Meet Our Instructors
Our Pilates instructors are truly exceptional and dedicated professionals who possess a wealth of knowledge and expertise in their field. With their extensive experience and passion for Pilates, they are committed to helping you achieve your fitness goals and improve your overall well-being. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced practitioner, our instructors will provide you with a safe and supportive environment, focusing on proper technique, alignment, and mindfulness. They will inspire and motivate you to challenge yourself, enhance your strength, flexibility, and balance. With their guidance and encouragement, you’ll experience the transformative benefits of Pilates and discover a newfound sense of vitality and inner harmony.
Jane Abbott
Pilates InstructorCertifications: Pilates Mat and Apparatus
Specializations: Dance specific training
“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost” – Martha Graham
Trevor Krahl
Pilates InstructorCertifications: Pilates Mat and Apparatus, AntiGravity Aerial Yoga and Suspension Fitness, Vinyasa Yoga
Specializations: Restorative Yoga, Inversion practice
“Simply with a change of mind you can change your life.” – Deepak Chopra
Elisabeth Martin
Manager/Pilates InstructorCertifications: BS in Kinesiology and BS in Ballet Performance from Indiana University. Pilates Mat and Apparatus.
Specializations: Post injury return to exercise, corrective biomechanics, chronic conditions.
“If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet thy’d live a lot differently.” – Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson)
Sarah Mastrocola
Pilates Instructor & Asst ManagerCertifications: BA in Dance/Choreography and English from Mercyhurst University; Pilates Mat and Full Apparatus Certification from Balanced Pilates; Healthy Moms® Perinatal and Pelvic Floor Training Workshop.
Specializations: Proper alignment focus, addressing chronic pain, fitness for all levels/body types.
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anaïs Nin
Erin Ratner
Pilates InstructorSpecializations: Functional movement, pre- & post-partum
Come take Erin’s classes on Wednesday mornings. She is also available for private sessions mid-day Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays!
Tram Santana
Pilates InstructorCertifications: Pilates Mat and Apparatus, Barre, Aerial Hammock, Vinyasa Yoga
Specializations: Strength and Balance Training, Aerial Dance
“Being brave didn’t mean you weren’t scared. Being brave meant you were scared, really scared, badly scared, and you did the right thing, anyway. – Coraline Jones
Lauren Weinberg
Pilates InstructorCertifications: Pilates Mat and Apparatus, BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography, BS in Dance Science, and a minor in Exercise Science from Elon University.
Specializations: dancers, post-injury return, and prenatal
“Every moment of our life can be the beginning of great things” – Joseph Pilates
Ave Kazemi
Pilates InstructorCertifications: Equinox Pilates Institute-Comprehensive Pilates Teacher Certification, ACE Group Fitness Certification, NASM Women’s Fitness Specialist Certification, Barre Instructor Certification, TRX Instructor Certification
Specializations: women’s fitness specialist and athlete specific training.
“Health is wealth.”
John Pickup
Pilates InstructorCertifications: Mat and Equipment from Plaza Pilates, Ballet Instructor trained by Gelsey Kirkland
Specializations: Flexibility training, posture and placement, and cross training for dancers.
“It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine.” – Eeyore
Rivers Duggan
Pilates InstructorCertifications: Pilates Mat and Pilates Apparatus
Specializations: Strength Training, Functional Movement, Posture and Alignment.
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott, Little Women