Teacher of Pilates, yoga, gyrokinesis and Thai Yoga Therapy practitioner
GET FIT WITH PILATES AND WELLNESS BY ADI MAYAN
reconnect with your mind, body and soul
A BIT ABOUT ME
Making Fitness Fun
Originally from Israel Adi discovered her early passion for movement through dance.
While working as a dancer, Adi searched for ways to enhance her understanding of the human body and movement. She attended the Wingate Sports Institute in Israel where she completed her Health Club Instructor. This course only served as an appetizer for her desire to better comprehend movement and use her skills and knowledge to help people to get in better shape and live healthier.
Soon after Adi graduated from the Kane School of Core Integration in Manhattan and Half Moon Pilates Center in Brooklyn with a Comprehensive Pilates Certification.
She continued her studies with Teri Steele (Steele Pilates) at DNA (Dance New Amsterdam) in NYC. Adi is also certified in traditional Thai Yoga Bodywork and has studied at the ITM Massage School located in Chiang May, Thailand as well as the open center in NYC.
Adi is also a certified Kripalu yoga instructor from the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in MA and a Gyrokinesis certified teacher from Movement and Beyond Center in Manhattan led by master instructor Young-ah Kim.
In 2017 Adi graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and is now a certified health and nutrition coach.
Adi's extensive practice in enriched by over 30 years as a professional dancer. She has taught in many fitness clubs and Pilates studios internationally working with a wide range of clients including elite athletes, fitness enthusiasts, pre and post natal women, seniors and individuals with injuries and chronic pain.
Adi respects and values the individuality of each client and guides them towards feeling empowered within their bodies, living a healthy and pain free life.
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
Hear What Others Have to Say
I have been a patient of Adi's for several years. I am of an age where mobility can become and issue, but since I started doing this Thai yoga I find that my mobility has increased. I see my contemporaries often struggle to walk and bend but I do not have any trouble. I attribute this to Adi's ability and her understanding of what an aging person needs to have done to stay limber. I also have a arthritic problem which the doctors at Mayo Clinic told me would force me to take pain killers for the rest of my life. I explained the problem to her over 5 years ago and she has worked with me on this issue and here we are five years later and I have complete pain free mobility without pain medicine. Again, I attribute this to her ability to customize my treatment to help me through this often debilitating disease. After, we finish a session I feel completely relaxed and upbeat. All in all she is really terrific.
Stephen E. Karsch Esq.
Adi has been my private Pilates instructor weekly for almost a year. Both my tennis and golf play have improved significantly because of work I have been doing with her. I am older but she is relentless and knowledgeable so I am a very happy client.
Richard L Sigal
I feel so much stronger and more flexible since I’ve been doing Pilates one on one and taking class once a week with Adi. Adi is amazing. She has been such an inspiration that I find myself eating better and working out more on my own. She’s also really knowledgeable and fun to work with!! Thanks to Adi I feel great!!
Janis Hertzog
I started taking private Pilates classes with Adi last fall. I was new to Pilates and she explained everything that we were going to do and what the benefits of those movements would be. She challenged me as we went along but never pushed me if I wasn’t comfortable trying something. I have gained strength and flexibility since I started working with Adi, and the biggest benefit so far, is that my golf game is much improved. My swing is smoother, my core is stronger and I walk the course rather than taking a cart. Thank you, Adi.
Catherine M Crowley
I love Adi's class at my gym and also the private sessions we have been doing for years. She knows how to challenge her students to reach the next level of fitness. She is also very knowledgeable about how the exercises affect various muscle groups. Pilates has helped me become stronger and more toned. My balance has also improved a lot and I feel much healthier and more fit.
Anne Tergesen
Always the consummate professional, Adi’s strong and comforting manner help me feel relaxed and receptive to the techniques that improve my core strength and posture through Pilates exercises and Thai yoga massage.
Sheila Finley
When I looked for an apartment to rent I saw the Monterey and the broker showed me the gym. There was a small room that housed a reformer - an exercise machine used to do Pilates. I enquired about possible instructors and was given Adi's information. I had been doing Pilates for 20 years so I knew a good instructor when I met her. Adi is knowledgeable, smart, talented, and funny. I love my sessions with her and I feel that some things have changed. My balance is better and my body feels better; I move better. I certainly will continue with her.
AF
I have done Pilates with Adi for years. She is amazing-so knowledgable, kind, patient, and most of all, fun!