Ed Botha is a BASI Pilates Principal Faculty with over 19 years of Pilates teaching experience. Before taking up Pilates, Ed was a Martial Arts instructor and a certified personal fitness trainer from the Exercise Teachers Academy in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2005, Eduard spent a year teaching Pilates in Beijing, China. He has since taught BASI Pilates courses in Italy, England, Greece, Singapore, South Africa, Australia, Indonesia, and Japan. In 2009 Ed completed an Ashtanga Yoga certification to further explore the roots of his Pilates practice in 2016. Ed relocated with his family to Sydney, Australia. He currently teaches at Dynamic Pilates in Sydney, Australia.