Mimi Wilheim

I was born in Israel. In 1962 my family moved to New York City for a period of eight years. At the age of ten, when we returned to Israel, I was introduced to the world of dance. I studied classical ballet and contemporary dance with the Bat Dor and Bat Sheva Dance Company. With this experience, I learned the elements of dedicated focus, hard work, and tough love. 

At the age of seventeen, I was accepted into the Kol and Demama Dance Company. Eighty percent of the company's dancers were hearing impaired. These dancers were able to feel the music and movement through vibration, as well as watching and working with the twenty percent of we dancers who did not have their limitations. This enlightened me, taught me to communicate, and gave me an acute awareness through observing and paying attention to movement. This became another big step in my ability to interact with people; being as open as possible to one’s differences.

I moved back to New York City at the age of twenty and studied, performed, and taught for ten years. I was involved with the Martha Graham Dance Company, Larry Richardson Dance Company, and June Anderson and Dancers. At that time I studied
the Joseph Pilates Body Awareness Techniques, Moshe Feldenkrais Method, and the Alexander Technique.

In the mid '90s, I moved from New York with my husband and two children to Los Angeles, California, where I started teaching Pilates at the Ron Fletcher Studio. In 1995, I opened Mimi's BodyArt Pilates Studio in Venice, California. By this time I had developed a unique fitness program, based on my years of experience in different areas of dance and body awareness. I am devoted to working with people of all levels in a creative approach; bringing a healthy balance to their physical, as well as spiritual, practice.

I am presently active in ballet, Pilates and Iyengar Yoga. I love spending time in nature, which furthers my ability to develop new ways of supporting my beliefs. I share the journey of these discoveries each day with all my students and friends.