ANNA KIRS

Movement has always been my way back to myself.

I started in classical ballet — where precision mattered and nothing was accidental. Later, contemporary dance gave me space to question structure. Pilates came through rehabilitation, and that’s where everything clicked: intelligent, specific movement can quietly rebuild a body — and a person.

I’ve been teaching for over ten years now. I’ve worked with antenatal clients, athletes, dancers, surfers, women returning to movement after long pauses, and women who never really felt at home in fitness culture to begin with. What unites them isn’t performance — it’s the desire to feel capable again.

Motherhood, burnout, and postpartum depression reshaped how I see training. I no longer believe in pushing through. I believe in precision. In nervous system regulation. In sessions that are structured enough to feel safe, but spacious enough to breathe.

I’ve lived with chronic back pain. I know what it means to mistrust your own body — and what it takes to rebuild that relationship patiently. Pilates gave me that back. Not through intensity, but through consistency and design.

At 35, I see movement differently. I’m interested in women who are capable, overwhelmed, intelligent, and carrying a lot. Women who want to feel strong without punishment. Clear without noise. Steady without losing softness.

There is room here to be serious about your training.
And still a little silly.
To care about posture and also laugh at yourself when your balance disappears mid-set.

We don’t have to choose between strength and softness.
And we don’t have to grow out of our girlhood in order to grow up.