Rebecca Leone

Pilates PMA Gold certified teacher and owner of Pilates Powerhouse NW in Seattle. Since entering the Pilates industry in 2001, Rebecca has non-stop continued her Pilates education and since 2003 has been sharing her wisdom with ever wider and more diverse national audiences.

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Risa Sheppard

A native of Los Angeles, Risa received her BA degree from UCLA while working at the Neuropsychiatric Institute teaching creative movement to autistic children.

One of the first to teach THE PILATES METHOD, Risa received her formal training in the early 1970′s under the tutelage of legendary master instructor Ron Fletcher in Beverly Hills, Calif., where she taught for five years.

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Katherine & Kimberly Corp

Katherine and Kimberly Corp started Pilates on Fifth in August of 2000 with the dream of creating an elegant and unpretentious Pilates studio.

The former Radio City Rockettes had used Pilates during their rigorous performing schedules to stay healthy and injury-free and immediately saw the potential to help all population types develop healthy movement habits.

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Karena Thek Lineback joins us to share her expertise on using Pilates for various pathologies in the Pilates fitness setting. Whether it is osteoporosis, disc pathologies, kyphosis or scoliosis, there are conditions that stay with the client long after their physical therapy visits expire. So how do we, as Pilates Instructors, work with them when they show up in our studio? Karena's workshops give you the  knowledge to move forward confidently to create successful programs for these special populations.  Karena is the author of OsteoPilates, Increase Bone Density, Reduce Fracture Risk, Look and Feel Great! (2003), and Scolio-Pilates, Exercise for Scoliosis, a Pro-Active Guide (2011).  She is the host of the public television special, Pilates for Healthy Bodies, with a DVD by the same name and the weekly host of the Southern California AM radio talk show, Alive & Well, where topics of health, fitness and nutrition are discussed.  

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Laurette  Ryan PMA-CPT,  is the Owner of Balancepoint Pilates Teacher Training and Balancepoint Studios with satellite programs in Massachusetts, North Carolina and South Carolina since 1999. She received her original formal training with PhysicalMind Institute . She is also certified by the American Council on Exercise as a Personal Trainer and is a massage therapist.
Laurette started teaching dance and fitness classes at age 15, she attended the Boston Conservatory of Dance in 1980, where she was first exposed to the Pilates Method.

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I obtained my first education thru Leslie Clayton at BodyAwareness Studio in 2001, and then completed the Comprehensive Pilates program from Power Pilates in 2003 and graduated the Lolita San Miguel Pilates Master Mentor Program in 2010.  I am an avid conference goer and has trained or taken workshops with the best pilates teachers such as Kathy Grant, Ron Fletcher, Mary Bowen, Bob Liekens, Elizabeth Larkam, Real Isacowitz, Eric Franklin, Brent Anderson, Julian Littleford and many others.  Continued education is a top priority in my own personal Pilates journey. I like to keep inspired, invigorated and challenged by the continued rediscovery of the Method in my own body. I love that I learn something new everyday from my clients deepening my understanding of Joes work. I recently taught at The Pilates Memorial Day & International Conference in Monchengladbach, Germany. I teach at The HIlls Fitness and Wellness Center in Austin, TX, where I reside with my husband and two sons.

Bernadette is passionate about movement and sees everything we do as a part of "our great dance and movement is our expression and our meditation."

Creator of the Just b Method, Creator /producer fitness DVDs,TV Fitness Expert, and is a certified personal trainer by NESTA and FiTour. Ron Fletcher, Mary Sisome, AAAI, and PHI certify me in Pilates. Currently she is a candidate to test for second-degree black belt in Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan.

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Kerrie Ann Frey is the co-owner of Modern Pilates Training and Modern Pilates Studio and proudly works out her homebase of New Orleans, LA.
She has received Pilates training through Kathy Corey Pilates and PhysicalMind Institute.  She is an A.C.E. certified Personal Trainer and Weight Management Consultant.  Kerrie Ann brings 12 years’
experience in the fitness field to her Pilates instruction and workshops.

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