Pilar began studying yoga in 1991, drawing upon her 10-year background in dance. Her yoga studies include numerous intensives, teacher trainings and therapeutic workshops with Rodney Yee, John Friend and Genny Kapuler. Pilar is a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism and has traveled to India several times pursuing this path.

Pilar was a senior teacher at the Om Yoga Center in New York City for five years until her move to Idaho in 2003. She was the director of the Sacred Cow Yoga Center for two years. Pilar designed and co-taught the 200 hr nationally certified Sacred Cow Yoga Teacher Training program 2004/2005.

Pilar is known for her heartfelt and detailed teaching style. She believes in yoga's positive effects on the body and mind, transforming our relationship with ourselves and the world we live in.