Meet Your EZiPilates Instructors
Every instructor at EZI Pilates holds STOTT Pilates certification and brings specialized expertise to ensure your safety, progress, and results. With small class sizes of just 4-6 clients maximum, you receive personalized attention from professionals who see you, know you, and guide you.
At EZiPilates, our instructors are the foundation of everything we do. Each brings STOTT Pilates certification—the gold standard in Pilates education—along with specialized training in areas like rehabilitation, prenatal and postnatal care, athletic conditioning, and therapeutic movement.
What sets our team apart isn't just certification, though. It's the commitment to personalized instruction that our small class sizes make possible. With only 4 clients per group session at our Sheppard studio, your instructor has the bandwidth to learn your body's unique needs, track your progress over time, and provide the specific cueing and modifications that create real, lasting change.
Our instructors come from diverse backgrounds—economics, architecture, competitive athletics, psychology, yoga—and this variety enriches the perspective they bring to movement education. Whether you're working with Eli's rehabilitation expertise, Toktam's athletic background, or Pardis's mindful movement approach, you're learning from professionals who understand that Pilates serves life beyond the studio.
Meet Your Expert Instructors
Our team brings decades of combined experience in Reformer Pilates, rehab, and specialized training.
Eli (Elham)
Founder & Lead Instructor
STOTT Pilates Certified I Rehabilitation Specialist | Prenatal & Postnatal Certified
Elham (Eli) is the founder of EZI Pilates—a game changer in North York's Pilates community. With a background in economics and finance, Eli followed her passion for wellness in 2014, creating a studio where therapeutic precision meets personalized care. Her mission is to empower every body to move better, feel stronger, and live a healthier, more joyful life.
​Eli's specialized training in rehabilitation and prenatal/postnatal Pilates informs every aspect of how EZI Pilates operates. She understands that movement should heal rather than harm, that exercise programs need to address individual bodies rather than following one-size-fits-all formulas, and that small class sizes aren't a luxury—they're a necessity for effective instruction. When you work with Eli, whether in group classes or private sessions, you're learning from someone who sees Pilates as a tool for functional wellness.
Pardis
Pilates Instructor
STOTT Pilates Certified I Prenatal Certified
​With a background in architecture and engineering, Pardis brings structure and precision to every session. Since 2018, she's blended her love for design, movement, and adventure to guide clients toward strength and wellness. Her architectural eye translates beautifully to Pilates, where alignment, proportion, and structural integrity determine whether movements create lasting change or simply go through the motions.
Pardis approaches the body the way an architect approaches a building—understanding that foundation, alignment, and load distribution determine overall function and longevity. This perspective makes her particularly effective at identifying postural compensations and movement patterns that contribute to pain or limitation.
Susan
Pilates Instructor
STOTT Pilates Certified I Rehabilitation Specialist | Prenatal & Postnatal Certified
A former competitive tennis player with a degree in psychology, Romina combines athleticism with academic insight. She's certified across all Pilates apparatus and specializes in strength, flexibility, and personalized rehab-focused instruction. Her athletic background gives her unique perspective on both peak performance and the patient rebuilding process that injury recovery requires.
Romina understands what it means to push your body's limits because she's done it herself. She also understands what it takes to come back from injury, to rebuild strength carefully and progressively, and to address the psychological components of pain and limitation. Her psychology degree informs her teaching in subtle but important ways—she reads body language, recognizes when clients are pushing too hard or holding back unnecessarily.
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Sammy
Pilates Instructor
STOTT Pilates Certified I Rehabilitation Specialist | Prenatal & Postnatal Certified
A former competitive tennis player with a degree in psychology, Romina combines athleticism with academic insight. She's certified across all Pilates apparatus and specializes in strength, flexibility, and personalized rehab-focused instruction. Her athletic background gives her unique perspective on both peak performance and the patient rebuilding process that injury recovery requires.
Romina understands what it means to push your body's limits because she's done it herself. She also understands what it takes to come back from injury, to rebuild strength carefully and progressively, and to address the psychological components of pain and limitation. Her psychology degree informs her teaching in subtle but important ways—she reads body language, recognizes when clients are pushing too hard or holding back unnecessarily.
Serene
Pilates Instructor
STOTT Pilates Certified I Rehabilitation Specialist | Prenatal & Postnatal Certified
A former competitive tennis player with a degree in psychology, Romina combines athleticism with academic insight. She's certified across all Pilates apparatus and specializes in strength, flexibility, and personalized rehab-focused instruction. Her athletic background gives her unique perspective on both peak performance and the patient rebuilding process that injury recovery requires.
Romina understands what it means to push your body's limits because she's done it herself. She also understands what it takes to come back from injury, to rebuild strength carefully and progressively, and to address the psychological components of pain and limitation. Her psychology degree informs her teaching in subtle but important ways—she reads body language, recognizes when clients are pushing too hard or holding back unnecessarily.
Pilates Instructor
STOTT Pilates Certified I Rehabilitation Specialist | Prenatal & Postnatal Certified
A former competitive tennis player with a degree in psychology, Romina combines athleticism with academic insight. She's certified across all Pilates apparatus and specializes in strength, flexibility, and personalized rehab-focused instruction. Her athletic background gives her unique perspective on both peak performance and the patient rebuilding process that injury recovery requires.
Romina understands what it means to push your body's limits because she's done it herself. She also understands what it takes to come back from injury, to rebuild strength carefully and progressively, and to address the psychological components of pain and limitation. Her psychology degree informs her teaching in subtle but important ways—she reads body language, recognizes when clients are pushing too hard or holding back unnecessarily.
Inside Our Studio
What Our Clients Say
Lisa Tang
Having been coming to EZiPilates for almost a year. I always do private session with Eli, she is the best! Eli is able to modify our workout plan when I get pregnant while maintaining my exercise goal. I’m very thankful having her support me through my pregnancy journey.
Kate Sabadash
Eli helped me a lot in my third trimester and all of her guidance and tailored exercises made my birthing and postpartum experience better. Highly recommend this place and her classes.
Nazanin Moqadam
I absolutely love this Pilates class. The instructor is very professional, supportive, and attentive. The atmosphere is calm and motivating, and I always feel stronger and more energized after each session. Highly recommended!