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Australian and Swiss, Shannon discovered reformer Pilates in 2007 and was immediately hooked. She was entering the tenth year of a finance career at the time and was drawn to Pilates in the hope that it would help to alleviate the chronic low back pain that had developed due to the long hours sitting at her desk. One year later, her chronic back pain cured and her interest in Pilates ever increasing, Shannon decided to take a break from finance and started her Pilates instructor training with Balanced Body.

She obtained her Mat and Reformer Pilates instructor certification in April 2010 and opened her reformer Pilates studio in October the same year. Fully aware of the need to progress in the Pilates world that is constantly evolving, Shannon continues to further her education: Trapeze Table, Cadillac and Tower Instructor Training in 2011, Chairs, Barrels and Barre Instructor Training in 2012, TRX Instructor Training in 2014, and attends conferences regularly.

She also loves to travel to test the latest trends in Pilates (London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Sydney) and bring them back to Lausanne to teach them in her classes. She looks forward to sharing this unique training system with as many people as possible.

Graduated in Aesthetics and Therapeutic Massage in Italy in 2007. After years of work in this field, and a lifelong passion for the Pilates method, she decided to turn this passion into a professional activity and took the Pilates instructor training course with Balanced Body.

Communicative, scrupulous and empathetic, she will assess your needs and help you progress.

Felipe was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He began his dance studies at the Fundação Clóvis Salgado at the age of 9. He continued at the Centro Mineiro de danças Clássicas school until 2001. Thanks to a scholarship, he was able to complete his studies in Germany at the Akademie des Tanzes Mannheim. A professional since 2003, he danced at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, the Theater Chemnitz and the Ballet Béjart Lausanne.

Felipe discovered Pilates during his dance career, and, convinced of the benefits of the Pilates method, decided to make it his profession. Pilates training: Lolita’s Legacy™.

Floriane is a contemporary dancer of mixed race from Guadeloupe and Switzerland. She discovered Pilates in Austria during her professional dance training. She found Pilates a good way of preventing injuries in her profession. Fascinated by the technique, she decided to train as a matwork instructor and then equipment instructor in 2011. In 2013, she also obtained her French state diploma as a contemporary dance teacher.

Guided by dance across the continents, Floriane has now chosen to return to Switzerland, where she grew up, and devote more time to teaching, while continuing to live her passion for dance.

Passionate about sport, Marta studied at the University of Porto and graduated as a Physical Education Teacher specializing in artistic gymnastics in 2004. It was after several years as a sports teacher and gymnastics coach, and thanks to a Pilates teacher friend, that Marta was introduced to the method. She was immediately convinced of its effectiveness and became so passionate about it that she immediately began training to become a Pilates instructor. First with IFAS, then with Balanced Body.

As a young mother, Marta also took Carolyne Anthony’s (The Center for Women’s Fitness) pre- and post-natal Pilates training. This helped her enormously during and after her pregnancy. Marta is always on the lookout for new techniques to make her workouts as effective as possible. She is always in training. She has followed the teachings of many Pilates professionals such as Michael King, Kathy Cory, Michael Fritzke and Ton Voogt. After discovering the reformer, Marta herself physically experienced the machine’s effectiveness. Among other things, she noticed improved performance in a number of sports, a definite gain in the flexibility of her shoulders and hamstrings, better balance and so on.

Today, in parallel with her sports and Pilates classes, Marta is studying Naturopathy at the Collège Roman des Patriciens de Santé in Vevey.

Coming from the world of dance, which she practised intensively from childhood and throughout her youth, Hélène has always been passionate about sport, movement and physical expression. About ten years ago, she discovered Pilates, a method whose precision and benefits she immediately appreciated, both for strengthening the body and maintaining balance in everyday life.

After a rich career in human resources, where human contact, support and progress were central, she chose to devote herself fully to her passion. Teaching Pilates now allows her to combine what matters most to her: movement, well-being, transmission and personal development.

Hélène has completed Mat Pilates (Swissbody) and Reformer Pilates (Therafit) training and looks forward to sharing her energy and experience with you.