ABOUT MELA

Mela Bodin is a certified Classical Pilates Teacher with over 18 years of experience.  She co-founded Westwood Pilates, a world renowned and Classical Pilates Studio in Los Angeles in 2013, where she taught everyone from the rich and famous, to mentoring young teens from low income families, teaching continuing education classes for Pilates Teachers and running an Apprenticeship Program to certify new teachers. She was fortunate to train with some of the best teachers in the US including the late Jay Grimes, a first generation Pilates teacher, which means he was trained directly by Joe Pilates himself making Mela a 2nd generation Pilates teacher. 

Mela graduated from The Work in 2017, a highly selective Pilates Graduate Program at Vintage Pilates that was under the direction of Jay Grimes.  This training took her teaching to a whole new level of understanding Contrology, as Joe Pilates used to call it, and how to effectively apply this method. After many successful years as a studio owner, manager and teacher in the hustle and bustle of the big city, Mela and her husband converted a coach bus into their tiny home on wheels, with a mini Pilates Studio on board, to travel Northern America in search of a new place to lay down roots.  After many successful years creating a brick and mortar Pilates Business and a solid community of enthusiasts in LA, she is excited about furthering her reach by bringing the original method of Pilates online to make it accessible to all no matter where you are.