PEOPLE

Tonka Cascais has dedicated her life to transforming bodies and changing lives, regardless of a person’s age, physical, or emotional limitations. Tonka has studied Pilates for over 16 years. She has had the unique opportunity to train in New York under the mentorship of the famous Romana Kryzanowska, the esteemed mentee of 50 years to Joseph Pilates. Romana Kryzanowska appointed Tonka as a Level 3 Master Teacher. As a level 3 Master Teacher, Tonka was responsible for training new instructors in South Florida for Romana’s Pilates Certification Program in New York City.

Tonka’s broad knowledge of the body and the dissection of how the body moves and functions inspired her to opened ProPilates® in 2000 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This pioneering concept for a complete holistic lifestyle approach to anti-aging, health, nutrition, and fitness evolved into the ProPilates® Lifestyle Solutions. Under the ProPilates® Lifestyle Solutions concept, Tonka created her own method of teaching called the ProPilates® Method. The ProPilates® Method utilizes Tonka’s vast experience with Pilates and the human body in a personalized program for anti-aging, joint health, and weight loss exercise with no impact on the joints. Tonka’s unique development of the ProPilates® Lifestyle Solutions remains superior health and fitness, where equipment and nutrition are utilized in a new straight-forward and effective ways.

EQUIPMENT

I studied with Romana Kryzanowska for over 15 years and Gratz equipment was always her choice because Mr. Gratz and Joseph Pilates designed the original equipment and that is the only equipment Romana ever worked with. Because of the original measurements of Gratz equipment, the tension of the springs and the way it was built I reach the desired results with my clients very quickly, without injuries and in a very efficient way.