Antoinetta DiMeo

Certified Pilates Instructor

What moves me is helping people and being of service. I was in the food industry for decades in many different roles; which is definitely in service of others. Later on I made jewelry, which allowed a cultivation and growth of creativity but it didn’t feel in alignment with my desire to help others.

Pilates, DNS, Restorative Exercise is the path I have chosen at this point in my life which fuses my creativity and desire to help and support others. I feel I can give back through a passion of mine that has always been part of my being and core. I feel honored and privileged to have this opportunity with the Body Kinetics community.

My approach is focused on building the foundation of the core through optimal breathing, alignment and movement. You will experience the importance of breath; the importance of the diaphragm and it’s direct connection to the pelvic floor. When these are in proper alignment it encourages the postural muscles of the torso to activate. When breath activates the core, we support the spinal column, when we support the spinal column we support movement. Proper alignment puts us in the best biodynamic arrangement to deal with loads causing the least damage to our joints. Therefore, my aim is to wake up areas that have deactivated and calm down areas that are overworking thereby helping you to create even activation of the anterior and posterior muscles of the body.

“Antoinetta brings to Pilates a lifetime of body and movement wisdom from dance and other disciplines. I find her observations and instructions extremely insightful regarding my alignment and mechanics. In terms of exercises, she introduces new material which helps me translate what I do in the studio directly into my movement out in the world, gradually correcting difficult, long-term compensation patterns. Antoinetta is a pleasure to work with.” -Ann Caviness