape Town and became a Pilates instructor so that she could share this newfound passion to help others. She is inspired by being able to allow people better movement throughout their everyday lives, to feel stronger and more confident through the practice of Pilates.

Service Areas:
Fouways
Randburg West
Sunninghill

vivienne

Vivienne hails from the dance world, having trained and taught both ballet and modern dance. After successfully running a dance studio for over 20 years, Viv closed her studio to focus on her family and started doing Pilates as a way to stay fit, strong, and flexible. Falling in love with the method, Viv completed her BASI Mat Instructor training in 2015. She is inspired to help others achieve the most balanced, efficiently functioning bodies possible.

Service Areas:
Johannesburg Central
Johannesburg East

Alessandra

Candice

Carrie

Charni

James

Naseema

Rashmi

Reshana

Soria

Tatum

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