Me. Pilates

Hello, my name is Cristina Bassi. I was born in Zurich in 1976 under the sign of Pisces. People describe me as a "force of nature," but honestly, I just feel like an enthusiastic, spontaneous, and sunny person.

Teaching has always been my passion: first as a school teacher, then as an ice skating instructor, and finally as a personal trainer in the postural field.

I love sharing all my knowledge about movement and especially enjoy going into detail to improve the quality of movement. In addition to the years spent as an ice skater, where fluidity is important for a good performance, classical dance has provided me with the knowledge of body control and movement precision starting from the feet, a part often neglected.

During my competitive years on ice, I worked with two Mental Coaches who taught me to focus on goals through meditations and exercises that promote concentration and breathing (AlphaTraining and later MentalTraining).

The profession of a school teacher fascinated me greatly, but I cannot deny that I missed the aspect of movement, that aspect of sport that remains a true school of life. One day, I came across a brochure about the Pilates method: everything sounded so familiar that I enrolled in the pre-Pilates course called "Mat4me" (2003) at the CovaTech Pilates school of Anna Maria Cova in Milan. Enthusiastic about having found my path, I took part in the teacher training course during the summer of 2004 and graduated as a Pilates Teacher Covatech.

In 2006, I became a mother and continued my journey by deepening the topic of "Core" (center of gravity) at the postural school StarEducation in Zurich. After obtaining the basic diploma as an Antara Teacher in 2011, I continued my training with other related courses, including Antara pre and post-natal (synergistic work of the deep muscles such as the transverse abdominals, multifidus, diaphragm, and pelvic floor).

Over the years, I understood the importance of cardiovascular activity: cardio is an important part of physical and mental health. I wanted training that aligned with the postural foundations I had learned so far; so I took part in the CardioCoach course at the same postural school, completing my training in 2018.

Today, I feel I can offer my students quality: having personally experienced the principles I teach today is very different from learning the notions from books or during training; personal experience becomes an integral part of you, and experiences allow you to transmit knowledge in the most natural and direct way possible, without filters. This is the difference.

"The important thing is not what you do, but how you do it." Joseph Hubertus Pilates

Thank you, Universe