Events

Classes, Workshops and Teacher Training

Sept- Nov 2025

Mat Instructor Training Course

Fully booked! Check again next year.

January 2026

Reformer Instructor Training Course

Applications now open!

January – April 2026.

Two options: full course or module-based workshop options.

For more information, email me at [email protected]

September 2025

Regular group classes start again.

After a summer break from teaching group classes, I’m back starting September:

Barre Studio City
Hainstrasse 1-3, Leipzig
Mondays, 6pm and 7:30pm (English)

Ayana Studio
Emilienstrasse 21, Leipzig
Thursdays, 6pm and 7pm (both bilingual)

About me

Martina Schliessler

Hi, my name is Martina. I teach Pilates on the mat as well as on all of the large apparatus. I also teach new Pilates teachers, in line with up-to-date and scientifically-founded approaches to the method. I love both the Pilates historical tradition as well as the new energy that is emerging in the Pilates world right now. I believe that Pilates can be fun, body-positive, and inclusive. The magic is in the detail and the energy!

I discovered Pilates after an injury in 2014 and fell in love with it, as it allowed me to live free of pain and feel graceful, confident and in control. I have been teaching Pilates in Leipzig since 2020. In 2022, I graduated from the Polestar Comprehensive Studio Pilates course in Cologne. This provided me with a thorough understanding of teaching Pilates on all large apparatus (Reformer, Chair, Ladder Barrel, Cadillac) as well as with small apparatus. I also received training specific to working one-on-one with persons with medical conditions such as herniated discs, carpal tunnel syndrome and shoulder impingements, to name a few. My style of cueing is anatomical and tactile.

My training:
  • Polestar Pilates Comprehensive Studio, 2020-2022, Cologne, Germany.
Continued Education:
  • Introduction to Feldenkrais, March 2025, Heimerer Akademie Leipzig, Germany.
  • Pathokinesiology of the Upper and Lower Extremities with Andreas Wellhöfer, November 2023, Koblenz, Germany.
  • Building Upper Extremity Load Bearing Strengh (Stützkraft) with Nina Metternicht (online), January 2025, Polestar Pilates Germany.
  • Communication and Cueing workshop with Margarida Ferrao/MovementbyMF (online), January – February 2025