About us

We are the Studio Für Körperbewusstsein. Our focus is on the human being as a holistic individual. We have created a place to strengthen your health through the harmony of body, mind and soul. We support you in setting and achieving your personal goals.

Because we are convinced that increased body awareness not only strengthens flexibility and endurance, but also inner balance. We accompany you on the path to your strong center.

About us

We are the studio for body awareness. Our focus is on the human being as a holistic individual. We have created a place to strengthen your health through the harmony of body, mind and soul. We support you in setting and achieving your personal goals.

Because we are convinced that increased body awareness not only strengthens flexibility and endurance, but also inner balance. We accompany you on the path to your strong center.

Pauline

Nathalie

Felicia

Isabel

Hanna

Reinaldo

Barbara

Birgit

Kornelia

Laura

After an international dance career, Kornelia Ritterpusch trained as a surgical assistant. This medical work led her to specialize in holistic aspects of body awareness and healing. She also trained in London as a Shiatsu therapist and as a teacher of the Pilates method. She opened the “Studio für Körperbewusstsein” in 1989. As a Masterteacher Instructor, she trained Polestar Pilates trainers for 10 years. Her strengths lie in her many years of experience in working with the human body. Her Pilates training focuses on the quality of the exercises and strengthening body awareness. In her own studio, she supports a team of qualified and certified trainers.

Kornelia

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Biggi is pure movement – from jogging, hiking, skiing, ballet, salsa, flamenco and Zumba to yoga, she has tried out pretty much every popular sport! However, after completing an apprenticeship in publishing and studying education, she discovered her great passion for Pilates at the Studio für Körperbewusstsein in 1995. She initially trained there until she qualified as a Pilates instructor in 2001. She has been a permanent member of Kornelia’s team since 2002. Her strengths are her varied classes with small equipment on the mat and on the machines, characterized by constant motivation and humour! She is particularly keen to get her clients moving.

Birgit

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She has been in “motion” for as long as she can remember, as a child in the gymnastics club, as a teenager in ballet school and later in various fitness institutions. She began Pilates mat training with Stott Merrithew in 2005. She has been teaching as a freelance Pilates trainer in Hamburg since 2006. Following her mat training, she completed further training on all Pilates equipment and, in 2013, additional training for clients with physical impairments or handicaps. She is also certified for prenatal and postnatal training. In 2019 she completed the Merrithew advanced training “Fascial Movement for Pilates Clients”. She also takes part in annual training courses and workshops, most recently on the topic of fascia and Pilates.

Barbara

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Californian Felicia Jackson always loved to sing and dance. Her dream came true when she was invited to study at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in New York. After completing her studies, she continued her training at “Steps on Broadway”. Since then she has worked in many theaters as a performer and choreographer. She also loves to teach! She is a Stott Pilates instructor, progressive ballet teacher, yoga teacher and dance teacher. She loves to use her stage expertise to teach. It allows her to not only teach her clients efficiently, but also to make the workout fun.

Felicia

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Reinaldo Borges was born in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, and is a trained ballet dancer. During his active stage career, he has performed at the Stadttheater Hagen and in the hit musical “Disney’s The Lion King” in Holland and Hamburg. His passion has always been to work with his own body and to keep moving. This is why he discovered Pilates as the perfect complement to dance back in 2005 and has been working intensively with it ever since. In 2012, he also shifted his professional focus to it by training as a Pilates instructor.

Reinaldo

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From childhood to her early teens, Pauline passionately danced ballet and hip-hop. Due to her fascination with the effects of movement, breathing, and meditation on human health, she trained to be a yoga teacher in India in 2013. Her deep interest in medicine and holistic healing methods led her to a 5‑year study of osteopathy and her state certification exam as a naturopath. Since then, she has continuously furthered her education in bodywork, as she loves to support people on their journey to themselves. Pauline works as an osteopath, naturopath, yoga teacher, and yoga teacher trainer in Hamburg.

Pauline

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Hanna Eichler was born and grew up in the Ukraine and completed her training as a graphic designer in Hamburg. Her everyday life was mainly spent sitting in front of a screen. Like many success stories, her Pilates journey began with a wake-up call, a shock diagnosis: knee osteoarthritis at thirty. After extensive research, Hanna completed her Pilates training at Bodymotion in 2012 and gained experience in fascia, illness, senior, pregnancy and postnatal Pilates, as well as on the Allegro Reformer. The seemingly necessary knee operation was avoided thanks to the Pilates routine. Every day, Hanna trains highly motivated, dynamically and with admirable passion in numerous Pilates studios with the course participants and is particularly effective in individual training.

Hanna

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Growing up in Croatia and along the German-Dutch border, Laura moved to Munich in 2018. Her enthusiasm for movement led her to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Fitness Economics in 2015, which she successfully completed in 2018, with a focus on functional training and rehabilitation. During her classes, Laura places great emphasis on a holistic approach and the health of her clients. During her dual studies, she worked in a personal training studio and specialized in Power Plate, EMS, fascia, and TRX training. After a few years as a Marketing Manager, Laura followed her passion for Pilates in 2023 and began mat and equipment training at the Basi Academy in Munich. She has now moved to her new home in Hamburg and is excited to teach intensive Pilates sessions at the Studio für Körperbewusstsein, designed with great passion and precision.

Laura

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Isabel Zschabran is an experienced fitness trainer and sports scientist with a broad international background. After an active sports career as a heptathlete and comprehensive training in sports science, yoga, and Pilates, she has been offering tailor-made training concepts that appeal to body, mind, and soul for over 25 years. Her focus is on holistic core and posture training as well as rehabilitation and prevention. She is particularly passionate about integrating exercise into everyday family life, which she promotes through special mother-child courses and fitness trips to South Tyrol.

Isabel

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Nathalie began her career as a professional ballet dancer and later transitioned into the wellness industry. She completed her Pilates teacher training in London and taught in Hamburg for several years before moving to Canada. She lived there for 30 years, working as a medical aesthetician and holistic massage therapist specializing in techniques such as Ayurveda and aromatherapy, and teaching various styles of yoga. Since March 2021, Nathalie has been back in Hamburg, where she works as a psychological counselor and coach. She is also active in biodynamic craniosacral bodywork and consciousness development and is passionately committed to the holism of the human being and their healing process.

Nathalie

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Kornelia

Birgit

Barbara

Felicia

Reinaldo

Pauline

Hanna

Laura

Isabel

Nathalie

Our team consists of highly qualified trainers from various fields of health and movement work. From dance, yoga and medicine to traditional Pilates.

All our trainers are trained and licensed in Pilates. Kornelia also has years of experience in teaching Gyrotonic® and the use of Shiatsu. Each trainer has his or her own individual training style, which is influenced not only by their practical background but also by their personal experiences and individual characters.

The training is also available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Ukrainian.

Our team consists of highly qualified trainers from various fields of health and movement work. From dance, yoga and medicine to traditional Pilates.

The training is also available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Ukrainian.