TRAINERS - Arte

Master Trainer
Kathleen Lee

Kathleen, born in South Korea, was first introduced to Pilates 6 years ago, as rehabilitation following an injury from dance. Pilates was intuitive and in sync with her personal style of exercise. She was immediately drawn to this exercise beholding a great philosophy behind and wanted to share the benefits and passion of Pilates with others.

Kathleen holds a Pilates Certification from Modern Pilates International and Educator Certification from the Pilates University of Contrology. She is currently a Pilates instructor at O:RIN and the Founder and Master Trainer at ARTE.

She believes Pilates can help every human to achieve a well being life both physically and mentally and lastly open up a new chapter of opportunities for our graduates.

Pilates is complete coordination of
body, mind and spirit

– Joseph Pilates

Amongst the many quotes from the founder of Pilates, this is Kathleen’s favourite and the philosophy that she entails for instructing Pilates. She is a firm believer that Pilates is not just a sweat exercise, but a method that can improve both physical and mental health of one.

Just as Joseph Pilates first created the exercise for rehabilitation, body stabilization and balance are at the core of her teaching. With that, her objective is to educate and cultivate new instructors who can view Pilates the same way as herself.

Educator
Winkie Lee

Winkie has always been passionate about exercise and sports from an early age. She learnt swimming, tennis, gymnastics, ice skating and many more! After moving to Australia for her Teritary studies, she was looking for new hobbies to continue challenge herself both physically and mentally. She described Pilates as love at first sight: “I’ve been exercising my whole life and I didn’t expect Pilates to be so challenging. I’m learning how to regain control of my body, mind and spirit.” Soon after, she began to pursue Pilates as her career in Australia.

She completed a comprehensive Pilates education and personal training courses in Hong Kong and Australia. She believes that students learn best when they are actively engaged, which allows them to analyze what is in front of them and reflect on their own actions.

Winkie’s mission is to help her students reach their potential as an instructor, not only during the course, but to see them become stronger and more confident instructors at the end of their training.