Meet the amazing Pilates and fitness instructors At Peridot Wellness

Our Pilates 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 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.

Imagine of chiropractic doctor assisting a patient do glute bridges on the reformer pilates machine. The patient and chiropractor are wearing purple workout clothes.

Dr. Samantha Billard

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.

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Serena Finlayson

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.

Marina Segalla

Marina has a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in Brazil and a couple years after graduating from university she developed an interest in Pilates due to a lower back injury.

She obtained her Pilates teacher training with Voll Pilates Group in Brazil and Merrithew Stott Pilates in Canada and has been an instructor since 2012 with a particular interest in movement rehabilitation.

She believes Pilates is for everyone and welcomes clients of all ability levels. She is passionate about using her knowledge and skills to support clients through their training and recovery. Her goal with her classes is to combine movement and exercise to support clients in feeling happy and strong in their bodies.

Outside of teaching she loves music concerts, walking in nature and exploring the city.

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.