To Be Pilates

05/10/2026

04/23/2026

Aligned, controlled, and almost to the weekend 😎

04/20/2026

Monday reset.
A fresh start, a clear mind, and space to move with intention. 🤍
MindfulMovement

05/03/2025

Pilates Day 2025 “Change happens through movement and movement heals.” JHP

10/11/2024

Happy to collaborate with ProLife

03/17/2024

Saturnia , Pilates and an incredible group ….. 🇮🇹❤️

01/23/2024

We wanted to THANK Steve for his lovely words about Barbara and To Be Pilates! Check out Chapter 15 which speaks about the connection between Wellness and Leadership! It is such a powerful and important message! ❤️

01/08/2024

Meet Elvy Perez Stigsby…

Elvy is a Pilates teacher and Transformational Life and Wellness coach. She received her Pilates certification in New York City through Romana Kryzanowska. Elvy’s passion for movement began growing up in Colombia, where she was a member of several dance companies as a young girl. Elvy lived in London and then moved to New York City, where she graduated from the NYU Stern School of Business.

She practiced Pilates as a private client for many years before becoming certified as an instructor about 20 years ago. She combines her expertise in Pilates, incorporating mind/body to improve and enhance the lives of her clients. She owned her boutique, Casa Pilates Studio, in Montclair, NJ, which is now permanently closed, and currently teaches her clients from other certified studios.

Elvy’s passion is to guide others in living an active, healthy, and conscious lifestyle. She continues to advance in her practice, continuing to evolve as a Transformational Life Coach and in her love for Pilates by studying through workshops, conferences, and private sessions with world-class instructors, such as Kathy Ross-Nash, Sari Mejia Santo, Cynthia Lochard, Jay Grimes, Jerome Weinberg and many more.

Elvy lives in Montclair, NJ, with her husband, Simon, and has two grown daughters, Isabella and Sofia, and her youngest son, Jasper.

Come and enjoy Elvy’s calm and kind demeanor along with her many years of classical training! 👊🏼❤️

01/07/2024

Meet Ylla Palenque….

Ylla first fell in love with Pilates 15 years ago when an orthopedist recommended it as a safe post operative work out. She quickly incorporated it into her daily health and wellness routine, after leaving a career in Marketing, Ylla took her pursuit of Pilates to the next level, and completed her Pilates Teacher training in 2019.

Having lived all over the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean Ylla is bilingual (English/Spanish) as well as Multi cultural. She recently relocated to Montclair and is excited to join the To Be Pilates Team.

Come and enjoy Ylla’s positive and uplifting energy in a class today! 👊🏼❤️

01/06/2024

Meet Barbara Morini…

Barbara’s committed to helping others live a healthier and more fulfilling life, inside and out, started three decades ago, when she became a professional dancer. After graduating from the famed Classical Ballet Academy Cosi-Stefanescu, Barbara began observing various fitness regimens from around the world and started integrating those ideas into her personal philosophy of genuine mental and physical health.

Barbara’s success as an international dancer and choreographer helped her launch a career as a Certified Pilates Instructor. For 10 years, she owned To Be Studio Pilates in Milan, Italy and was the “go to” fitness trainer for many celebrities, businessman, dancers and clients of all ages.

Barbara has been a guest on all the major Italian TV networks such as RAI1, RAI 2, Canale 5 and RETE 4. In addition she has been featured in magazine such as Sportweek, Grazia, Silhoette, Io Donna, and Starbene. She is a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher and has completed training programs with the Melt Method, American Institute of Reboundology, Cardiolates and Bellicon. For Cardiolates and Bellicon she is the first Italian Certified Instructor/Trainer and has trained more than 250 teachers.

Barbara is married to Roger Mazzeo and the proud mother of two beautiful girls, Nicole and Sophia. Barbara and her family are proud locals and enjoy sharing their enthusiasm for everything the town has to offer.