Pilin Anice

Pilin Anice, E-RYT 500, is a skilled wellness guide who believes that the disciplines of Ayurveda, meditation and yoga, ritual, self-care, nutrition, dance & drum, allow us to reconnect to ourselves; to evolve, heal and live authentically.

She is also an experienced health coach, artist, and commercial model. 

For well over a decade, she has guided students through her offerings to find their way back to the wisdom of their own bodies, and the joy that is the essence of their being.  

Pilin is passionate about building community and looks to create and cultivate non-judgemental spaces where everyone can be seen & heard and where everyone can move freely & wholly.

A graduate of Howard University and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, she is on faculty at Kripalu, Ailey Extension and is a MIRROR Trainer and ambassador for lululemon and Bayan Botanicals. Her forthcoming cookbook ‘Mmm…Good’, coming Spring ‘22, focuses on using real, whole food as both fuel and medicine.  

Her studies in West African dance, Dunham Technique, and the African Diasporic dances of Haiti, Cuba, and Brazil span nearly twenty years.

She has featured on GMA, The Today Show, The NY Times, Dance Spirit, FORBES, ESSENCE, MindBodyGreen and SELF as well as appearing in campaigns for Fortune 500 companies such as Disney, Visa, and Google.  She holds partnerships at THE WELL, Omega Institute, 1440 Multiversity, Dubai Yoga Fest, and SoulFEST.

As a professional performer, Pilin has performed Off-Broadway, on National Tours, and in regional productions as well as working extensively as a vocalist performing in concerts and cabarets throughout New York City.  She lives in the NYC area with her husband and two children.

Featured News Releases

Ailey Extension Kicks Off 2022 With Celebration Of Founder Alvin Ailey, New Weekly Classes, And Free Dance Cardio Workshop

(NEW YORK) January 6, 2022 – Ailey Extension is helping people all around the world kickstart their 2022 resolutions with new workshops and weekly classes to help make movement part of a fun and healthy lifestyle. Throughout January, students of all ages and experience levels will have the chance to explore new dance styles and get started on their fitness goals by getting moving with New York City’s elite instructors. The updated weekly schedule offers dancers ages 16 and up plenty of new opportunities to join in the dance either in-studio at the Joan Weill Center for Dance – NYC’s largest building dedicated to dance – or virtually from wherever they are located. Kids ages 5-11 and teens/tweens ages 12-17 can also get moving with Ailey during the Kids & Teens Sunday Dance Series.

Featured Press Coverage

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Well + Good - There Are 3 Kinds Of Hip Flexibility, And This Yoga Flow Hits Them All To Reduce Physical *And* Emotional Tension

Yoga teachers are fond of saying that the hips hold a lot of pent-up emotions—and right about now, you may be more in your feelings than usual. While stretching your body can't solve all the world's problems, it can help you squeeze in a little self care when times are tough. So on this week's episode of Trainer of the Month, yoga instructor and Mirror trainer Pilin Anice leads you through a flow to help you get deep into your hips from every angle.

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Well + Good - Lunge Pose Is The Ultimate Lower Body Strengthener—As Long As You Avoid These 3 Common Mistakes

There are a few poses—or "asanas"—that you just can't yoga without. There's child's pose, cat-cow, and (of course) downward dog, but lunges are also an essential part of any yoga practice. On this week's episode of The Right Way, yoga instructor and MIRROR trainer Pilin Anice shows you how to do a high lunge pose (or "ashta chandrasana," meaning crescent high lunge pose) the right way, so your yoga foundation can be on point.