I’m MISSONI LANZA — a Movement Specialist, educator, and creative visionary redefining how we move, heal, and remember who we are. With over 14 years of experience, I integrate biomechanics, sound, somatic intelligence, and artistry into immersive experiences that sharpen the mind, awaken the body, and reconnect you to your inner wisdom.

My work spans from high-level Private Pilates Instruction and online/in-person immersions, to transformative Sound Baths, curated mat + reformer classes, and soulful mentorships for movement professionals. Whether guiding an elite athlete, designing wellness programs for luxury resorts, or mentoring the next generation of leaders, my focus is the same: to help you move more intelligently, live more soulfully, and lead from your deepest alignment.

IN A WORLD THAT PRAISES THE Hustle, I TEACH THE Art OF Slowing Down. BECAUSE THE DEEPEST Strength COMES NOT FROM FORCE, BUT Presence.

THE CATALYST

My mission is rooted in depth, precision, and soul. I create spaces for high-performing individuals to reclaim strength, alignment, and vitality in their bodies—and expand that into every area of life. This isn’t just about healing or performance. It’s about creating embodied leaders who are grounded in their truth, clear in their choices, and expansive in their presence.

Through intelligent movement, primal awareness, and soulful integration, we disrupt default patterns and forge new pathways—in the body and beyond.

SOUND. RITUAL. RESONANCE

Music was my first language. A multi-instrumentalist by passion, I studied Theory-Composition and Orchestration in college because I wanted to craft sonic landscapes that moved people. Not just songs, but scores. Atmospheres. Emotional architecture. My goal was always the same: to stir something deeper.

I left school to write and record an album, and one of my songs became a finalist in two national songwriting competitions across multiple categories. But as I leaned further into embodiment work, I uncovered another gift—one I hadn’t anticipated. I could read the body with the same sensitivity I once reserved for music.

And so, I translated the impulse that once drove me to write songs into something new: creating sonic environments that support immersive, somatic experiences.

Sound, like movement, is a language. And when used with intention—it becomes medicine. Sound holds profound healing properties, with the ability to shift brainwave states, release emotional tension, and recalibrate the nervous system.

This devotion has evolved into a signature offering: The Resonance Ritual—a series of immersive Sound Bath Meditations that often incorporate movement or Reformer-based practices. These experiences are designed to regulate the nervous system, awaken emotional clarity, and create space for grounded transformation.

MY STORY

I didn’t arrive at this work through the expected path. Ballet asked me to be smaller; martial arts taught me to take up space. I was a bold, tomboy with a curious spirit—hiking one day, figure skating the next. I sought structure and freedom, both discipline and wildness. Movement was always my language. Solitude, my teacher.

For a long time, I thought I would be a musician. Songwriting was my sanctuary, a way to alchemize emotion into expression. But when I received my Pilates certification in 2011 and began teaching, something unexpected happened. I realized I had an innate ability—not just to teach movement, but to hold space. To help people move through resistance, shift patterns, and remember their power.

Pilates had been part of my life since I was fifteen. But after a head-on car collision at nineteen, it took on new meaning. In my healing, I found not only physical resilience, but a deeper intelligence—a primal knowing that lives in the bones. What began as personal restoration evolved into a calling: to guide others into their own embodied truth.

Since then, I’ve opened two studios, taught internationally, worked with elite athletes and wellness leaders, and collaborated with luxury destinations around the world. I’ve mentored professionals seeking precision in their craft and taught alongside movement visionary Madeline Black. My work has been featured in Palm Springs Life, Modern Luxury, CBS, LOCALE, El Paseo Magazine, and the Four Seasons Hotel Seattle. I was honored as one of Palm Springs Life’s 40 Under 40.

But the real work—the sacred work—happens in the quiet moments. When a high-achieving woman softens into her breath. When she finally feels seen in her body. When the performance falls away, and presence takes its place.

I believe the body is a map back to ourselves. That when we move with reverence, train with intention, and listen with both instinct and intellect, we awaken a power that isn’t performative—it’s primal. And it’s ours to reclaim.

This isn’t about appearance. It’s about attunement.
It’s about remembering that strength and softness are not opposites—they are sisters.

If you’re ready to move differently—in your body, your leadership, your life—you’re in the right place.