Like most of the leading Pilates instructors in the world, Yael was exposed to the Pilates method from childhood, through her rigorous Royal Academy of Dance
(London) ballet training at the Bat-Dor Studios of Dance, one of the
leading ballet schools and dance companies in the world. In 1976,
Bat-Dor asked Alan Herdman to build and manage a Pilates studio for the
Bat-Dor pupils, students and dancers.