ABOUT US

Meet Our Director

The knowledge and experience behind every session at Authentic

Director / Head Instructor

Yoon Hye Won

윤혜원

Founder 10+ years Yonsei M.Ed.

Overview

Specialties	Pilates, rehabilitation exercise, spinal health, ballet
Experience	10+ years as a Pilates instructor and rehabilitation specialist
Education	M.Ed. in Physical Education, Yonsei University (biomechanics)
Focus areas	Scoliosis, lower back health, individual rehabilitation programs
Key role	Exercise program development and lead instructor, Severance Hospital

Academic

Yonsei University Graduate School	M.Ed. in Physical Education / Biomechanics
Dankook University	B.A. in Dance / Ballet
Kaywon Arts High School	Dance department / Ballet

Certificate & Education

IBBFA (USA)	IBBFA'S BARRE CERTIFICATION
International Rehabilitation Pilates Association	Pilates instructor certification (RCCB)
YMS ballet	English-language ballet instructor certification
Schroth scoliosis association, Germany	Scoliosis seminar training completed
Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Russia	Bolshoi ballet training program

Career

Yonsei University	Research assistant, Institute of Convergence Sport Science
Severance Hospital	Developed lower-back health exercises and led the teaching videos
Severance Hospital Paediatric Orthopaedics	Developed and taught an exercise program for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Severance Hospital Family Medicine	Contributed to the Nutri-Friends study exercise program and led its videos
Previously: Pilates and dance studios	10+ years teaching private and group sessions

Research

Yonsei University	Biomechanical characteristics of the Achilles tendon and jumping in adolescent female ballet dancers
Yonsei University	Neuromuscular Strategies in Dominant and Non-Dominant Legs in Dancers During Dynamic Balance Tasks
Yonsei University	Effective Modeling on Learning Ballet Online

Balance

A balanced body is the foundation of a healthy life.
Authentic looks for balance between muscles and joints to bring the whole body into harmony.

Awareness

Knowing and understanding your own body is where effective movement begins.
Authentic sharpens that awareness so better movement becomes possible.

Personalization

Every body is different. We respect your shape and your rhythm, and build a session for one person only.
Not movement copied from someone else, but training that is genuinely yours.

Personalised teaching at Authentic Pilates

Professionalism

We start from the structure of the body and the principles of movement, not from appearances.
Academic knowledge and hands-on experience make each session safe and precise — and that trust is what produces real change.

THE STUDIO

Our Studio

A space where expertise and warmth sit side by side.
Authentic uses premium equipment from Balanced Body in the USA
to support safer, more efficient movement.

All of it happens
in a calm, welcoming atmosphere.
Time to slow your breathing down
and focus entirely on yourself.

We are here for the whole of it,
so you can recover and grow at your own pace.