Cristiana Desantis
I’m Cristiana, a certified BASI Pilates, Machine and Mat instructor.
My passion for Pilates began about 15 years ago, when I began practicing this discipline as an amateur to address my back pain caused by scoliosis. Once I achieved my goal, I discovered that my body had improved significantly thanks to the precision work I performed, and I immediately saw benefits in my awareness of the movements I needed to perform in daily life.
BASI Pilates instructor in Florence
This strong passion and curiosity led me to initially conduct self-managed studies specifically on human anatomy. At the same time, I gained familiarity with various teaching methods in this discipline, eventually firmly embracing the method that best suited my teaching principles: the BASI Pilates method, earning the Comprehensive Global Program certification.
At this point, I began a period of collaboration at Ilaria Pulidori’s BASI Pilates in Tuscany school in Prato, where I continue to actively participate in recurring studies, specialization, and targeted interdisciplinary and training courses.
For the sake of brevity, I’ll mention just a few of the Pilates refresher courses I’ve taken in recent years:
- Pilates for Injuries and Pathologies with Samantha Wood
- Jump board with Meredith Rogers
- Stretching within strengthening with Sondra Karman
- Power of the upper girdle with Rael Isacowitz
- Pilates for scoliosis with Rika Brixie
- Get together
In 2021, I attended Rael Isacowitz’s Mentor Program, with Ilaria Pulidori and Maria Sylla, thus reaching a higher level of teaching. All this continuous training over a decade and my strong aptitude for human interaction finally allowed my dream to come true in 2020 when I opened my own Be You Pilates studio in Florence. In 2023, given the numerous enrollments, I expanded my horizons and opened a new studio, over 400 square meters, Be You Pilates in the Le Bagnese area of Scandicci. In 2023 I also reached the peak of my training with the Legacy Program Master I and II at the Basi Pilates Italia School.
