Guided by first-generation teacher Lolita San Miguel, Joakim discovered how movement can shape not just stronger bodies, but stronger lives.
In this episode, Nic sits down with Joakim Valsinge, a former military instructor turned Pilates educator, at the stunning Pilates Gathering in Scotland.
Joakim shares how he first discovered Pilates not through pain or injury but through curiosity and vanity!
His early experience as a soldier taught him brute strength, but Pilates introduced him to a new kind of control, awareness, and resilience.
As he trained and opened his own studios, he discovered how the discipline’s subtlety could heal injuries, strengthen the body, and transform how people move through life.
He reflects on his time studying with Lolita San Miguel, one of Joseph Pilates’ elders, and how she helped him embrace his unique background to become the teacher he is today.
Joakim shares how Pilates became a form of therapy, communication, and connection for his family as his son Albie, was born with Prader-Willi syndrome.
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