Welcome to Realign BodyMind
My name's Kathy Way, and for over 19 years I have helped hundreds of people Worldwide to realign their posture, improve their balance, relieve chronic pain, recover from musculoskeletal injuries and improve their performance and lifestyle.
My passion is to help you realign and reinforce your posture for optimal function, restore healthy movement patterns, reawakening your proprioception and balance, release myofascial restrictions and improve your performance, so that you can experience vitality and wellbeing and improve the quality of your lifestyle . Whether recovering from an injury, managing anxiety, or pursuing athletic or aesthetic goals, I will give you my 360° attention.
I feel blessed to have found my mission in this lifetime, my gift of helping others through Pilates and beyond and it gives me great joy when I hear my clients say they are pain free and feeling positive changes. Seeing my clients achieve their goals gives me great joy.
Every lesson and every body is a new, rewarding experience and I enjoy every single lesson with my clients. Most of my clients are referred to me as they have lived many years of chronic pain without finding solutions. Over the years I have worked with many complexed injuries and pathologies and my teaching experience has proved that through a carefully designed and monitored holistic therapeutical exercise program those so called miracles truly can happen.
“My priority is your posture, well being and improving your quality of life”
Kathy Way, Founder of Realign BodyMind
Barbara Tirinnanzi
Italy
I met Kathy by chance. A very providential meeting.
I am 46 years old and have a history of about 30 years of pain. At age of 16-17 following an injury I had to undergo an experimental disc operation between L5-S1 which led to decompressing my left and right sciatic nerves, taking away my ability to walk
and causing me severe pain.
I have 6 protrusions, a hernia, 4 deformed discs, coxarthrosis, degenerative disc disease, spondyloarthrosis, beginning of stenosis... so a woman, still young, but in the body of an old woman. I've always had a lot of pain, limited range of motion, and suffered several major
blockages that forced me into bed for very long periods...I'm talking months before I got back on my feet and with the help of physiotherapists and medication.
That is how I met Kathy, depressed, without hope for the future, certain only that it would only get worse. After 30 years, she was the first (and I mean the first after so many doctors, specialists, and physiotherapists, osteopaths) to explain to me in detail what had
happened to my back and, above all, what the future could have been if I had not done something, and she was the only one to understand, first of all, how I could feel physically and psychologically. I cried, because no one had ever taken what I was experiencing to heart (constant pains, limitations, but above all, I repeat pains, also paresthesias in the legs, tremors, blockages...), but they always told me ‘unfortunately it's a worn out back, you can't do anything about it’.
So Kathy introduced me to her Pilates method. I'll be honest, at first I didn't believe in it at all, because I've been seeing different physiotherapists for years with the result of ‘plugging’ situations, but not solving them. So I thought it was the usual speech. Not very
convinced, I started the first sessions. To date 30 sessions with Kathy and I can testify that I no longer have any pain, I am gaining elasticity in my movements again, even those I could not do for a long time. This week, which is really unbelievable for me, I have started to do some real abdominals! I walk faster, I can sit and drive without pain again, do the food shopping for my family, do some housework again and so many things that are normally taken for granted in everyday life, e.g ..put on my socks without difficulty, pick up a book from a higher shelf... I am excited to write this, because now I have so much hope and I see the future differently.
I feel I have a new body, I am full of energy and slowly that apathy, caused by the heaviness and fatigue I used to endure, has disappeared. This is why I say that ‘personal pilates coach’ is reductive, because Kathy is helping me, through her rehabilitative pilates
method, to renew my body and with her I have had the opportunity to have a new life!
Fleur Richards
Online Lessons
Pilates online with Kathy has proved vital to realigning my postural imbalances and recovering from old injuries. I have a long-standing bone condition, Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), and I suffered many falls and injuries when I was a child which led to imbalances in the body.
My Pilates journey with Kathy began following a fall and I was very unstable and unable to stand up or walk without crutches . Kathy is so understanding and knowledgable about anatomy, biomechanics and musculoskeletal injuries - she zeroed in on the exact problem
with my injured right knee and was totally unfazed by my rather complicated medical history! Thanks to Pilates with Kathy - my right knee, which hadn't been quite straight since injuries in adolescence, is now coming back into alignment; and postural weaknesses in my back and shoulders have been corrected. My Cranial Osteopath has witnessed a huge difference in my postural alignment and is amazed by these shifts, as well as my new-found strength.
My core strength and my balance is now much improved, which has helped to re-build my confidence. I can now stand up from sitting in a chair which I had never been able to do (I also do repetitions) and I walk around my villa without using crutches anymore and when I
go for walks outdoors it feels like I am carrying the walking sticks not depending on them.I love working with Kathy and am experiencing hugely positive changes in my body, as well a new mind-body-spirit connection, which feels wonderful! Working with you Kathy has given me a new self-image too - I now see myself as someone physically capable and with good co-ordination, which is wonderful!
Julie Rose Godkin
Online Lessons
After regular Pilates lessons with Kathy, I have noticed significant improvements with my back particularly pertaining to my scoliosis. I have suffered with severe back pain and bad posture for most of my life. However, since I’ve begun training with Kathy my posture has improved greatly as well as the curvature in my back.
I didn’t realise that Pilates with the right instructor could provide such visible and tangible results. Kathy is not only an excellent coach but she’s kind, patient, and warm. I highly recommend her to anyone that is looking to make gentle but profound changes and improvements with their musculoskeletal health and fitness levels. Her expertise, experience and professionalism is evident. You won’t be disappointed!
Elizabeth Brown
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Now and again, someone comes into your life and transforms it. Kathy Way has been that someone, not only for me personally for the past 12 years — but also in transforming the lives of my clients.
Professional beyond measure, her passion for Pilates is infectious. Kathy has trained and taught around the world and her experience and track record shine through. She has a well-honed skill of pacing her teaching to your personal abilities and when appropriate, injuries or pathologies, and she brings about extraordinary transformations — the removal of pain being one of them. Perceptive and incisive she has an ability to go straight to the cause of the issue with remarkable results: her knowledge of human physiology and anatomy is exceptional. With clients I have referred to Kathy, chronic pain has disappeared, spines are realigned, posture is optimised, walking sticks are discarded, anxiety is reduced. In short, I would recommend Kathy in a heartbeat.
Author “DOWSING The Ultimate Guide for the 21st Century”
www.causativediagnosis.com January 2025
Adele Galasso
Italy
Let me preface this by saying that I am a Craniosacral practitioner (Upledger method), as well as a Shiatsu practitioner, so I listen well to my body and am very demanding.
I have tried Pilates several times in my life, but unfortunately it was never a good experience... until I met Kathy! With her I solved old posture problems in just a few individual lessons and after 4 years the results are still stable.
In addition, I was able to resolve a lumbar stenosis that was causing me severe pain in one leg, all the way down to my foot... Nowadays, when I have a problem that requires the intervention of an osteopath, I go to Kathy and in just a few sessions we solve everything!
You are a magician Kathy! Thank you for existing!
Jessica Willard
London
I have numerous issues with my joints including back, neck and shoulder pain after an accident I had a few years ago. I have recently started having Pilates lessons in a Physio-Pilates Studio in the UK to rehabilitate and was thrilled to find out Kathy was holding private lessons at my hotel whilst on holiday.
Kathy’s lessons were so much better than my previous sessions, with her care and attention providing a personalised session. She was so helpful in giving me several exercises to support and strengthen my body in order to reduce pain and most importantly, how to practise these at home safely.
Kathy’s passion for Pilates was evident and as a result she gave me the most valuable lessons I have had!
Thank you Kathy!
Joanna Kenner
Eze-Sur-Mer, France
Pilates (with Kathy) has been a bit of a revelation for me. In the past I've have tried lots of different exercise classes, alongside running and swimming. Now, having done pilates for over two years, I can say I've found it the most beneficial exercise I've ever done. Re-connecting with my body! Working muscles I didn’t know existed, but also getting control and balance.
In the first 6 months I saw huge changes in the way I was moving and when I was pregnant I saw a whole new side to the discipline. It’s amazing how Kathy was able to adjust all the exercises to keep me strong and working!
Its improved my strength, flexibility, balance and physical awareness - aside from benefits to my body shape. I really enjoy my classes and Kathy takes the time to personalise and vary the classes, keeping it interesting and helping you to see your progress.
I can't recommend enough!
Enrico Dato
Turin, Italy
I was born with a scoliosis and leg length discrepancy. I tried many different kinds of specialist treatments over 10 years to try and resolve my postural problems, but I still had no profound results. My neck and back pain returned and continued. I had given up doing sport for over 10 years and couldn’t study well with the pain. Then Dr. Cetani a Physiatrist from Turin, Italy adviced me to do Pilates with Kathy Way.
After the first Pilates lesson with Kathy I understood I was finally on the right track to healing my spine. After 4 months I had no more pain, I regained a natural (physiological) lordosis, and was able to move all of my body in all planes of motion.
Kathy made me love Pilates.
Services
Testimonials
Pilates Rehab- One to one
I will identify the root cause of your pain, your body’s movement and then we will start on your transformative journey to recovery, firstly by waking up muscles and proprioceptors which “have fallen to sleep”. Improving your stability, flexibility, coordination, range of motion, posture and balance, alleviating discomfort and even chronic pain.
Pre and Post-Natal
Pilates offers a risk-free workout that enables the expectant mother to continue to keep fit, helping her to cope with childbirth and improving her psychological well-being. Exercises will be constantly modified throughout the trimesters according to hormonal and physical changes, while maintaining maximum safety for mother and foetus.
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Dynamic Pilates - Garuda Fusion
Perfect for enhancing your physique and athletic performance. If you're pain free and looking for a more powerful workout, this is for you.
I offer personal programs designed to improve your performance, match your requirements and meet you goals. This dynamic fusion of Pilates and Garuda will improve your flexibility, elasticity and stability, reinforce your core and reduce risk and reoccurance of injury.
The mind, when housed within a healthful body, possesses a glorious sense of power.
Joseph Pilates
Senior Pilates
Over 60, 70, 80, 90 years? It’s never too late to start and feel younger, stronger and better balanced!
I offer personalised workouts to support healthy ageing, reducing the risk of falls and boosting your confidence. Expect gentle, low-impact movements to activate your core, and improve your strength, posture, joint mobility and balance.
Pila-teens
Teenagers will benefit from realigning their posture at an early age, helping them to grow up with a balanced body and body awareness.
I offer tailor-made programs , including exercises to prevent and correct text neck caused by spending long periods stooping over mobile phones/gadgets. Lessons are adapted for the teenage body and mind and made extra fun!
© 2025 by Realign BodyMind
“You will feel and look better, become more aware of your body movement, and others will notice it too!‘’
Kathy Way, Founder of Realign BodyMind