144 Anula Maiberg: Unexpected Form

Anula Maiberg was born in Israel and moved to NYC in 2001 in order to pursue a career in photography. While working on her degree at the School of Visual Arts she fell in love with Pilates through the classes and private sessions she took around the city. After receiving her Masters in Fine Art from the Royal College in London and a few years at a “desk” job she realized happiness wasn’t in front of the computer screen. She decided to attended the Kane School for Core Integration (Kinected) to become a fully certified teacher graduated in 2009. After several years teaching she was accepted into the Kathy Grant Heritage Training Masers and graduated in 2014. Anula is passionate about upholding the traditions and principles of Pilates while being able to update and personalize them for the needs of her students. She also feels strongly about volunteering her time to the LGBTQ community and believes Pilates is a wonderful movement modality and a tool for healing in a supportive environment.

 

 

Anula and Kathryn talk about their last conversation, Unexpected Form, who joined in (and who didn’t), and representation in Pilates and movement. Anula shares a personal story from a few years ago working with Shape magazine, exploring body positivity, and how we can’t “have it both ways”. They also talk about abstract human movement, and going outside the box of what a method usually looks like.