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Zohreh Ellison is the Founder and Master Trainer at Kailua Core Fitness Pilates Studio in beautiful Kailua, Hawaii on the Island of Oahu.
Zohreh is a certified CoreAlign® Master Trainer, and a Pilates Method Alliance (PMA®) certified Pilates Teacher.
ABOUT ZOHREH
Zohreh Ellison is a Balanced Body® CoreAlign® Master Instructor.
Having lived, studied and worked in locations as diverse Iran, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia and Hawaii, Zohreh has had wide exposure to a great range of cultures and lifestyles. A long period of declining health prompted her to study and practice yoga, and it wasn’t long before she became a certified yoga instructor.
Zohreh developed an avid interest in Pilates while undergoing yoga training and that passion led her to become a certified Pilates teacher.
In 2010, she was personally invited by Mary Bowen, one of the surviving Pilates Elders, for a mentorship in the highly selective PASSING THE TORCH™ program.
Three years after completing it, she successfully completed a second PASSING THE TORCHTM program under the mentorship by Elizabeth Larkam PMA®, a Gold-certified instructor of the Pilates Method Alliance (CPT-PMA®).
Zohreh has worked in the fitness industry at 24 Hour Fitness in Hawaii Kai and Honolulu, and Three Paths Holistic Fitness in Kailua. She founded Lanikai Pilates in Kailua, working with clients of varying ages and proficiencies to improve their flexibility, balance, durability, strength and coordination.
In 2011 Zohreh moved to Singapore and worked as an instructor at Sky Pilates, then as lead Pilates instructor at COMO Shambhala. Zohreh strongly believes in CoreAlign®, Pilates and related disciplines as platforms to connect the body and mind to work together harmoniously.
A member & Certified Pilates Teacher of the Pilates Method Alliance (CPT- PMA®), Zohreh has earned many additional certifications, including Physical Mind Institute®, Stott Pilates®, YogaFit®, Gyrotonic®, Gyrotoner®, Gyrokinesis®, Jumping-Stretching Board®, CoreAlign®, TRX®, Thomas Myers’ Anatomy Trains, Functional Anatomy for Movement and Injuries, Center for Anatomy & Morphology at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and the Fascia Research Summer School at Ulm University in Germany.
Now returned to Kailua, Zohreh has founded Kailua Core Fitness LLC, Hawaii’s CoreAlign® training center.
for a full list of Zohreh’s training and qualifications.
“If you want to relax, watch the clouds pass by if you’re laying on the grass, or sit in front of the creek; just doing nothing and having those still moments is what really rejuvenates the body…”