A graduate of Deree College with a BSc in Computer Information Systems and postgraduate studies in Surrey with an MSc in Operations and Logistics Management, she began her career in the business sector of multinational companies, working in the field of Supply Chain Management, particularly in Customer Operations and e-commerce.
In 2002, she had the opportunity to work for the Organizational Committee of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games as Rate Card Manager, supplying over 200 international news agencies with all the services and products necessary for the Games’ coverage. Her long-standing passion for exercise, combined with her experience in various sports, led her to the Sports Events Management industry.
In 2005, she lands in Qatar working for the Asian Games as Rate Card Section Manager, overseeing all clients of the Organizing Committee. Next comes the cooperation with the Qatar Football Federation as Communications Manager.
In 2010, she opened the first Pilates studio in Qatar and introduced the Pilates method to Doha, which became highly successful, with loyal clients including members of the Royal Family, and the owner even teaching in one of the Royal Palaces.
In 2018, she opened Pilates and You in Piraeus, maintaining the same high-quality values she had in the Middle East.
From 2021 to 2023, she collaborated with FIFA for the organization of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, focusing on technology.
In 2024, she paved the way for the GYROTONIC® method as the first studio in Piraeus, the largest passenger port in Europe, to host this method.
Pilates and GYROTONIC® Qualifications:
- Comprehensive Teacher Training Programme by BASI Pilates
- The MENTOR Programme by BASI Pilates
- The MASTER Programme by BASI Pilates
- GYROTONIC® Level 1 Teacher Training Programme
- GYROTONIC® Level 2, Programme 1 Teacher Training
- Certificate in Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Kinesiology by OMC
She has also completed various workshops and seminars with internationally renowned teachers such as Rael Isacowitz, Richard Orbach, Amit Young, Karen Klippinger, Brent Anderson, Antony Lett, Samantha Wood, Sheri Long, Kristy Cooper White, Ed Botha, Paul Horvath, and Arsinoi Tsakalogianni.
Pilates & Breathing / Pilates for Back Imbalances / Work with the Elderly / Hip Problems / Pilates Ring Workshop / Critical Evaluation as Fundamental to Neuromuscular Re-Education / Pre & Post Natal Pilates / Approach to Scoliosis / Shoulder rehabilitation exercises / One to One Teaching, Evaluation & Problem Solving / Offering the perfect challenge; Knowledge and reasoning, background information & logic / Gait Workshop / Polestar Scoliosis / Myth and Science of Breathing / Pilates for Chronic Pain Problems / Klippinger’s Pilates and Scoliosis / Pilates, a Physical therapy approach for Lumbar spine, knee, shoulder, neck / Optical Alignment Keys to standing, sitting & lying balance / Cardio Pilates / Block System with athletic flow / 7 keys to success / Teaching skills for excellency: practise and observe / BASI pilates: Keep up the flow / Innovations in Pilates / Gyrotonic Application for the Shoulder Girdle / Combined Therapeutic Techniques: “The most common postural disorders of the spine and the impact on the upper and lower extremeties as well as the visceral functions” / Understand the Pelvic Floor
Vasso Haidou
MSc, BSc, Certified Pilates Instructor and Licensed GYROTONIC® Trainer
A graduate of Deree College with a BSc in Computer Information Systems and postgraduate studies in Surrey with an MSc in Operations and Logistics Management, she began her career in the business sector of multinational companies, working in the field of Supply Chain Management, particularly in Customer Operations and e-commerce.
In 2002, she had the opportunity to work for the Organizational Committee of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games as Rate Card Manager, supplying over 200 international news agencies with all the services and products necessary for the Games’ coverage. Her long-standing passion for exercise, combined with her experience in various sports, led her to the Sports Events Management industry.
In 2005, she lands in Qatar working for the Asian Games as Rate Card Section Manager, overseeing all clients of the Organizing Committee. Next comes the cooperation with the Qatar Football Federation as Communications Manager.
In 2010, she opened the first Pilates studio in Qatar and introduced the Pilates method to Doha, which became highly successful, with loyal clients including members of the Royal Family, and the owner even teaching in one of the Royal Palaces.
In 2018, she opened Pilates and You in Piraeus, maintaining the same high-quality values she had in the Middle East.
From 2021 to 2023, she collaborated with FIFA for the organization of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, focusing on technology.
In 2024, she paved the way for the GYROTONIC® method as the first studio in Piraeus, the largest passenger port in Europe, to host this method.
Pilates and GYROTONIC® Qualifications:
- Comprehensive Teacher Training Programme by BASI Pilates
- The MENTOR Programme by BASI Pilates
- The MASTER Programme by BASI Pilates
- GYROTONIC® Level 1 Teacher Training Programme
- GYROTONIC® Level 2, Programme 1 Teacher Training
- Certificate in Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Kinesiology by OMC
She has also completed various workshops and seminars with internationally renowned teachers such as Rael Isacowitz, Richard Orbach, Amit Young, Karen Klippinger, Brent Anderson, Antony Lett, Samantha Wood, Sheri Long, Kristy Cooper White, Ed Botha, Paul Horvath, and Arsinoi Tsakalogianni.
Pilates & Breathing / Pilates for Back Imbalances / Work with the Elderly / Hip Problems / Pilates Ring Workshop / Critical Evaluation as Fundamental to Neuromuscular Re-Education / Pre & Post Natal Pilates / Approach to Scoliosis / Shoulder rehabilitation exercises / One to One Teaching, Evaluation & Problem Solving / Offering the perfect challenge; Knowledge and reasoning, background information & logic / Gait Workshop / Polestar Scoliosis / Myth and Science of Breathing / Pilates for Chronic Pain Problems / Klippinger’s Pilates and Scoliosis / Pilates, a Physical therapy approach for Lumbar spine, knee, shoulder, neck / Optical Alignment Keys to standing, sitting & lying balance / Cardio Pilates / Block System with athletic flow / 7 keys to success / Teaching skills for excellency: practise and observe / BASI pilates: Keep up the flow / Innovations in Pilates / Gyrotonic Application for the Shoulder Girdle / Combined Therapeutic Techniques: “The most common postural disorders of the spine and the impact on the upper and lower extremeties as well as the visceral functions” / Understand the Pelvic Floor
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