PSS 2025 MasterClass Lineup
Are you ready? This is it! The MasterClass Workout series for 2025! A Pilates workout, led by the eyes and guidance of a stellar group of 2ndGenMasters. A MasterClass Workout using the Pilates studio apparatus with a few friends, teachers and colleagues. This is the #PilatesSistersSquad 2025 LineUp.
Please plan ahead and block off time for yourself and access to the apparatus – in your home or your studio. Yes, you are busy. We all are. Nevertheless, you might want to set aside the Fourth Sunday of each month at 2PM EST for a session with one or more of our industry’s favorite 2ndGenMaster Teachers.
You are strongly encouraged to lock in your choice(s) in advance. The maximum number of participants will be twenty (20) for any session this year.
Many of the teachers have previously led the group and I know we all will continue to relish the time together, albeit virtually, yet again. Several are new to the PSS and I am beyond grateful for their willingness to lead the PilatesSistersSquad. Plan for 60-75 minutes; these teachers will/can use every minute, whether working us out or chatting after the session.
You are strongly encouraged to lock in your choice(s) in advance.
PilatesSisterSquad | MasterClass Teachers | Jan-May 2025
Blossom Leilani-Crawford
January 26
Wunda Chair
In 1993, Blossom was introduced to Pilates by Kathy Grant during her first year as a dance student at New York University’s (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts. Kathy’s exacting and intuitive approach to Pilates made a lasting impression. After graduating from NYU, Kathy called one day, was brief, and said she needed a demonstrator for a class. After a couple of weeks demonstrating mat class, Kathy quietly motioned and said, “you can just keep coming.” For the next 11 years, Blossom had the honor of being Kathy’s Teaching Assistant. Her work is always “pure Blossom”, i.e., movements that are her interpretation of “the Pilates Method: moves that have the ‘classical’ bones performed in a ‘contemporary’ way with great intention,” and always infused with flavor from Kathy Grant.
Join us to follow Blossom’s lead on the Wunda Chair.
Click the button below to claim one slot in the virtual room. The Virtual Link access will be sent to the email address listed for the transaction.
Jillian Hessel
Februay 16
Reformer
Jillian Hessel is an internationally renowned Master Pilates teacher based in Los Angeles, California. A second-generation Pilates teacher in direct succession from Joseph Pilates, Jillian has been a devotée of Pilates since 1981, long before Pilates became an International sensation. Due to her unique teaching lineage, Jillian is known by Pilates aficionados as a “Hybrid of the Masters,” as her 3 principle mentors, Kathy Grant, Carola Trier, Ron Fletcher are cornerstones of the Pilates community.
She maintains an exclusive private clientele in her home city of Los Angeles, California, and she also mentors Certified Pilates Teachers, both in-studio and online. I am thrilled to have Jillian lead the PilatesSistersSquad on the Reformer. Join us!
Click the button below to claim one slot in the virtual room. The Virtual Link access will be sent to the email address listed for the transaction.
Miguel Silva
March 23
Tower/Cadillac & Wunda
Miguel’s passion for Pilates is both evident and infectious. He teaches with high energy and a deep, passionate commitment to the method. With many years of experience, Miguel possesses extensive anatomical and physiological knowledge. However, what truly distinguishes him is his innate, intuitive understanding of each individual’s bodily needs.
Miguel is the Founder and Director of Unopilates School, with locations in Portugal and Switzerland. He was one of 12 selected to enter the highly regarded certification program “The Work” at Vintage Pilates Studio under the mentorship of Jay Grimes, completed in 2016. Led by Miguel, the Uno Pilates School boasts over 15 years of experience in teaching the Pilates method. His keen observational skills are complemented by a friendly sense of humor, ensuring that every session is not only challenging and effective but also enjoyable.
Click the button below to claim one slot in the virtual room. Join us and follow Miguel’s lead on the Tower/Cadillac and Wunda.
Darien Gold
April 27
Spine Corrector & Barrel
Introduced to Pilates in early 90s and certified with Romana Kryzanowska, states that every class is an exchange of energy from teacher/mentor to student/seeker; when a teacher and her students “listen and work with each other, we experience beautiful music of the body.” A former dancer and gymnast, the Pilates Method was a natural for her. Having worked with professional athletes as well as dancers from the Juilliard School, and teaches both locally and internationally and online. She produces and hosts a bi-monthly podcast, “All Things Pilates,” now in its sixth season. Originally conceived as a live radio show in 2017, she continues her interviewing style with those in the Pilates community.
Join us to follow Darien’s lead on the Spine Corrector and Barrel.
Click the button below to claim one slot in the virtual room. The Virtual Link access will be sent to the email address listed for the transaction.
Maria Earle
May 18
Reformer
Motivated by the belief that good teaching becomes excellent when the teacher cultivates the pupil within; Maria unpacks the lessons of her teachers. An approach to Pilates that had undergone a profound evolution and deeply enriched by mentor Kathleen Stanford Grant (a protégé of Joseph Pilates) with whom Maria studied with for thirteen years while living in New York City. She found Pilates as a young dancer and fell in love with the way the Pilates practice made her feel.
Maria was the teacher that I invited to lead a few #PilatesSisters in 2019 and inspired the inception of the #PilatesSistersSquad. She led the group on the Reformer and Mat in NYC and has continued to support each year since. I am proud to have her lead us again from her home base in Spain. Join us and follow Maria’s lead on the Reformer.
Click the button below to claim one slot in the virtual room. The Virtual Link access will be sent to the email address listed for the transaction.
PilatesSisterSquad | MasterClass Teachers | Sept-Nov 2025
Brett Howard
September 21
Wunda Chair
Brett Howard is an Owner and Director of the Pilates Haus. He is the Director of Education and a Senior Teacher of Teachers of the Classical Pilates USA Teacher Certification Program (formally the United States Pilates Association™). He is the Director of Education of the Classic Pilates Institute in South Korea. Certified by the New York Pilates Studio® Teacher Certification Program under the tutelage of Romana Kryzanowska in 1998 and has trained extensively with Pilates Elders Mary Bowen, Jay Grimes and Lolita San Miguel, as well as Master Teachers Bob Liekens, Sari Mejia Santo, Kathy Corey, Cary Regan, Blossom Crawford, Deborah Lessen and Steve Giordano.
A distinguished educator of the method, he has taught workshops all around the United States as well as Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, England, Finland, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Spain and Switzerland. Brett Howard holds a M.A. in Dance Education from New York University Steinhardt School of Education, Culture and Human Development and a B.F.A. in Dance from S.U.N.Y. Purchase College Conservatory of Dance.
He has been a huge supporter of the PSS, both it’s inception and evolution, and I am proud and grateful for every minute of private session personal training and Pilates healing with Brett for 15+ years and hope he never leaves New Jersey.
Join us to follow his lead on the Wunda Chair.
Click the button below to claim one slot in the virtual room. The Virtual Link access will be sent to the email address listed for the transaction.
Mose Urbano
October 26
Spine Corrector & Mat
Moses Urbano is an internationally known Pilates Instructor who seeks to share his love of Pilates since 1998 and his time with Romana Kryzanowska at The Pilates Studio of New York. He assisted her on teaching tours throughout the United States and internationally. He consulted for Stamina Products at “Super Shows” and on QVC, taught for GAIAM Pilates, has been featured in San Diego Magazine, Majestic Living, PilatesStyle, IDEA Fitness Journal, and various international publications and appears as a featured performer in “Romana on Pilates-The Legacy Edition.” For more than 25 years he has taught and supported Pilates enthusiasts and other instructors around the world.
Known for his dynamic hands-on approach to teaching Pilates, he is sought-after for Pilates training events and workshops. His base is Los Angeles, California in the USA and Berlin, Germany in Europe. Moses keeps his own practice on the cutting edge by remaining forever a student of movement and staying current in continuing education with Romana’s Pilates.
Join us to follow the dynamic lead of Moses on the Spine Corrector and Mat.
Click the button below to claim one slot in the virtual room. The Virtual Link access will be sent to the email address listed for the transaction.
Alycea Ungaro
November 16
Studio Apparatus
Alycea Ungaro is a licensed Physical Therapist having graduated from New York University’s prestigious program. She holds a Masters in Applied Clinical Nutrition as well as a certification in Peri-natal exercise and is a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher. In 2024 she was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Pilates Certification Program.
She created and leads a comprehensive Pilates Teacher Training program where she shares the method as she learned it directly from her teacher, Romana Kryzanowska. The Real Pilates Teacher Training program has graduated hundreds of professional Pilates instructors around the globe. An industry leader and businesswoman, Alycea travels internationally presenting at workshops, conferences and trainings. She presents on a variety of Pilates topics including business, technique and personal growth and inspiration for teachers.
Join us to follow her lead on the studio apparatus.
Click the button below to claim one slot in the virtual room. The Virtual Link access will be sent to the email address listed for the transaction.
