Maintain Strength, Balance & Movement
Get a tailored plan with a virtual evaluation of your movement, posture, and alignment to kickstart your fitness journey from home.
Achieve your goals with expert-led Pilates and movement sessions delivered virtually for convenience and results.
Enjoy private, personalized sessions designed to improve your strength, mobility, and overall wellness.
I became a certified Pilates instructor in early 2005, training at the Stott Pilates International facility in Toronto. I love working with people and helping them feel confident in their movement. The safe and effective methods of Pilates keep clients strong, flexible, and balanced. As I deepened my practice, I felt compelled to learn more about the body and biomechanics. This led me to become certified as an Integrated Movement Specialist under Dr. Evan Osar. Since then, I’ve been able to assist clients with conditions such as Parkinson’s, acute neck pain, spinal stenosis, and more. I also specialize in helping pre- and post-surgery patients—building strength and resilience before surgery and guiding them through alignment and movement exercises to restore strength and mobility during recovery.
The reformer is an excellent tool for building muscle strength, improving flexibility, and enhancing overall fitness through its versatile and dynamic movements.
Don’t be deceived by the chair’s compact size—it offers powerful spring tension, just like the reformer, to provide a challenging and effective workout.
The Cadillac is ideal for clients recovering from injuries, offering versatile support and gentle resistance to facilitate safe and effective rehabilitation.
Assessments provide valuable insight into a client’s progress, helping us evaluate their condition at the start of a session and track improvements over time.
It’s common to identify areas that need release to restore range of motion (ROM). We love using targeted techniques to address these areas effectively.
At this stage, we introduce the Integrated Movement Specialist (IMS) principles—Alignment, Breathing, and Control (ABC)—along with corrective exercises...
Pilates and the Integrative Movement System support individuals by addressing the following:
Alignment: Focuses on stacking joints properly to create optimal alignment.
Balance: Restores balance by ensuring joints are correctly aligned.
Mobility: Encourages the development and retention of positive movement patterns through the central nervous system.
Strength: Strengthens smaller muscle groups, building a foundation of strength from the inside out.
Flexibility: Enhances flexibility as a natural outcome of improved alignment, balance, mobility, and strength.
Our studio welcomes individuals of all abilities, offering tailored support to meet a wide range of needs. Many of our clients seek help with acute or chronic issues, often in the post-rehabilitation phase. In the initial stages, we focus on teaching efficient breathing strategies and guiding clients to align their bodies for optimal balance.
As clients advance, we introduce functional movement patterns such as squatting, pulling, and pushing. With progress, workouts are adapted to become more challenging, aligning with their evolving goals. Our studio is fully equipped to support clients training for specific sports, competitive pursuits, or those simply looking to push their limits with safe, effective, and high-level training.
Work with me to maintain your mobility strength, balance and overall health and movement.
How we breathe directly correlates to our posture and alignment. Quick, shallow breaths can cause tightness in the body, especially in the upper back and neck.
Urinary incontinence and Stress Urinary Incontinence is something that many people are aware of or have heard someone close to them speak about. Of course, this is not limited to any segment of our population.
Tarannum, I have sent you this testimonial because you have helped me so much over the years. I have been seeing Tarannum every Thursday for many years. I got to know her when I took her group class at my fitness club. I decided to take privates from her when I heard how important she was to some of the ladies in the class. Indeed when one of these ladies burst into tears when it was announced Tarannum’s class would be cancelled for a couple of weeks. I thought her weird to be so upset, but now I totally understand her reaction. Tarannum has helped me in so many ways. Playing tennis has been hard on my right shoulder- but not to worry. Tarannum always knows what is needed to get that shoulder back in shape! My main weakness is my lower back. It is something I have suffered from since a teenager. Right from my very first session she told me to stop holding in my stomach. Hard for me to do that but eventually I did follow her advice. I rarely have back issues now and when I do I follow Tarannum’s advice. The hour I spend with her in my weekly sessions is so relaxing but hard work at the same time. She is always aware of what my body is capable of. I always leave feeling so good about myself. I finally persuaded my husband to see Tarannum and he like me has been greatly helped. We both agree we are very lucky to have Tarannum to take care of our issues. I am 77 and Vic is 80. We both play tennis on a regular basis. I am convinced that Tarannum is the reason that I can still play. Indeed I believe I play better than ever! Thank you Tarannum. What would I do without you!
“I have been training with Tarannum for many years now, during which she has helped me through many aches and pains that have crept up on me as I have grown older. However, it wasn’t till just recently that I mentioned to her that I was having nerve pain (pins and needles) in my foot as the result of sciatica that I suffered many years ago. Since it was nerve pain, I assumed there was nothing to be done about it. The many medications I had tried gave me no help. So ,in passing, I mentioned it to Tarannum. The pain had been getting more and more severe. Tarannum immediately put on her thinking cap and came up with some breathing and posture exercises, and as a result, I have been pain free for the last two weeks. And I have been sleeping better, and able to relax without pain. Tarannum loves what she is doing. She teaches with enthusiasm and intelligence. She enjoys helping people, and they enjoy the benefits of her teachings”
“I could not recommend a better teacher or trainer for beginners or advanced Pilates and movement students. Tarannum’s direct openness and interest in your well-being makes her classes and interactions superb.”
Her training and expertise in Integrated Movement adds an enormous quality and insight to her precise teaching, demonstrations, explanations and corrections. She makes sure you do understand the posture or exercise in its fullest, physically feeling its power and incorporating it safely in your routine.”
“Tarannum Nasser is the best instructor I have had in over 15 years of Pilates lessons and training. She has the ability to explain and demonstrate each movement with such detail and accuracy that it is almost impossible not to get it, Should you still not get it, she will help you to understand how, with individual attention even in the middle of a class, because it does help us all.”