About amei pilates

‘amei’ a portuguese term expressing that you loved something

In the beginning, I started Pilates out of necessity. Years of chronic pain from a lower back injury, multiple unsuccessful physical therapies, and professionals who treated it as fact: my body simply couldn't move like my peers, and never would. My one-on-one work and training with a Pilates instructor changed that. For the first time, I felt truly heard. And my body, and its challenges, felt truly seen.

Along the way eu amei (meaning: I loved) its philosophy, its flow, its shapes and most importantly how it made me feel. Stronger, connected, aligned, like all movement and sport I ever practiced came together in just one.

In return I got to be present in my family and friends' lives again, I got to enjoy Avó (meaning: grandma) elaborate lunches, long dinner parties, surfing, motorcycling, live music or simply picking up a damn grocery bag.

Since then, I've discovered that Pilates has no real finish line. That you can continue to feel better, stronger, more agile, more flexible, more you, with each session, as you learn and continue to discover how your body moves best. Now I want to help others find their own way, the way I found mine.