s i r i    d h a r m a    g a l l i a n o

Siri Dharma Galliano is one of the leading Pilates trainers in North America and Europe, via her Live Art Pilates Studio in West Los Angeles. A renowned “New York Pilates” instructor with over 20 years of experience, she has trained actors on location in feature films such as “The Matrix 2,” “The Matrix 3,” “Batman,” and the “Kill Bill” films. In addition to her studio and film work, Ms. Galliano has traveled the world helping to sculpt the bodies of celebrity clients such as Madonna, Sting, Uma Thurman, Cameron Diaz, Carrie- Anne Moss and Jessica Lange.

A protégé of Romana Kryzanowska, the Master Pilates teacher who was trained by Joe Pilates, Ms. Galliano is also certified in Kundalini yoga by Yogi Bhajan. “She is a brilliant teacher,” shares Ms. Kryzanowska, “and one of my favorite people in the world.”

Ms. Galliano’s unique approach to fitness brings students an awareness of Pilates techniques and health traditions regardless of their age or physical condition. Her instruction incorporates a combination of focus, joy and a refreshing sense of humor.

Famed for getting tangible results, she is one of the most sought-after experts on Pilates, and has been featured on television and in several major magazines, entertaining and informing audiences with her passionate views.

“Ladder Barrel,” an instructional DVD released in 2006, was produced by Ms. Galliano to demonstrate her favorite Joseph Pilates’ gymnastic apparatus and its use in a variety of stretch and strength exercises for teachers, physical therapists, and Pilates enthusiasts.

Since 1998, Ms. Galliano has also taught yoga and Pilates to students in the Los Angeles Unified School District in a special non-profit program, with the goal of bringing self-esteem to young people through relieving stress, strengthening the will and getting healthier.

Ms. Galliano also conducts continuing education courses in Classical Pilates at national and international seminars such as IDEA (the largest association of fitness professionals in America), Body Control in London and the Body/Mind/Spirit festivals in Santa Clara, California.

She has been invited to present to thousands at the World Class Fitness Convention in Moscow, in April, 2007.

In September 2007, She held her own Classical Pilates Convention in Big Bear Lake, California.

Also in 2007, she became a contributing editor of Pilates Style Magazine.

t e a c h e r    b i o s

	VIL SHAYNUROV: Vil Shaynurov was traveling the world performing as a Cossack in the Great Moscow Circus from 1985 until 1998. He has spent his life training himself and people in trick riding, equestrian arts, gymnastics and acrobatics. He met Siri Galliano, in 2002, assisting her in training teachers throughout California, Hawaii and England. He joined the Live Art Staff not only as a teacher, but assembling, maintaining, and shipping Pilates equipment throughout the world. He continued his studies with Peter Fiasca and Jay Grimes, his personal mission to carry on the athletic, dynamic, sporty style of training and see more men pursue the original work. He spends his time teaching between Los Angeles and Siberia.
	KRISTIN CAREY: Kristin Carey first fell in love with Pilates when asked to do an Infomercial for a Pilates Combo Unit. They trained her for 3 months and it was like nothing she had ever done. Being an athlete her whole life, this was something different. It was an awareness of her body, working smarter, and feeling stronger and leaner. Kristin knows from experience because she lived for 3 years with chronic lower back pain from a bad auto accident. She was told surgery was the only option. She didn’t listen and healed herself through physical therapy and Pilates. She is trained by Siri Galliano and works at Live Art Pilates as well as a PT studio in Beverly Hills where she specialized is post op hip and knee replacements.

 

 

The Studio | Services | Teachers | Workshops | Equipment | Products | News | Contact

Site By: Melinda Moore | Suzie Roth Design
All rights reserved. © 2003 | Photos by Josh Cohen