{"id":10066,"date":"2026-09-09T08:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T05:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chpc.gr\/our-team\/maria-vandalou\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T09:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:01:30","slug":"maria-vandalou","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chpc.gr\/en\/our-team\/maria-vandalou\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Vardalou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pilates Instructor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria is a movement instructor with more than <strong>15 years of experience<\/strong>, with extensive training in <strong>Yoga and Pilates<\/strong>. Since March 2026, she has been a member of the Chania Physiotherapy Clinic (CHPC) team, where she works as a <strong>Pilates Instructor.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has completed <strong>300 hours of training in Pilates Mat and Reformer<\/strong> with Elif Atay, developing specialised knowledge in the correct performance and adaptation of Pilates exercises according to each individual\u2019s level, abilities, and needs. She has also undertaken specialised training in <strong>Therapeutic Exercise<\/strong> with Josie McKenlay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria has completed more than 1<strong>,200 hours of Yoga training<\/strong>, specialising in <strong>Ashtanga, Hatha, Yin, and Therapeutic Yoga<\/strong>. She is a Senior Yoga Teacher and Yoga Teacher Trainer, with extensive experience in training and mentoring new Yoga instructors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her approach to Pilates focuses on quality of movement, body control, correct technique, and safe exercise, adapting each session to the individual needs and abilities of every participant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria\u2019s academic background is in English Language and Literature, and she also holds a Master\u2019s degree in Teaching Methodology. This academic and educational background enhances her ability to communicate clearly and effectively and to provide structured, individualised instruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At CHPC, Maria exclusively provides Pilates Reformer sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pilates Instructor Maria is a movement instructor with more than 15 years of experience, with extensive training in Yoga and Pilates. Since March 2026, she has been a member of the Chania Physiotherapy Clinic (CHPC) team, where she works as a Pilates Instructor. She has completed 300 hours of training in Pilates Mat and Reformer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10063,"parent":9157,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10066","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chpc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chpc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chpc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chpc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chpc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chpc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10068,"href":"https:\/\/chpc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10066\/revisions\/10068"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chpc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chpc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chpc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}