Meet Melanie
Melanie Lopez is a certified Pilates instructor based in New York City, known for her detailed, down-to-earth approach to movement. With a background in ballet and a deep understanding of functional anatomy, she creates Pilates classes that are both physically challenging and deeply supportive—helping people build strength, resilience, and a more thoughtful relationship with their bodies.
Melanie’s first engaged with Pilates as a ballet apprentice and rediscovered the practice over a decade ago while searching for solutions to pain and instability from hypermobility and past dance injuries. What she found in Pilates was a stabilizing, empowering movement practice that did more than help her heal—it changed the way she moved through the world. In 2018, driven by a desire to share these benefits with others, Melanie became a certified instructor through Movement Salon under the mentorship of Daniel Giel.
Since then, her teaching has reached a global community through her growing YouTube channel and online studio, where she offers reformer and mat Pilates classes designed to meet people exactly where they are and empower them to get stronger, feel better, and learn to love their movement experience. Her classes blend the precision of classical Pilates with the adaptability of functional movement and the technical foundation of dance—always focused on quality of movement, not aesthetics.
Melanie believes that good movement is good communication—with your body, your attention, and your energy. Whether you're training for strength, recovery, or simply a better way to move through your day, her goal is to guide you there with clarity, intention, and a lighthearted attitude along the way.
