Instructor Trainer bios

Yinying Huang has backgrounds in Pharmacy and Rehabilitation Therapy. Due to health issues, she began practicing yoga and Pilates in 2013. Long-term practice greatly improved her physical condition and made her fully recognize the scientific training system of STOTT PILATES. In 2017, she completed the full systematic training of STOTT PILATES Mat, Reformer, ICCB and ISP, and became a full-time Pilates instructor in the same year.

With years of teaching experience and a commitment to professional development, she earned the full STOTT PILATES Certification in 2024 and obtained the qualification of Instructor Trainer (IT) in May 2026.

As an Instructor Trainer, she hopes to share her professional knowledge and teaching experience of Pilates with more people, promote STOTT PILATES, and help more people achieve physical and mental health through this practice.

Yoko graduated from Yokohama National University with a degree in Health & Physical Education and has been a Merrithew^® Instructor Trainer specializing in STOTT PILATES^® since 2007. Yoko has a passion for aerobics and has over 20 years experience teaching instructor courses, has competed in national and international competitions, and acted as a judge at such events in Japan. Yoko particularly enjoys working with the aging population, integrating post-rehabilitation techniques and coaching and conditioning sports to help them achieve success, and acts as a presenter at pilates events in Tokyo. Yoko opened a Merrithew Hosting Training Center ”YOKO-SO PILATES OMOTESANDO” in Tokyo, Japan, in 2020.

A former personal trainer of 10 years, Yu Lan graduated from Henan Sports University with a bachelor's degree in Physical Education in 2004, specializing in aerobics dance and artistic gymnastics. Yu Lan was introduced to the Pilates method and started teaching Pilates in 2012. She founded Yulan Pilates Studio in 2014. After taking many different brands of Pilates training over the years, Yu Lan set her mind and ambition on STOTT PILATES^®, and applied for her studio to become a Merrithew^® Host Training Center in 2016. She trained to become a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor after that. In 2019, she completed the STOTT PILATES Instructor Trainer courses in Mat and Reformer at the Merrithew Corporate Training Center in Toronto, Canada, becoming a member of the prestigious Merrithew Instructor Trainer team.

Peter was born into a family of educators and loves teaching. When he first encountered Pilates in 2015, he found his calling practicing and teaching Pilates. He completed his first STOTT PILATES^® education course in 2018 and became a STOTT PILATES Instructor Trainer in 2023. Peter sees teaching Pilates as a way of connecting people, not just to their mind and body, but as a way of fostering interconnectedness. Beyond that, he believes education is about empowering people. Once people better understand and believe in themselves, they will move better, become stronger, and have healthier, happier lives.

Yu-Chen Huang was born and raised in Taiwan. She graduated from National Taiwan College with a Master of Physical Education in Dance Theory before going on tour with Ku & Dance group. She learned about STOTT PILATES^® in 2012, after looking for a way to reduce the chances of injury from long-term high-intensity training. The benefits she realized through the method inspired her to share STOTT PILATES with more people. She was honored to become a Merrithew^® Instructor Trainer specializing in STOTT PILATES in 2015. She is currently working at the Merrithew Licensed Training Center in Taiwan, the National Yi-Lan University and St. Mary’s Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management as a certified instructor/ lecturer and also provides professional coaching at government facilities and private sports centers.