Move well. Feel stronger.

Whole-body strength and flexibility training for a healthy, pain-free and active life.

GROUP CLASSES

Aging, bad habits, old injuries and too much sitting don’t do you any favours!

What this feels like:

Stiff joints, back and neck pain
Your balance is not as solid these days
You’re not at the top of your game in sports
Your stamina isn’t what it once was
Feeling and looking heavier
Pelvic floor weakness when laughing or sneezing
Poor alignment and posture

CorSano Pilates is an exclusive studio offering personal training to motivate and challenge you with customized programs focused on improving your mobility, strength and stability while reducing your aches and pains.

With advanced certifications in STOTT PILATES*, the MELT Method^®, Halo^® Training (core-integrated bodyweight training), Fascial Movement* and Nutritious Movement^™ Restorative Exercise, and professional training and expertise in Athletic Conditioning and Post-rehab exercise, CorSano Pilates will design a workout to meet your needs.

Imagine regaining your full movement and activity potential

Restore posture
Increase your stamina
Improve strength and tone
Develop core stability
Increase flexibility and mobility

Reduce aches and pains
Improve your balance
Become more resilient
Age well

We meet you where you are – and take you to where you want to go.

Recovery from injury, surgery, pregnancy

Enjoy doing more of your daily activities

Set yourself up to age well

Improve sports performance

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT

Meet your instructor

Hi, I’m Michele.

I combine the best of contemporary training strategies to help achieve lasting improvements in your fitness, body awareness and sports performance.

Clients training with me in-studio or virtually from home receive a personalized, progressive workout program anchored in Pilates, Nutritious Movement^™ and MELT^®. Group class offerings include CorMotus^™, a unique approach to core-based whole-body strength and flexibility training incorporating tension release and alignment correction with weight-bearing and non-impact exercises that translate into better movement skills and overall health.

Any training format you choose will restore your posture, help you develop better movement skills, a more resilient body and enjoy a higher quality of life.

I am enthusiastic about what I do and take my job—and your health—very seriously.

Certifications

Michele is a fully-certified STOTT PILATES Instructor with more than 20 years full-time experience in the field. She is a Franklin Method Fascia Trainer, an advanced-level MELT Method Instructor, a Nutritious Movement Restorative Exercise Personal Trainer, and one of an elite group of Master Instructor Trainers teaching STOTT PILATES professional education worldwide. Michele specializes in working with clients recovering from injuries, pre- and post-natal women, those affected by breast cancer, older adults, and those requiring a customized, carefully curated approach to their training program.

ZEN•GA – A synergistic blend of Pilates, yoga and dance for a restored and resilient body

Pink Ribbon Program Post-Operative Workout Enhancing Recovery

Come workout with me!

1) Get in touch

Contact me and we’ll discuss your needs and goals.  I’ll also explain how I can support you with the most current information on biomechanics, fascial fitness and the principles of posture correction and rehabilitation.

2) Come to a session

All training ideally starts with a one-on-one Foundation Session where we assess current movement patterns and your fitness level, which forms the baseline to your customized training program.

3) Feel & look your best

Your customized whole-body movement training program will help you live a healthy pain-free and active life. We’ll reassess and adapt your program regularly to meet new goals.

Testimonials

“I have been coming to Michele Carini for one-on-one Pilates-MELT sessions since 2011. Thanks to her I’ve changed my body, my health and my spirit! I feel exhilarated and energized during my sessions and I never want the hour to end! Michele is a perfectionist when teaching, and yet is gentle and encouraging at the same time. She is a Pilates ‘treasure’ who continuously learns new methods and techniques. I feel blessed to have found her.”

– Darlene Provost, Artist

“Michele is an exceptional instructor. Her creativity, eye for detail and focus on proper position and technique makes for effective and enjoyable classes. She is knowledgeable and keeps up-to-date, so I continue to learn and improve. I refer patients to her since she’s able to modify exercises when someone is injured. Since I started with Michele, many of my injuries have resolved. Every session is positive and helpful.”

– Marilyn, Sports Medicine Physician

“Michele is a consummate professional and I love her enthusiasm. Recently I was treated for cancer with chemotherapy and radiation to my pelvis. Michele’s ongoing support in managing the side-effects of treatment has been invaluable. Michele programmed exercises to address my specific challenges, and her suggestions are always helpful; sometimes brilliantly so. I am now back to walking, cycling, and even running mostly pain-free, and things continue to improve. I am so grateful to have Michele as part of my wellness team!”

– Ellen

“I live a very active life, and I’d like to keep it that way! At 65 I am still working as a Landscape Architect, and want to maintain my strength, core stability and balance. Michele is brilliant at cuing the exercises and movements! She is so creative with her instructions that I find it easy to follow along and never get bored. I would follow her anywhere.”

– Eva Schmitz, President, Artistic Landscape Design

“I am 57 and an avid athlete. Michele’s focus on form and technique have significantly complemented my sports training; I’m stronger now, have increased confidence, balance and agility on both my mountain bike and skis. Michele has proven to me that Pilates not only complements the sports I enjoy, but will permit me to enjoy them for many years to come.”

– Brian

“Long hours at a computer, combined with several surgeries and a badly broken leg at 60, resulted in increasingly poor posture and physical compensations. It is remarkable what Michele Carini helped me achieve in just 6 months of Pilates training: I now move much more fluidly, have regained my strength, and have reduced aches and pains many associate with aging. People are consistently remarking on ‘how well I look.’ Most importantly, I have found that reconnecting my mind and body through weekly Pilates sessions with Michele is critical to achieving a better work/life balance and improved health.”

– Professor Ann Dale, Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Community Development, Royal Roads University

“Michele is the embodiment of excellence when it comes to Pilates. She is very knowledgeable, and compassionate, and takes the time to understand your abilities and goals, and then customizes every session to meet your needs. She always has fresh new material and her sessions are engaging, effective and fun.”

– Kate

“Meeting Michele changed my life. I started with the group MELT and CorMotus classes, and was so impressed with Michele’s teaching style, I started private sessions. Pilates was such an amazing compliment to my Yoga practice, I decided to do the STOTT PILATES Intensive Matwork Certification Course with Michele in 2015. Her knowledge of the human body and dedication to her own continuing education are second to none. I rave to anyone who will listen: Michele’s unique approach to teaching movement helped me relieve debilitating migraines, back pain from a fracture and scoliosis, and significant postural imbalances. I am so grateful to have found an amazing mentor and teacher”

– Shelagh, MRT(T) The Ottawa Hospital,
Qualified STOTT PILATES and Akhanda Yoga Instructor