Current Certifications: AFAA Group Exercise Instructor by American Fitness Association of America; ACSM Certified Personal Trainer (American College of Sports and Medicine); Mat Pilates Instructor by Balanced Body (International Pilates Certfication) working on becoming a Comphrehensive Pilates Teacher; E-200 RYT Registered Yoga Teacher by Yoga Alliance (taught over 2000 + hours); Certified Hypnotist by ABL (American Board of Hypnotherapy, NLP); CPR Certified
Ildi is a nationally registered yoga and Pilates teacher (soon to become internationally certified by Balanced Body), a personal trainer (ACSM) and a group exercise instructor (AFAA).
Ildi was one of the first introducing a foam rolling class to Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s Fitness Center and the first to teach a Chinese Meridian Yoga Workshop with her husband DeWayne Baugus (Acupuncture Physician/DOM). Ildi and DeWayne own Maplebrook Acupuncture clinic together, where Ildi is also a hypnotist by The American Board of Hypnotherapy (ABH & ABNLP) helping clients with guided meditation and positive affirmations.
Her professional background includes:
Ildi is from Budapest, Hungary. She is an ex gymnast and springboard diver. Some of her jobs before arriving in the US included, legal secretary for an international law firm (BBLP), realtor (TIPP Real Estate Agency).
Ildi came to the USA in 2001 as an Au Pair (nanny) to San Francisco, CA after completing an intensive childcare training (for ages: 1-12) in NYC. She took care of 2 boys for a year (age 1.5 & 4 yrs. old) while attended to a local community college taking English as a second language. Which later led to an early childhood teaching position at Flanzer Jewish Community Center in Sarasota, FL.
In addition to being a Fitness Professional in the Healthcare field, Ildi also has helped dozens of clients with nutritional counselling (including Ayurveda), confidence building through neuro-linguistic programming (hypnosis) and childhood learning.
Ildi is currently a business owner (Co-owner with husband)/Office Manager of Maplebrook Acupuncture Clinic as well as actively practicing as a personal trainer, yoga teacher and hypnotist.
She absolutely loves to teach people about how to make positive changes in their body, mind and spirit as a whole and learn new exciting ways to accomplish thighs they didn’t think were possible.
With humor and compassion, coupled with dynamic and creative sequencing, Ildi teaches Hatha, Vinyasa, Asthanga Primary series, Yin, Restorative and Chair Yoga for all levels, while challenging even the most seasoned practitioners, while using in-depth understanding of anatomy and alignment to lead students more deeply in their practice, with a variety of yoga styles. Her classes regularly create opportunity for students to grow and accomplish things that they didn’t think possible.
Her Motto is: Whenever we love what we do for living, we never work a day in our lives.