Meet the Yu Pilates Team
Different personalities. Different teaching styles. One shared philosophy.
At Yu Pilates by Nicole, we believe great movement starts with great teaching.
Our team brings together instructors with different backgrounds, specialties, and personalities, but we share the same approach: quality movement, personal attention, and teaching that meets your needs.
Whether you join us for Reformer, Mat Pilates, Barre, Yoga, or more advanced apparatus-based classes, our goal is to make every session purposeful, engaging, and personal.
Because Pilates isn't just about following exercises.
It's about understanding how you move.
Our Story
Yu Pilates by Nicole was created from a love for movement, curiosity, and the belief that Pilates should go far beyond simply following a sequence on a Reformer.
The Pilates method is a complete movement system — from the Mat to the Reformer, Cadillac, Tower, Wunda Chair, and Ladder Barrel — and we want our community to have the opportunity to discover it all.
Our classes are intentionally kept small, allowing our instructors to observe, cue, correct, and adapt the exercises to the people standing in front of them.
Some days we stay classical.
Some days we explore.
Some days we challenge you more than you expected.
But the purpose remains the same:
Move with intention. And continue discovering what you are capable of.
Get to Know The Yu Pilates Team
Nicole
Founder & Pilates Instructor
Teaching style: Precise • Creative • Challenging
Nicole is the founder of Yu Pilates by Nicole and the creative force behind the studio.
Her teaching combines a strong appreciation for the traditional Pilates method with curiosity for contemporary movement and the full possibilities of the Pilates apparatus.
Expect attention to detail, plenty of corrections, unexpected variations, and classes where even the simplest exercise can become surprisingly challenging.
For Nicole, “advanced” doesn't necessarily mean complicated. Control, precision, consistency, and understanding the movement always come first.
You’ll find Nicole teaching:
Reformer • Mat Pilates • Cadillac • Wunda Chair • Ladder Barrel • Advanced & Acro Reformer
Nicole's classes in three words:
Strong. Detailed. Unexpected.
Adrian
Co-founder & COO
Behind the scenes: Strategy • Operations • Growth
Adrian is the co-founder and operational force behind Yu Pilates by Nicole.
While you won’t find him teaching in the studio, he always welcomes you with a smile at the reception.
Adrian plays an important role in everything that keeps the studio moving behind the scenes.
Adrian helps turn ideas into reality, making sure the creative vision of the studio is supported by strong structure, organisation and long-term thinking.
He may not teach Pilates, but chances are he has been involved in making the class, equipment, project or new idea possible.
You’ll find Adrian:
Reception • Behind the scenes • Solving problems • Planning what’s next
Adrian in three words:
Strategic. Reliable. Solution-focused.
Trudy
Office Manager
Rania
Product Manager
Ofir
HR Lead
Natalie
Customer Support Lead
What Connects Us All
We don't want every Yu instructor to teach the same way.
Individuality is part of what makes our timetable interesting.
What we do expect from every instructor is the same commitment to:
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Personal attention — our small groups allow us to actually teach, not simply demonstrate.
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Quality over quantity — good movement matters more than doing more repetitions.
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Progressions and options — exercises should meet the participant, not the other way around.
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Continuous learning — movement, anatomy, and teaching are things we never stop exploring.
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A welcoming atmosphere — serious Pilates doesn't require taking ourselves too seriously.
Find Your Instructor - Find Your Class
Every instructor brings something different to the studio — and we encourage you to experience them all.
You may love the precision of one class, the energy of another and the creativity of the next.
That variety is part of your Yu Pilates journey.