Sabina Formichella

Founder and Master Trainer of True Pilates® in Italy since 2001, Sabina Formichella was a track and field athlete. In the 1990s, she studied Pilates alongside Romana Kryzanowska at the famous studio Drago’s Gym in New York. After obtaining her Pilates teacher certificate she moved back to Rome and opened the very first Pilates studio ever in Rome where Romana herself went several times to hold classes and seminars.

In the following years, Sabina continued to study directly with Romana and was a Level 3 Teacher Trainer at  Romana’s Pilates school for over 15 years, teaching alongside her during seminars and workshops in New York, Las Vegas, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Sidney, Seoul and throughout Europe.

Sabina has also a degree in Physiotherapy and Posturology and is currently Professor of Applied Posturology at the Sapienza University of Rome since 2009. She is also co-founder and member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Association of Pilates Professionals. 

To date, Sabina has conducted over 30 scientific studies and research in collaboration with Sapienza University of Rome for the recognition of Pilates in the scientific community. Over the last 14 years she has applied Pilates to over 200 patients with scoliosis and Parkinson's disease, collecting a significant amount of empirical data that scientifically demonstrate the effectiveness of Pilates.

Sabina has been actively involved for over 20 years in the protection and dissemination of the original Pilates discipline and in scientific research on its applications in the rehabilitation field.