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Marta Bestetti

Owner and BASI Pilates Faculty

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I first opened the studio known as “Timeless Pilates” in 2018, to fulfil my dream of being able to teach Pilates. I started studying dance at an early age: I perceived and found myself in movement and music and in sharing a feeling that went beyond study and technique. I used to create short choreographies by myself and show them to friends first and to students then, with a great sense of freedom, joy, emotions and feelings. I studied ballet and modern dance, achieving the ISTD Advanced 2 diploma at the same time as the Language High School, the degree in Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation, all completed with flying colours, and fitness disciplines. I have been teaching in schools in the provinces of Como and Ticino since I was 18, until I realised that my big dream was to create a space where emotions and movement could come alive and revive.

Thanks to BASI® Pilates’ training I identified a path that could provide me with a more scientific approach and that could accompany me in my personal and professional growth.

Timeless Pilates is now “BASI Pilates Academy Lugano” and this is a real honour for me.

From March 2024 I am BASI Pilates Faculty.

The latest training courses:

2018 BASI Pilates Mat Teacher Training

2019 BootyBarre Plus and Flex 

2019 BASI Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training

2020 BASI Pilates Mentor Program

2021 BASI Pilates Master I 

2022 BASI Pilates Master II

2024 BASI Pilates Legacy Program Honors

Continuing education courses:

2021 “Stretching within strengthening” with Sondra Karman, BASI Pilates principal faculty

2021 “The art of cueing” with Natascha Eyber, BASI Pilates principal faculty

2021 “Learn from the Leaders Germany 2021”

2022 "The power of Aging" with Rael Isacowitz, Founder of BASI Pilates

2023 "Pilates for Scoliosis" with Rika Brixie, BASI Pilates faculty

2024 “Learn from the Leaders 2024”, New Port Beach, USA

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Alessandra Bonzi

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Pilates teacher

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Movement has always been a part of me. Ever since I was little child, my sister and I used to play in the meadow doing somersaults, handstands, bridges. Then at the age of six I met dance and have never left it. However, there is one question that has been with me ever since I started moving at the barre: how does a body move? Is it possible to move a body by following its needs and not by forcing it?

In September 2022, I decided to answer to this question by taking part to the BASI Pilates Teacher Training in Lugano: it was a fascinating journey that led me to get to know my body and its rules more deeply. 

In september 2023 - while not stopping training, studying and observing - I started working as a Pilates instructor at BASI PILATES studio in Lugano.

BASI pilates has enabled me to understand many things about me and my body and to answer all those questions that had gone unanswered for so many years. 

The journey has just begun, but I am delighted to be able to complete my long experience as a dancer and dance teacher with Pilates. 

Of the BASI method I love the accuracy, the precision, the continuous possibility to improve every day, the attention to detail, the harmony of breath. 

My hope is to help more and more people to feel that a balance between body and mind is a key element for a wonderful life. 

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Donna Marie Jones

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Pilates teacher 

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Born in the UK, my professional life was spent in hospitality, PR and event organising including working for a private airline carrying royal families, heads of state and celebrities all over the world. A qualified fitness instructor, movement in all its forms has always played an important part in my life. I moved to Italy for love and am a proud mother of three young men, all ex ski racers. I love the outdoors, walking, hiking, skiing, cross country skiing. My pilates journey started 20 years ago with my first reformer lesson , it was love at first sight. I moved with my family to Lugano in 2015 and completed my Basi Comprehensive course in March 2022. I have always believed that movement is healing. Through Pilates I have gained much more awareness of correct posture and alignment, being present in my body, and understanding how my physical state impacts my mental and emotional wellbeing. 
A life long learner, I am looking forward to deepening my knowledge and being able to help and inspire others to understand their bodies. 


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​​Alessia Imberti

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Pilates teacher 

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My name is Alessia, I graduated in economics and I work as Human Resources Business Partner. I'm also a Yoga, Aerial Yoga, Barre Concept®, Pilates, swimming and water gymnastics instructor.

I started teaching swimming to children when I was 15 years old. Once I moved to Zurich, I did the water sports instructor training. In 2012, I completed my training as a Barre Concept® instructor in Munich, Germany. A discipline that combines elements of ballet, Pilates and Yoga. My passion for Aerial Yoga started in San Francisco in 2016. After a few years of constant practice, I flew to Bali and I completed the teacher training in Aerial Yoga. I flew to Bali again after 2 years to complete the advanced training, where I took the specialization in Aerial Fitness, Aerial Pilates, Aerial Barre, Aerial Kids, Aerial Yin and Nidra. In 2017 I completed the 200h Teacher Training in Ashtanga Vinyasa. I started teaching in Zurich and after 2 years I decided to start two advanced Teacher Trainings of 300 hours each. I specialized myself in therapeutic yoga, Yin Yoga, Restorative, Nidra, Yoga for pregnant women, meditation, breathing techniques and Ayurvedic medicine. 

Recently, I completed the comprehensive BASI® (Body Art and Science International®) Teacher Training, where I also did the specialization in pre and post pregnancy.

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Edda Ballerino

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Pilates Teacher

After several years spent traveling the world as an assistant on cruise ships, I started a career in the field of corporate training, where I am still working part-time.

Fitness in general has always had a part in my life, in the sense that it was for me somehow related to a sensation of well-being in the end. This led me to discover and appreciate at first the world of group fitness workouts, ant it happened then almost by chance that I found myself taking classes of Pilates.

What struck me immediately about Pilates was its powerful connection between mind and body, and most of all the fact of gaining a new awareness on the key role of both movement and breathing for our functionality and balance as human beings, in every department of life.

Therefore I delved more and more into every aspect of this discipline, until I felt ready to start the BASI Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training in Lugano, which I successfully completed in the Spring of 2024. That same year I begun working as a Pilates instructor  for both mat and equipment at the BASI Pilates studio in Lugano.

While continuing and enjoying my personal learning journey, I feel enriched by the possibility of sharing my skills and experience, helping others to move step by step towards a better balance, body awareness and - last but not least - an effective and rewarding fitness.

Paola Pervangher 

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Pilates Teacher

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Since I was a child, movement, sports and nature have always been an important part of my life.

I have always been trying to strike the balance between my physical and mental wellbeing.
Nowadays, I am a happy mom with two beautiful children. When you have your family, I think it is important to take time not only for your beloved ones, but also for yourself and the activities you like and make you feel good. 
As a sportswoman, alternating between MTB, ski mountaineering and trail running, I approached the world of Pilates after my first pregnancy and I was immediately fascinated, realizing that this discipline brings numerous benefits to my body.
Hence my decision to start the Comprehensive teacher training course in 2023, choosing the BASI Pilates method. 
I loved BASI Pilates from the very first day for its precision, for making me understand every movement, for giving me a new passion and dedication to this amazing discipline.
In March 2024 I completed my training, practical and theory exams. I am now finishing my internship hours and writing my thesis to receive the final certificate. 
 

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