Our Team
Das Studio Pilates is built around thoughtful teaching, careful attention and a strong commitment to the craft of Pilates. All instructors hold a Diploma of Professional Pilates Practice, and many also bring complementary backgrounds in dance, classical ballet, yoga and personal training.
Helen Saniga
Director, Lead Instructor
Helen Saniga has been practising Pilates since 1999 and opened Das Studio Pilates in 2013. She completed APMA Level 1 Certification at Origin Pilates in Prahran in 2004 and undertook her Diploma in Professional Pilates Practice with National Pilates Training in 2013.
Before opening Das Studio, Helen taught at Aligned for Life Studio at the VCA and at Fitzroy Pilates. Alongside Pilates, her background includes art teaching, curating, life modelling, dance and hospitality, all of which inform the energy, humour and perspective she brings to the studio.
Pilates instructors are naturally driven to learn, analyse, research and innovate. At Das Studio Pilates, ongoing professional development is part of the culture, with instructors undertaking courses, workshops and conferences and maintaining regular dialogue with one another in the studio.
The studio also supports ongoing in-house training and workshops that expand and deepen each instructor’s experience.
Studio instructors
Edwina Bolger
Sezen Colakoglu
Holly Durant
Nikki Green
Alex Hegarty
Caroline Instrum
Elizabeth Lee
Lorraine Magasanik
Caroline McMaster
Leia Mulroy
Maria Portela
Helen Saniga
Rachel Saniga
Paul Schembri
Katie Shepherd
Naree Vachananda
Elsa van der Merwe (offering online sessions from Cape Town, South Africa)
Team List
Interested in teacher training as well as classes?
Visit the Education page for Balanced Body Education information.