Anna Maria Vitali
Began practicing Pilates in 1980, at the London Contemporary Dance School with Alan Herdman.
She has been working as professional dancer and choreographer for more than 20 years.
In 2008 she graduated with honors in medicine and surgery at the Sapienza University of Rome. Thesis: "The Pilates Method in the treatment of Rheumatic Diseases"
In 2008 she become Pilates Master Trainer for BALANCED BODY, Inc. in Italy, for the organization of Pilates
Training courses and continuing education in Italy.
From 2008 to 2014 Anna Maria has organized annually Pilates on Tour conference in Italy, in partnership
with Balanced Body Inc.
In 2014 Anna Maria founded FISICAMENTE FORMAZIONE, an education company, with the goal to organize
courses related to other methods such as Fascial Training and Fascial Fitness (for which she is the only
Master Trainer in Italy since 2017) in addition to the Pilates Training and Continuing Education for Pilates. In
2014 Anna Maria creates her own independent Pilates training method with new manuals, integrating the
Pilates method with new principles of movement.
Since July 2009, Anna Maria has been organizing a summer conference (Retreat) which, over the past 6
years, has as its main theme the role of the Fascia in the Movement, with the participation of most of well-
known presenters such as: Antonio Stecco, Carla Stecco, Andry Vleeming, Serge Grakovesky, Robert Schleip,
Divo Muller, ecc
In 2014 she certified as Fascial Manipulation Therapist at Stecco Method School.
Since 2015 she has been collaborating with Carla Stecco at Padua University, where she co-teaches for
Science Movement Course.
She combines her background as a creative and choreographer with a strong foundation in anatomy and
physiology, with the study of numerous methodologies, like the Mezièré and the Bertherat methods.
She costantly follows physicians and physiotherapists updating courses, as Diane Lee and Andry Vleeming's.
She's also Fascial Fitness Master Trainer, a new method of training for the myofascial system created by
Divo Muller, Daniela Meinl and Robert Schleip. She's an international presenter, known and highly valued.
