Wanda was introduced to Pilates through her education to become a dance teacher. Whilst it was a confronting experience for her, with practice she found new strength and resilience. Having completed her mat training in 2019 and shortly after that the Comprehensive training, she is now mentoring current students.

‘Change happens through movement and movement heals. For me this quote represents my journey trough life and finding Pilates to bring the energy that was needed to empower myself. This quote refers refers to moments in life where I needed to make changes for the better and it is something I reflect on regularly, because I believe it's fundamental in life to find happiness during your journey to grow.’

Wanda is a mentor for the Mat Course and Comprehensive Course.

Turid danced many years in West-Africa and studied International Politics in Amsterdam, she encountered the Pilates Method due to her many hernia’s and 15 year of back pain. Due to training Pilates 3 times per week, she recovered completely and became certified by Polestar Pilates as Pilates teacher more than 10 years ago.

‘To quote Joe Pilates: “Change happens through movement and movement heals.” And adding on, moving with a smile and having fun whilst doing it. If people enjoy a class they will come back.’

Turid is mentor for the Mat Course and mentor in training for the Comprehensive Course. She is also a teacher for several workshops.

Ianthe has been in the professional movement and wellness industry since 1999. After suffering multiple spinal disc herniations as a professional dancer, she turned to Pilates as a primary rehabilitation aid. Ianthe met Dr Brent Anderson at a conference in 2016 and was blown away by his workshops and teachings - at that stage she had been teaching Pilates for 12 years. She decided then and there that she wanted to learn more from Brent and Polestar.

Ianthe’s mission and vision are alive with knowledge, vast experience, vibrant enthusiasm, and unwavering determination to bring joy to the lives of others through her Pilates teaching.

You can have the pleasure of meeting Ianthe during the Comprehensive course in Utrecht and Leuven as mentor in training.

Lynn grew up on the Belgian coast, she went from a 9-to-5 job to ‘loving the Pilates life’. She started crossfit in her twenties and truly believed (and still believes) that weight training is beneficial. The lack of body awareness in combination with crossfit gave her severe hip pain so she started doing Pilates. Seeing the change in her own body made her fall in love with Pilates and it gave her a hunger to help people in a way that Pilates has helped her too.

You’ll find Lynn as a mentor in training for the Comprehensive Course in Leuven.

‘I started with Pilates at a very young age when I was dealing with hypermobility during my dance career. Soon after I started taking Pilates classes I barely got injured. It was only after a couple of years that I realised teaching could complement my dancing career and that’s how I became a Pilates teacher.’

Marina’s first Pilates education was in New York, where she lived for a couple of years. Returning to Amsterdam she discovered Polestar Pilates under the direction of the first educator in the Netherlands, Leila Kester.

Marina is a mentor in training for the Comprehensive Course in Utrecht.

“My first Pilates class was in Amsterdam in 2013. I certified from Polestar Pilates in Mat in 2018, Comprehensive Studio in 2019. I opened balans.balans in Roeselare (Belgium) the following year. I have been a Polestar Pilates Mentor since 2024 and train with my own mentor every other week. “

Donui loved her career in Finance over 2 decades and 3 countries, but Pilates is her thing.

“The rigour, the precision, combined with a breadth and a depth to meet virtually any body where they are at and take them where they want to go fills me with wonder. Ultimately though, what we do in the studio really takes its full meaning when it shines through outside the studio.”

Donui is mentor for the Comprehensive Course.