Danielle Bélec-van Zeyl is the Director of Second Wind Pilates Plus®. She is a Certified Pilates Instructor, Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst® (CMA), I.S.M.E.T.A. - Registered Movement Therapist®, Certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner, founder of Integrated Movement Therapies (IMT)® and creator of Second Wind's Teacher-Training Certification School. Danielle brings her fifteen year career as a professional dancer and choreographer to her work having danced with three of Canada's foremost companies. She holds a Master of Arts in Movement Education and Dance, and loves yoga, cycling and climbing.

Danielle began her training in The Pilates Method in 1985 at The Alan Herdman Studio in London, England while performing as a contemporary dance artist and training in Europe with the assistance of an Ontario Arts Grant. Danielle later received a Canada Council Grant to study at the Jean Claude West Studio in NYC (now located in California). When her performance career ended, she became certified in The Pilates Method first through the Stott Studio in Toronto and later at Body Harmonics. Danielle has also studied with Diane Miller (Vancouver).