Maria has spent her whole life dancing and expressing herself with movement in her home country, Spain. While being a professional dancer in NYC, she discovered Pilates about 15 years ago, and she fell in love with it. Because Pilates combines the art of movement of body and concentration of mind, she decided to become a teacher.
She wanted to learn at the highest level and to make sure that her formation was excellent, she studied in one of the best Pilates Schools in NYC: Kane School (Kinected). Shortly after, she passed her Pilates Method Alliance exam to become a PMA instructor.
Since then, she has been continuing her education taking workshops, classes, and online courses to expand her knowledge on different areas such as anatomy, posturology, injuries, physical conditions, and how to work with different type of clients. She has been working with clients suffering from hip replacements, disc herniations, stenosis, scoliosis, osteoporosis, arthritis, knees and shoulders injuries and cancer. She also enjoys working with athletes and dancers. She has an extensive education in Pilates training for both tennis players and golfers, and she also created a Pilates program for football players that she put in practice with NFL players.
She moved to Florida from NY in 2015. After working in a couple of different Pilates studios, she joined the St. John Clark Pain Treatment Center in Clearwater. Pilates is a perfect fit for their Neurosomatic Therapy treatment based on the alignment of the body. It is at the clinic, where she learned even more about the body and its conditions, especially with their posturology course.
Maria brings to the Pilates field a plethora of experience delivering caring and wellness service to a variety of different clientele. Maria attributes her success to her training at the world-renowned Kane school, her desire for learning more, and her ability to work closely with her clients to achieve their goals. She recently became a certified personal trainer through NASM, and is working toward training teachers to become Pilates instructors through the vigorous Kane School Certification program.