Meet the amazing Pilates, Yoga and fitness instructors At Peridot Wellness

Our Pilates and Yoga teachers have extensive training from diverse backgrounds with a shared interest in overall health and wellbeing. If you are in Toronto and you have always wanted to try Pilates or Yoga, but are not sure where to start as a beginner, look no further! Our teachers have extensive experience teaching classes at all levels from beginner to advanced.

Our studio offers boutique style classes with low student to teacher ratios. Classes can be taught at mixed levels to challenge advanced students while supporting beginner students to build movement competency. Our group reformer Pilates classes are based on the six principles of Pilates by Joseph Pilates (breathing, concentration, entering, control, precision and flow) with a contemporary approach to movement.

Reformer sessions at Peridot Wellness will leave you feeling longer, leaner, more mobile and overall more balanced. Don't forget to check out our intro offers on the MindBody app!

photo of Meagan Maguire (pilates teacher) short box with spinal twist wearing alo leggings and rainbow crop sweatshirt at Peridot Wellness, Toronto

Dr. Meagan Maguire

Meet Dr. Meagan, chiropractor, acupuncture provider, Pilates teacher, and founder of Peridot Wellness. Growing up as a competitive dancer and soccer player, Meagan had her fair share of injuries. At a young age, she was no stranger to physical therapy, which ultimately inspired her to pursue her Doctorate of Chiropractic.

As a clinician, Meagan finds one of the more challenging barriers to recovery is active care. Meagan instantly fell in love with Pilates for the specificity of movement, incorporation of breath and alignment. Alignment incorporates the whole body, beginning with the core and extending to the crown of the head, fingers and toes.

Pilates is a critical part of her practice and has seen patients fully recover from disc herniations, frozen shoulders, surgical procedures and joint replacements, dislocations and more.

She highly recommends Pilates for everyone, whether it's injury recovery, prevention, sport enhancement or just part of an active healthy lifestyle.

Sunny Marshall

Meet Sunny, Athletic Therapist, Massage Therapist, Yoga teacher, and queen of Athletic Reformer classes. Sunny blends her knowledge as a clinician with her love for movement to help you move better, gain strength and confidence in your body.

Sunny's yoga classes are aimed at yogis of all levels whether it is your first time or you have been doing yoga for years.

Sunny's athletic reformer classes are designed based on athletic sport movements. It is a great way to recover from an injury or cross train for your favourite sport.

You can find Sunny around the studio practicing her handstands (on an off the machine) and enjoying a mushroom coffee.

Izumi Ishikawa

Meet Izumi, one of our wonderful Pilates Instructors at Peridot Wellness. Izumi grew up in Tokyo where she began training as a classical dancer.

Upon moving to Toronto, Izumi completed a degree in Performing Arts at George Brown College where she discovered her passion for teaching movement and anatomy.

Through her extensive dance career, Izumi learnt to personally appreciate the benefits of Pilates. It helped her to heal various injuries and prevent reoccurrence by strengthening stabilizing muscles and developing a deep body awareness. Her love for pilates lead Izumi to her pursue her Pilates Mat and Reformer teacher training at Merrithew Stott Pilates.

Izumi's extensive knowledge of dance and pilates makes her a strong trainer in fluid and controlled movement. Her ultimate goal with Peridot wellness is to bring her passion and knowledge of pilates to explore the possibility of your body movements. Izumi’s classes and playlists are energetic and fun.

Sarah Kimber

Meet Sarah, a Pilates instructor at Peridot Wellness. Sarah fell in love with Pilates, functional movement and nutrition when she experienced the positive impact these natural approaches had on her long-term mental and physical health. At Peridot Wellness, Sarah teaches a fun and challenging Full Body Burn class.

Sarah is a health coach, holistic nutritionist, wellness blogger and Pilates instructor in Toronto. When Sarah isn't working with clients or around the studio, you can find her going for long walks with her dog Parker or spending time in nature. She loves cooking up a storm of healthy meals in her kitchen, drinking endless amounts of lemon-water or mellowing down with a glass of wine (and the occasional spicy margarita!). She can't wait to meet you and be a part of your fitness/wellness journey!

Sang Ahn

Meet Sang, Certified Pilates Instructor, AntiGravity aerial yoga teacher, kids yoga teacher, visual and tattoo artist.

Sang fell in love with Pilates 15 years ago and it has been an integral part of her life ever since. Her initial interest in wellness has inspired her with a deep sense of self-awareness and appreciation for holistic lifestyle.

She works with clients from all walks of life, from teens to older populations with varying levels of stability and mobility. Her focus during her sessions is to assist the clients to achieve balance, endurance, strength and most importantly, inner awareness. She offers movement classes with compassion, kindness, and understanding of the unique physical needs of her clients. At Peridot Wellness, she draws from such a holistic approach to support clients in their healing journey and in achieving their goals.

Seyma Bostan (pilates teacher) on Allegro 2 reformer kneeling arm in strap in beautiful clean pilates studio

Şeyma Bostan

Meet Seyma, one of our wonderful Pilates teachers at Peridot Wellness. Her classes are technical, challenging and rewarding! Seyma has 5+ years of teaching Pilates full-time in the fitness industry with a particular lifelong interest in physical exercise, healthy living, and mindfulness movement.

She is enthusiastic to meet passionate people, learn cutting-edge exercises and techniques with the aim of inspiring people to adopt a healthy lifestyle, and most importantly, to make them feel good about themselves.

Seyma has in-depth experience working with various groups including prenatal/postnatal, dancers, athletes, and beginners, with a comprehensive knowledge set gathered from many training sessions and workshops.

She enjoys a life full of sports, music, cooking, and a crazy cat named Pasha.

EmmA Collinson

Meet Emma, one of our wonderful Pilates Teachers at Peridot Wellness. Emma’s journey with Pilates started when she endured an injury. At the time she was a professional dancer on the west coast who was looking for a way to rehab her injury as safely and effectively as possible. She fell In love with the low-impact strength training

that Pilates provides and has never looked back.

Emma has taught dance and fitness for 10 years and loves to inspire others through movement. She hopes to bring creativity and abundance to her classes while focusing on proper alignment and getting a satisfying workout using STOTT method principles.