Ofri Blumenfeld

I'm Ofri, 25. I've always been into sports, and I believe in movement. I danced for eight years and did gymnastics for six.

I train when I'm happy, angry, stressed, or overjoyed. I believe in sports as a release, but also as healing. It puts joy and love in me, raises my confidence, and makes me feel strong, physically and mentally.

I came to pilates after a back injury that caused such strong pain I couldn't sleep at night. I decided to try pilates because I'd heard it could be rehabilitative — and I fell in love.

Pilates reduced the pain until it was gone. I felt much stronger, my posture changed, and I discovered muscles I never knew were there.

Beyond that, I felt I was arriving at a challenging, interesting class, a kind of dance and flow where every movement leads to the next — like in life.