20 years of Pilates experience

In 1988 Meryl Prettyman was instructed to begin Pilates training, due to a very serious injury to the left knee and ankle.The amazing improvement and recovery of strength, control and mobility, due to regular Pilates training, inspired her to become a trainer herself. In 1990 Meryl began to intern at the Studio for Body Contrology in West Hollywood, California.
This studio was owned and run by an original student of Joseph H. Pilates named Ronald Fletcher. Meryl attended UCLA and continued to teach dance,Pilates, and worked as a Movement Therapist intern until graduating in 1995. In 2000 Meryl decided to do another more intensive certification at The Pilates Studio,New York/The Hague. This studio was run by Romana Kryzanowska another well known student of Joseph H. Pilates.
The Hague Studio is run by a fantastic teacher trainer named Marjorie Oron who trained under Romana. In the mean time Meryl opened her own studio in Kreuzberg. She taught the first Profi courses in Pilates at Tanzfabrik in Berlin. Meryl worked part-time as Dance Coach for The Lion King Musical in Hamburg where she taught the Pilates warm-up for the cast for 2 years. She has worked in partnership with the Pilates Zentrum Berlin, and Arcoverde Pilates Studio Berlin since 2001. Meryl is member of the German Pilates Association and teaches in English or German .

"My method develops the body uniformly, corrects wrong postures, restores physical vitality, invigorates the mind and elevates the spirit." Joseph H. Pilates