Instructor Trainers

Rebecca has been working in the health and fitness industry since 2000 and has her BA in Adult Fitness from Marshall University in West Virginia.  She has been a STOTT PILATES^® Instructor Trainer since 2010 and an Instructor Trainer specializing in CORE™ since 2013. She is also a certified ACE Personal Trainer and an AFAA certified Group Fitness Instructor.  Rebecca is the proud owner of Be Buff Pilates, a boutique Pilates studio that incorporates Pilates and Functional Training.

After finishing university in Japan and being actively involved in dance, Rie avidly pursued her interest in the human body and moved to Toronto, Canada. She received her STOTT PILATES® certification in 2006, excelling further and becoming a certified Instructor Trainer in 2008. Rie is currently the Programming Coordinator of Education for Merrithew Health & Fitness™ at the Toronto Head Office, while continually providing valuable sessions and high quality education as an Instructor Trainer for students from around the world. Additionally, she is adding new expertise to her qualifications, by actively pursuing her designation as a Health Professional at the Canadian College of Homeopathic Medicine.

A job relocation brought Roberta to Bahrain in 1999 after spending the early years of her career working in the insurance industry in London.  Eventually, she had the opportunity to leave the corporate world behind to nurture her interests in the biomechanics of the body, Yoga, and Pilates.  Roberta has been studying, practicing and teaching Pilates for the last 9 years and became a STOTT PILATES® Instructor Trainer in 2009.  Her educational background includes language studies in Italian and English and a degree in statistics and mathematics.  The proud owner of STUDIO RCT, Roberta is recognized by the Pink Ribbon Program as a post - rehabilitative Breast Cancer Exercise Specialist (BCES) and holds certifications in TRX Group Suspension Trainer, TRX Rip Trainer, and TRX Sports Medicine.  

 Born in Brazil, Samia received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance from the University of Campinas before moving to New York to pursue a professional dance career. After a knee injury, Samia decided to pursue Pilates as a career and she became a STOTT PILATES^® Certified Instructor in 2003.  Before becoming an Instructor Trainer in 2008, Samia taught Pilates in Austria and across the United States. Samia has also been an Instructor Trainer specializing in ZEN•GA™ Mindful Movement since 2013. She currently teaches at Inspire Health, where she takes great joy in helping clients meet their fitness goals and achieve pain free lives.  Her vast experience in working with a variety of clientele including athletes, pre- and post-natal women, the obese, seniors and post-rehab clients makes Samia a well-rounded instructor.

Sandra de Sousa Machado is the owner of Pilates Holistic Center Hamburg and was the first Portuguese certified STOTT PILATES^® Instructor Trainer.  Sandra combines over 10 years of teaching experience with her knowledge of Pilates, sport therapy, personal training and massage to ensure that clients experience the best in mind-body exercise. Always looking for a way to combine therapy and training, she found it with the STOTT PILATES^® method. Sandra felt the difference in her body during the education and afterwards and in November 2011 Sandra continued her education in Toronto where she became a STOTT PILATES Instructor Trainer. Her clientele includes professional athletes, singers, dancers and actors.