About Kinaesthesis
Meet Margarita
Welcome to Kinaesthesis! A new chapter in my story of movement, connection, and life.
After closing my studio, I felt a deep need to stay connected with the people I had taught, supported, and learned from over the years. With over two decades of experience in Pilates and a lifelong passion for movement and travel, I created Kinaesthesis Immersion Retreats to offer something more than just a holiday or a workout. An opportunity to get to understand your body, accept and honour its needs, and set the foundations to get functionally stronger. I like to call it return to yourself.
My approach to movement is rooted in quality, awareness, and connection. As a teacher, my aim has always been to help people rediscover the inner intelligence of their bodies through mindful, embodied practice.
As a retreat guide, my focus remains the same. Whether we’re in a Pilates session, walking in nature, or simply sitting together as a group of friends having dinner, these retreats are the culmination of everything I love:
meaningful movement, sensory immersion, soulful places, and human connection.
Each retreat is intimate, intentional, and designed for those who value quality and essence.
Where movement becomes meaning.
Kinaesthesis Immersion Retreats are designed for people who seek more than rest. They want to get stronger, while softening at the same time.
Each retreat blends:
-High-quality movement (rooted in Pilates principles)
-Sensory immersion in nature
-Curated experiences that awaken both body and mind
We host small groups in extraordinary locations: soulful places chosen for their beauty, atmosphere, and ability to slow time.
With daily movement practice, nourishing meals, and earthbound elegance, our guests experience a different kind of luxury travel. One that nurtures the nervous system and inspires the spirit.
Our philosophy is simple:
– Quality over quantity
– Presence over performance
– Embodiment over escape
This is not a “fitness retreat” as it is not group tourism. It’s a return to the intelligence of the body, the rhythm of nature, and the joy of feeling truly alive.
The importance of balance
“..Lie on your back on the floor and tense your body from your feet to your head. When you are thoroughly tightened, try to roll over. You should find you are too rigid to move. Next, relax your body completely from your feet to your head, and try to roll over once more. Again, you should find you cannot move, because if you are fully relaxed you’d have to lie on the floor like a blob of putty. Neither complete control nor complete surrender is a useful posture in the material world: rather, it is the balance between them that allows us to accomplish anything, and balance results only from combining control and surrender. The balance of control and surrender is defined by simple resistance.”
— Joseph Heller