Welcome
Hello! I'm Mariana
I’m Mariana, a passionate and experienced Pilates teacher with over a decade of guiding people to feel stronger, freer, and more at home in their bodies. My approach is all about precision, curiosity, and joy in movement. Whether you’re new to Pilates or deepening a long-term practice. I work with people of all levels, combining matwork and studio equipment to meet your unique needs. I believe that when we move with awareness, we change not just our posture, but how we show up in life. More grounded, more present, more ourselves.
My Story
I first came to this work through my own experience of injury. After a childhood gymnastics injury left me with scoliosis and persistent back pain, I spent years searching for ways to feel better in my body. Yoga helped. But it was Pilates that gave me a new kind of connection. One rooted in body awareness, precision, and control. I went on to qualify as a Mat Pilates teacher in 2013, and I’ve trained continuously since then: I now hold Master Mat and Studio certifications, teach HIP Pilates, and have specialist training in scoliosis, osteoporosis, hypermobility, children, pregnancy, lower back care, KCR (Kinetic Chain Release), and the Hypopressive method.
My Approach
My teaching is grounded in helping you feel at ease in your body, not just during your sessions, but in everyday life. Whether you’re carrying shopping, sitting at a desk, climbing a wall, or chasing after your kids, Pilates gives you tools to move with more strength, control, and comfort. My background in rock climbing taught me that movement should support your passions, not cause pain, and that’s the spirit I bring to every class. Through breath, flow, and mindful technique, we work together to build resilience, flexibility, and a more confident relationship with your body.
What is Hypopressive breathing technique?
Hypopressive is a breathing and movement method that helps to improve or rehabilitate the pelvic floor and core healthy functions, achieving strength, also flexibility to the group of muscles involved. Hypopressive uses the same skeletal anatomical alignment that we use in Pilates, and the same intercostal or lateral breathing. In addition, you are going to learn the Apnoea technique to reduce pressure to the Pelvic floor and to improve the whole core function. You will gain confidence in your body, calm the central nervous system. For athletes, women and men, running, climbing, surfing, or playing any sports, Hypopressive technique exercises improve breathing efficiency, support spine and skeletal alignment and postural awareness to enhance performance.
GYROTONIC®
The Gyrotonic Method is an original and unique movement method that addresses the entire person by opening energy pathways, stimulating the nervous system, increasing range of motion, and improving strength and movement efficiency. With Gyrotonic exercises, each movement flows into the next, allowing the joints to move through a natural range of motion without compression. These carefully crafted
sequences create balance, efficiency, strength and flexibility.
The Gyrotonic Method utilizes specialized equipment to guide, assist and challenge the exerciser.
People from all walks of life take Gyrotonic classes, including fitness enthusiasts, senior citizens, accomplished athletes and people recovering from an injury or living with a disability. Gyrotonic exercises help athletes improve their performance and rehabilitation clients recover more quickly and fully post injury.
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The Gyrotonic expansion system method was created by Juliu Horvath, an ex-principal dancer for the Romanian National Ballet Company; practicing yoga and meditation to recover from a serious injury, and through that internal experience he created his own method called Yoga for Dancers and continued to develop the method to what is today Gyrokinesis and Gyrotonic method.
The GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® is a unique, holistic approach to movement. Some of the benefits of the regular Gyrotonic practice include a healthier, more supple spine, increased range of motion, greater joint stability, improved agility and athletic performance and a deep internal strength.
I teach individual sessions in the Westend of Glasgow. Contact me to book a session.
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GYROTONIC® and GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® are registered trademarks of Gyrotonic Sales Corp and are used with their permission.
