Classical Syllabus® Mejo Wiggin

For more than 30 years, MeJo has dedicated her career to the study, practice, and teaching of Classical Pilates. Recognised as a leading practitioner and an internationally sought-after educator, she travels worldwide, sharing her expertise through seminars, workshops, and individualised sessions, helping teachers and students of all backgrounds deepen their understanding of the Method.

MeJo began studying Pilates with Master Teacher Romana Kryzanowska in 1990, and by 1995 she was teaching alongsideher at Drago's Gym in New York City. She studied with many renowned teachers, including Sari Mejia Santo, Kathy Grant, Edwina Fontaine, Jay Grimes, and Bob Liekens, developing the teaching philosophy and skills that would shape her career as an educator. Following more than a decade of study with Romana, MeJo was personally certified by her as a Level III Teacher Trainer for her newly established school, Romana's Pilates®. These experiences laid the foundation for MeJo's lifelong commitment to advancing Classical Pilates education.

Over the past three decades, MeJo has taught seminars and workshops throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, Russia, Asia, and South America, earning an international reputation for her exceptional teaching and mastery of the work. Throughout her career, she has worked with elite athletes, acclaimed performers such as Bryce Dallas Howard, Liza Minnelli, Stephanie Seymour, and Michelle Pfeiffer, as well as dancersfrom renowned performing arts organizations, including the Paul Taylor Dance Company and the Alvin Ailey Dance Company. She has appearedin numerous instructional videos, among them Romana's Pilates Mat Series, Romana on Pilates: The Legacy Edition, and Pilates Revealed with Jay Grimes, while also producing her own videos, 20 Minutes Twice a Week, and The Gratz™ Arm Chairthe first of its kind demonstratingJoseph Pilates' original Arm Chair apparatus. MeJo has appeared on national television, been featured in industry publications, and continues to share her teaching through Pilatesology and Pilates Anytime.

Today, MeJo remains a passionate advocate for the Classical Pilates Method, sharing the knowledge and perspective gained from more than three decades of full-time teaching. The culmination of that experience is The Classical Syllabus®, MeJo's signature educational program, created to help comprehensively trained teachers from all Pilates lineages confidently apply the Method to meet the unique needs of individualsacross a wide range of bodies and populations. For highly experienced and proficient practitioners seeking to advance their skills, MeJo also created Beyond the Syllabus®, a program devoted to teaching the most advanced and challenging exercises across the full range of Pilates apparatus. Together, these programs reflect MeJo's dedication to preserving the integrity of the Classical Pilates Method while inspiring generations of teachers to continue learning, growing, and refining their craft.

When she's not traveling the world teaching Pilates, MeJo enjoys life in Scottsdale, Arizona, with her husband the love of her life and their yellow Lab, Lincoln, whose favourite place is by her side in the studio.