A beautiful chat with my long time friend Kirsti Viitala, fellow corporate escapee and founder of Kirsti Pilates To You, where we dive into the power of Pilates and moving our body to support healing and growth.
In this episode, Kirsti and I chat about the how she started practicing Pilates, and how it’s supported her own personal growth through many transitions in life, including a shift in focus from aiming for an awesome bikini body to a more holistic appreciation of how Pilates supports the mind, body, soul connection.
We chat about the similarities and differences between the often-compared Yoga and Pilates, Kirsti’s own journey of growth and healing through movement, motherhood and starting her own business and some of the beautiful (and maybe unexpected) benefits of mastering the physical challenges of Pilates. We also talk about how much joy Kirsti’s gets from sausage rolls and champagne (yes together!)…you’re going to want to tune in to hear more about that!
Kirsti Viitala is an APEA certified Pilates teacher with over 7 years teaching experience, working in both large and small Pilates and fitness studios. Being a lover of dance and movement her whole life, she was hooked after her very first Pilates session. After a restructure in her corporate job she re-evaluated her working lifestyle and decided to follow her passion into Pilates classical teacher training, ultimately starting up Kirsti Pilates To You a few years later.
She lives with her partner and their two boys in Melbourne’s Bayside suburbs. She loves cooking, experimenting with new healthy recipes and unlike much of the rest of her life in which she loves a plan, she finds joy in going with the flow in the kitchen and using all the dishes in the house while she does it!
You can connect with Kirsti here
Website: www.kirstipilatestoyou.com.au
Instagram: @kirsti_pilates_plus
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