Nicola Conraths-Lange is a Pilates teacher, studio owner and book author. Her initial training was at the Rome Ballet School and at the London Studio Centre. After suffering a severe lower back injury, her dance career came to a stop and she pursued a Bachelor and Master’s degree in communication. At the same time Pilates came into her life, and amazed at the impact it had on her still hurting body, she decided to certify as a Pilates instructor on mat, reformer and Cadillac, chair and barrels as well as the new BOSU.

Niki now is an instructor teacher for Carolyne Anthony‘s Center for Women’s Fitness, specializing in prenatal and postpartum rehabilitation programs. Niki specializes in the communication aspect of movement related instruction. Her company, Logokinesis, offers workshops, counseling and teaching advice for teachers in Europe and the United States.

Her first book “Survival Skills for Pilates Teachers: Thriving in the Mind-Body Fitness World” is centered around aspects of healthy teaching. Her second book, Pilates Space helps Pilates teachers start and run Pilates studios successfully. She regularly presents at national and international Pilates and Dance Medicine conferences and published in academic and non-academic journals.

Niki currently lives and teaches in Ann Arbor, Michigan, owns and operates a Pilates studio and is an adjunct Professor for Dance and Pilates at Wayne State University.