About Us

Niki, founder of Barre Life Pilates Studio in Oakville (now under new ownership), proudly brings her passion for Pilates to her home community as the founder and owner of The Pilates House in Aylmer and surrounding areas. 

With years of expertise and a deep commitment to mindful movement, Niki has created a welcoming space where clients experience her signature approach to Pilates. At The Pilates House, the Aylmer community enjoys the same focus on strength, mobility, and wellness that made Barre Life successful.

After dedicating numerous years to the Toronto Film Industry as a Wardrobe Stylist, she felt a strong pull back to her dance roots and envisioned a perfect fusion of dance and fitness. Armed with over 18 years of Ballet and Contemporary Dance Training, she crafted her own Barre Certification method at Barre Life, with an emphasis on the ballet conditioning that sculpted her own training.

A little over a decade ago, Niki discovered her deep passion for Pilates, drawn to its strong parallels with dance, both disciplines rooted in technical precision, integrity, and biomechanics. This alignment naturally led her to pursue a Full Comprehensive Pilates Certification. She also holds certifications in the Essentrics® method, has served as a Physiotherapy Assistant for the Physiotherapy Clinical Pilates Service at Barre Life, and is a Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) Level 1 certified instructor, specializing in conditioning for young ballet dancers.

Each day, Niki's focus is providing personalized instruction within small group classes, fostering a dedicated and supportive community in Aylmer.

Niki is a STOTT Certified Pilates instructor with over 10 years of teaching experience and more than 25 years immersed in Pilates and movement. Originally trained as a dancer at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre and later dancing professionally with TDT, she brings a refined understanding of the body, blending precision, strength, and ease into every session.

Whether working with athletes or clients simply looking to move and feel better in everyday life,

Niki’s approach is intelligent, intuitive, and highly adaptable. Since certifying in the STOTT Pilates method in 2015, she has taught internationally, mentored instructors, and studied across

disciplines, building a broad toolkit to support clients of all levels and goals.

Known for her warm, attentive teaching style, Niki creates thoughtful movement experiences that challenge both body and mind while fostering resilience, confidence, and joy in movement.

She believes humans are designed to move in many ways...sit, crawl, jump, twist, lift, laugh, play, rest, and smile and her goal is to help people do each to their fullest potential.