About Nina…

Nina is a STOTT PILATES® Certified Instructor in Mat, Advanced Mat, Reformer, Cadillac, Chair and Barrels, and Total Barre™ courses with STOTT PILATES® in London and Dublin.

Her interest in Pilates began in 2000 when she was introduced to STOTT PILATES® in Toronto.

Nina has also completed specialist STOTT PILATES® training including;

  • Injuries and Special Population course 

  • Advanced Barrels course

Workshop courses in:

  • Athletic Conditioning on the V2Max Reformer

  • Flexion Free

  • Toning Ball

  • Pre-natal

  • Pre-natal stability balls

  • Post-natal

  • Amplified Barre

  • Barre Endurance

  • Advanced Reformer

  • Functional Anatomy

  • Matwork for Breast Cancer Rehab

  • Matwork with Props: Strength and Endurance for Teens

Additionally, Nina has also extended her training to:

  • YMCA London: CYQ Levels 2 & 3, Anatomy & Physiology

  • YMCA London: CYQ Pilates Mat Diploma

  • The Classical Pilates Convention, Pisa (2015)

  • Pilates Method Alliance, Music of Pilates

  • Advanced Muscle Testing and Functional Exercise workshop

  • CETI Certificate: Cancer Exercise Specialist, Advanced Qualification

Polestar Pilates - Certificate of Completion Workshops

  • Work Smarter, Not Harder - Shelly Power

The Polestar Experience - Sept 2020

  • TMJ, Neck, Shoulder and Head Discomfort: A new and creative approach in management - S. Ambrosio

  • Power Up - Shelly Power

  • From the core and Beyond: How connected is your body? - Diane Nye

  • The Pelvis Connection - Mirko Turla

The Polestar Experience - Dec 2020

  • Using Scaffolding in the Pilates Mat - Brett Howard

  • Move: Mat on the Wall - Murat Catbas

  • Legacy of Movement - Karyn Staples

  • Move and Load Your Shoulders - Rafa Dominguez

The Polestar Experience - Jan 2021

  • Turn, Twist, and Trust - Birgit Scheefe

  • The Communal Bonfire - Loren Davidson

  • Navigating Uncertainty in Rehab - Juan Nieto

  • Creating the Future for the Pilates Profession - Brent Anderson

 

Balanced Body Training

Integrated Movement Series Conference - Full Body Integration 

  • Triple Threat Workouts: Cardio, Strength and Core - N. Gonzalez

  • 3 Functional Movements: Regressions, Progressions & Considerations - P. Page

  • Relief, Relieve, Restore Active Release and Flexibility Duos - H. Vanderburg

  • How to WOW (Workout Without Walls) Your Clients! - A. McLean

  • Your Best Virtual Self: Secrets to Taking your Business Online -  E. Quest

  • Body Weight Training: Powered Up! -  K. Popowych

  • Reset your Neck-Un-Zooming your Online Posture - B. Richey

Integrated Movement Series Conference 2 Core Training Intensive 

  • Core for Optimal Performance - Helen Vanderburg

  • Core Coaching Mastery - Nico Gonzalez, Alex Mclean, Erika Quest, Helen Vanderburg

  • Fluid Core Training - Alex McLean

  • Progressive Core Training Beyond the Basics - Erika Quest

  • Experience the CORE! - Nico Gonzalez

  • Top Core Exercises Explored - Krista Popowych

  • Core MythBusters - Brian Richey 

Integrated Movement Series conference 3 - Lower Body

  • Developing Agility, Speed and Power - Alex McLean

  • Common Knee Conditions and Solutions - Brian Richey

  • Build A Better Backside! - Krista Popowych & Erika Quest

  • Lower Body: Mobility Stability Paradigm - Helen Vanderburg

  • Improving Gait To Optimize Performance - Nico Gonzalez

  • Leg Work! Dynamic Lower Body Anatomy - Nora St. John and Joy Puleo

  • Bar(r)e Legs - Portia Page

The Best of Pilates On Tour Conference 2 - Rehab

  • MAT Pilates for Breast Cancer - J. Puleo

  • Reformer Sling Integration - M. Bubnis

  • Exploring the Spontaneous Activation of the Pelvic Floor, Abdominal Wall and Diaphragm - B. Anderson

  • Hip Replacements and Pilates: Taking your Client from Pre-Surgery to Post-Rehabilitation to Fitness - B. Kaplanek

  • Hip or Back? - C. Romani-Ruby

  • Programming for Foot and Ankle Injuries - T. Gerrald & M. McCulloch

  • A Movement Science Approach to Preventing and Restoring Shoulder Dysfunction - D. Manns

  • Thoracolumbar Fascia: “The Second Brain of Movement - S. Berkowitz

  • Mat for Clients with Persistent Pain - L. Royer

  • The Neutral Reformer - N. St. John

  • Teaching for Maximum Results - K. Sanzo

  • Diastasis Recti-fied - K. Foe

  • Pilates: Anything but a Pain in the Neck - G. Shrier & A. Cabot

  • The Pelvis in Pregnancy and Beyond - J. Gianni

  • The Use of Tensional Integrity in the Hypermobile Individual - S. Martin

  • Designing a Safe and Effective Postpartum Reformer Class - J. Valant

The Vertical Workshop - Shari Berkowitz  Workshops and Course

  • Full Body Integration Course

  • Diastasis Recti & Pelvic Floor Dysfunction 

  • Working with Older & De-Conditioned Clients

  • TVW Rotated and Twisted Pelvises

  • Why Can't I Do This Exercise?

  • Reformer on the Mat

  • Shoulder Girdle: A delicate balance



Nina's love for Pilates has grown through personal experience of how the exercises benefit the body in so many ways, both physically and mentally.