Meet the Founder

Nari has been a professional dancer for 17 years, mainly practicing modern dance, ballet, and Korean traditional dance. During her undergraduate degree in Dance, she first learned Pilates and was so fascinated by its beneficial health benefits. Since then, she continued practicing Pilates and decided to study Pilates at a graduate level, which led her to finish her Masters’ degree in exercise science. During her graduate studies, she was especially passionate advancing her knowledge about Pilates based on pedagogy, physiology, psychology, and scientific measurement and evaluation which led her Master’s thesis on Pilates and muscle injury prevention. Her intention is to deliver the best appropriate personalized Pilates so they can safely improve their physical and mental health from Pilates. 

Working as a medical assistant at the Doctors’ offices, she was able to work with numerous patients with different types of body pains. After witnessing their improvements with physical therapies that heavily involves Pilates movement, she was impressed by the authenticity of the Pilates movements that can bring a lot of positive effects to one’s overall health and fitness. She worked with a physical therapy doctor at the office to relieve her lower back pain. During her therapy sessions, she realized that there is a lot more about Pilates than merely relieving the physical pains. She feels more lively and joyful as she continues with her Pilates sessions. She was motivated to learn more about the field and determined to pursue her career becoming a certified instructor of “Basi (Body Arts and Science International) Pilates”, which is a leading Pilates institution for over three decades. 

Boram was first introduced to Pilates as a means of correcting her postural problem. After taking a few sessions, she felt Pilates is not just a physical workout, it also helps to improve your mental focus and reduce stress. This experience deepened her desire to expand her knowledge and led her to complete Comprehensive Teacher Training Program with renowned BASI Pilates Academy. She has a passion for helping clients to achieve their goals by providing individualized workout program according to their specific needs. She also holds Pilates for Injuries and Pathologies Certification and has helped a lot of clients with injuries workout safely and effectively. In addition to Pilates certification, she also holds Certificate of Achievement in Aerial fit and enjoys practicing aerial as her own form of workout.

Angela first fell in love with Pilates in 2018. Being an active individual who had dabbled in various sports and exercises her entire life, - such as tennis, golf, football, traditional Korean dance, kendo, and Korean martial arts - she enjoyed Pilates the most and its training on strength and flexibility through the focus of both large and small muscles. Through Pilates, she learned to improve and correct fine muscle movements, which enhanced her day-to-day and
sports activities without injuries. Experiencing firsthand the benefits of Pilates, she developed a passion to share these teachings with others. Trained under BASI Pilates, Angela aspires to provide a positive and life-improving experience for her students.