Simone Wagenaar

I graduated from the BASI Pilates’s Comprehensive Teacher Training Program in 2007 and spent the foundation years of my teaching career, working under the wing of Theo Botha, Principle Faculty for BASI Pilates at BASI Pilates South Africa’s Headquarters. The years spent teaching in her studio allowed me exposure to a variety of clients as well as local and international Pilates Leaders.

I joined the Physio Pilates Studio in 2010 and taught in the studio for 11 years before becoming studio owner in October 2021.

As an instructor I am enthusiastic and compassionate and aware of clients’ personal goals during sessions. I enjoy the personal contact with clients and see teaching as an opportunity to guide individuals towards understanding their bodies better. I enjoy the process to develop a positive full-body movement experience and am mindful to adapt and include new science and research in the way I choose to utilise movement to support and develop the human body.

I proactively take part in International Pilates Education and Conferences and am proud to be a BASI Legacy Graduate having completed the BASI Pilates Legacy Program: Mentor Program (2015 & 2021), Master 1 and Master 2 Programs (2020) and Honors Program (2024).

Our studio is also home and Host Space to BASI Pilates’s Educational Programs in New Zealand and I have represented BASI Pilates as Local Faculty for New Zealand since 2018.

Being a studio owner has created an opportunity for me to nurture other Pilates Teachers and Students within our Studio and to foster a Pilates Community within New Zealand built on supporting each other rather than competing against each other.