About Pilates Port

Pilates Port is a boutique Pilates studio in the heart of Reykjavík where we offer Pilates practice for everyone in a beautiful and warm environment. We focus on increasing the mental well-being of our practitioners. Therefore, we provide a personal and professional service where everyone is met on their terms and immediately feels part of our Pilates community. At Pilates Port, we offer classes for beginners and advanced players to suit everyone. The classes are taught by certified Pilates teachers, where exercises occur on mats and in specially designed Pilates equipment.

Please get in touch with info@pilatesport.is to schedule private and duo lessons with a teacher.

 

In Pilates Port:

  • will we arrive on time
  • we leave the phones on silent
  • we are in light sportswear
  • we are wearing clean socks

Sveinbjörg Þórhallsdóttir

Sveinbjörg is a trained dancer from Alvin Ailey A.D.C in New York (1995) and has a master’s degree in choreography from Fontys University in the Netherlands (2008). She has worked as a dancer in the city’s theaters and abroad for the past 28 years. Along with art, she has always taught and worked, among other things, at the Iceland Academy of the Arts as a professor and head of the dance program in the years 2011-2021. Sveinbjörg first met Pilates during his student years in New York and was immediately fascinated by the system and has been practicing the technique ever since. She then made it a point to take a teacher’s license in Romanas Pilates from The Hague in the Netherlands (2022) under the guidance of master teacher Marjorie Oron. Sveinbjörg also has a teaching license in Hatha Yoga from Ubud, Bali.

Sveinbjörg is a certified Pilates teacher from Romana’s Pilates International.

More here: Romana’s Pilates

To book a private or duo session with Sveinbjörg, please send an email at
info@pilatesport.is or contact us at 697-7140.

Sigríður Sigurjónsdóttir (Sirrý)

Sirrý has always been very interested in everything related to health and people, as she is known for being curious about nature. She practiced gymnastics as a child and took a Diploma in modern dance from the Icelandic School of Art and Dance in 2004. Psychology became her passion, and she has a B.Sc. from the University of Iceland and an M.Sc. from Stockholm University. He has worked both at Stockholm University and Reykjavík University as a researcher and teacher in psychology. During her dance studies, she got to know Pilates and was fascinated by this exercise. She struggled with back problems due to the misalignment of her hip for many years, and after discovering Pilates, she could barely feel her back. She made her dream come true to become a Pilates teacher and took a teacher’s license in Romana’s Pilates from The Hague in the Netherlands (2022) under the guidance of master teacher Marjorie Oron.

Sirrý is a certified Pilates teacher from Romana’s Pilates International.
More here: Romana’s Pilates

To book a private or duo session with Sirrý, please send a mail at
info@pilatesport.is or contact us at 848-8723.

Jóhann Freyr Björgvinsson

Jóhann Freyr Björgvinsson graduated as a Pilates teacher in 2002 in Atlanta, Georgia, where he received training and guidance from the renowned Romana Kryzanowska. He has worked worldwide as a Pilates teacher, e.g. in the United States, Great Britain and Spain. Jóhann has danced his whole life, but he studied ballet from 11 at the National Theater School and eventually graduated as a professional dancer from the Royal Swedish Ballet School in 1993. He worked as a dancer for several years with the Icelandic Dance Company and danced with Ballet Austin in Texas, Great Britain and Sweden. Jóhann got to know the Pilates system after years of injuries, and there, he found an exercise technique that took a holistic approach to strengthening and stretching the body. Eventually, he achieved total physical health by taking a Pilates course in the United States. Today, Jóhann also works as a painter.

To book a private or duo session with Jóhanni, please send a mail at  
joipilates@gmail.com info@pilatesport.is or contact us at 822-9089.