Instructors
Pilates on Melbourne Street boasts a world-class team of instructors to help you build and maintain your strength.
Kylie Johnson
Director / Principal Pilates Instructor
Kylie has a Bachelor Degree in Dance from WAAPA (West Australian Academy of Performing Arts). Throughout her dancing years, Kylie had many injuries but they were always managed by doing Pilates. After her studies she continued her love of movement and became a certified Feldenkrais practitioner.
In 2002 Kylie had a major accident and surgery, she rehabilitated herself back to health and movement by doing Pilates. In 2004 she became an APMA Pilates Instructor. Across her 15 years of teaching Pilates she has worked along side Physiotherapists, in gyms with group fitness, taught both ballet and contemporary dance together with Pilates in several ballet schools throughout Adelaide, and recently became Titleist Performance Institute certified to follow her interest in Golf.
Amanda Mileski
Pilates Instructor
Amanda is qualified as a Level 2 APMA Pilates Instructor completing her training with the Melissa Laing Pilates Studio. She has participated in the Queens St Pilates Teacher Training Certification course, gaining a Diploma in Pilates Therapy Instruction and a Certificate IV in Pilates Therapy Instruction. She has also run and owned her own studio located in the city.
After suffering from a low back issue and scoliosis, Amanda attended regular Pilates classes to help assist in rehabilitation and maintenance. She was so impressed with the results she decided to train and study in the Pilates Method.
Amanda has worked extensively with physiotherapists working with clients ranging from rehabilitation to working with the SA Junior Golf Team to working with clients wanting to optimise their general health and wellbeing, at gyms throughout Adelaide and at the Keswick Army Barracks.
Toni Cartwright
Pilates Instructor
Toni has been a Pilates devotee and advocate since July 2008 when her husband sustained a serious lower back injury. While participating alongside her husband in his rehabilitation sessions, she noticed a positive change in her own mind and body. In July 2011, Toni sustained her own life changing injury and her commitment to Pilates assisted in her recovery and her injury’s ongoing maintenance. Deciding to become an instructor in 2013, Toni has since completed Polestar Pilates internationally accredited matwork and studio qualifications and she left her corporate job in October 2014 to fully commit herself to Pilates.
Providing enjoyable and effective Pilates sessions, Toni focuses on controlled movements, proper alignment and correct technique ensuring her clients get the most out of their class. She is passionate about how Pilates provides a mind-body connection and how it can have a positive effect for every person, every day, both inside and outside the studio.