About

Aida Palau hails from Barcelona, Spain. At an early age after years of competitive gymnastics and dance training, she discovered a fascination for the form, function, and movement of the human body. Later as a personal trainer and aerobics instructor, Aida was introduced to the Authentic Pilates Method by Inelia Garcia, Master Pilates Instructor from São Paulo, Brazil at a conference while in Barcelona. Inspired by the utility and grace of the Pilates Method, Aida followed one of the two pieces of advice Inelia provide her with and moved to train in the discipline and city where Joseph Pilates introduced the method to the world, New York. Aida began her pilates training at Drago’s New York and was certified as an instructor by Brooke Siler and Cary Regan, in 2006 at re:AB Pilates, in NoHo. Since, she harnessed the energy of New York to improve the lives of those around her, through Pilates and other holistic movement-based techniques such as bodyART, as well as teaching multiple disciplines for the Equinox clubs in the form of group classes. As a pilates instructor Aida has also guided private and group pilates sessions at studios such as Real Pilates New York in 2011, and Winsor Pilates Los Angeles in 2014, while expanding her knowledge of the work under Kathy Ross-Nash at The Red Ranch, in Florida in 2019 and Inelia Garcia in 2020. She’s currently the official Simultaneous English Interpreter for The Pilates Studio Brasil by Inelia Garcia’s Online Educational Programs and In Person Conferences and Trainings around the world wherever she teaches, since 2021 and continues to dedicate herself exclusively to Pilates, guiding trainings to clients from all walks of life, whether it is in an online setting or in person, in fully equipped Pilates studios in New York —when in town— as well as at her soon-to-open and professionally equipped Pilates studio in Barcelona, CTRLogy Room.