Canan Cemali is a graduate of Galatasaray High School and University of Rennes in Political Science. He played gymnastics at ENKA during his primary school years and basketball at Galatasaray High School and Ortaköy Sports Club during his high school years.

His acquaintance with Pilates took place during the recovery period after the neck hernia surgery. Having studied classical ballet with Ayşe Sun for 4 years, Canan completed her first Pilates training in 2009 with Judy Orlandella Ataman. In 2010, she completed 200 hours of Yoga Instructor with Zeynep Aksoy. He transferred to the Stott Pilates School in 2011 and became a fully certified instructor of this institution in 2013. Canan, who became the Turkey Master Trainer of the same school in 2015, started to train Pilates trainers. He completed the Total Barre training in the same year and the trainer training program of this system in 2017.

In 2019, Dr. He completed the transition programs of Fitkon Academy developed by Nahit Baylan and became a Pilates Master trainer. Canan Cemali, who has been giving Pilates training in the Turkish Gymnastics Federation since 2017, is one of the founding partners of Taxim Pilates, Flex Pilates and Turkey’s first online Pilates Studio heryerdepilates.com. Interested in yoga, kitesurfing and water skiing, Canan also teaches in English and French.