Body In Motion® Staff
We are fully equipped Pilates Studio in Santa Cruz County that offers both private sessions on all of the apparatus designed by Joseph Pilates and several weekly group mat classes. We are staffed with highly skilled, fully certified, professional instructors, dedicated to giving you the highest level of service.
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Dominique
Lesperance
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Dominique Lesperance, owner of Body In Motion®, is a certified Pilates Instructor by the Physicalmind Institute of New York and is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance. She is also a certified Gyrotonic® instructor and has been in the fitness industry for over 16 years. Dominique's diverse background gives her a multidisciplinary approach helping her clients achieve their maximum physical potential. Her intuitiveness, passion and enthusiasm for her work is apparent. She considers herself a lifelong student and continues to study with industry masters and grow her own body of knowledge. Dominique's mission is to provide the clients of Body In Motion® with the most advanced, effective forms of body conditioning in a supportive, peaceful environment. A native of Key West, Florida, she has had the wonderful opportunity to live and teach in many great places such as New Orleans, New York City and Guadalajara, Mexico. She is now very happy to call Santa Cruz her permanent home! |
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Karen Christiansen, Senior Staff Instructor, is a certified Pilates Instructor by the Physicalmind Institute. She has been teaching at Body In Motion since 1999. Karen brings with her 20 years of experience teaching and performing ballet and modern dance. Pilates was a critical component for Karen in recovering from a back injury. Because of her experience, she understands what it is like to be an active person recovering from injury. Her nurturing personality, compassion and warmth makes her a natural teacher. She is also presently studying restorative yoga and is a certified Breema massage practitioner.
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Karen
Christiansen
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Anna
Lovato has been teaching various types of movement for over 9
years. She studied
modern dance, choreography, kinesiology and Feldenkrais at Anna
has a diverse background including rehabilitation, bodywork and
personal fitness. She
has assisted people with posture, limited mobility, pain or a
desire to move more gracefully. Anna
continues to take lessons from master teachers around the world
and is currently pursuing Thai Massage.
She has recently relocated from Santa Fe,
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Renée Menard is a certified Pilates instructor. She received her training through Pacific Movement Center in Santa Cruz and Monterey, Ca. She has been involved in movement, fitness and sports since the age of 4. For over 12 years she has studied Hatha Yoga and dance. She has studied Ballet, Modern and various ethnic dances, focusing on Afro-Brazilian dance. Renée has been teaching community dance workshops for all ages and been performing professionally throughout the United States since 1999. For over 5 years Renée was a teacher and program facilitator for an arts and leadership skills program for at-risk youth. Renée believes the Pilates method can be applied to any movement or everyday activity, helping to re-program patterns of chronic pain and stress in the body. She brings an integrative approach to her teaching style using the fundamentals of Pilates, Yoga and dance.
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Renee
Menard |
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Sandra
Larsen
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Sandra Larsen is certified as a Pilates instructor through Pacific Movement Center of Santa Cruz and Monterey and is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance. She is also a Gyrotonic® Trainer certified by Juliu Horvath. As a student of the healing arts for over 20 years, Sandra has had a private practice as a Licensed Massage Therapist and also holds a degree in Horticulture and is certified as a Master Herbalist and Nutrition Educator giving her an integrative approach to those seeking to enhance or restore wellness in their lives. Due to a low back injury, Sandra became unable to continue her massage practice. She discovered Pilates and Gyrotonic and found them critical to her rehabilitation and now enjoys helping others to prevent or minimize back pain. Her intuitive nature and sense of joy are disarming to even the most shy beginning student. Sandra is the proud mother of two wonderful teenagers and loves the healthy lifestyle that living in Santa Cruz County affords her family.
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Kym House is a Kripalu certified yoga instructor with a BA in dance. Kym began studying yoga in 1986 as part of her dance training. Her dedication to practice intensified after a skiing injury and the incredible healing power of yoga was revealed. She has explored various styles including; Ashtanga Vinyasa, Tantra, Anusara and is currently training in yoga therapeutics with the American Viniyoga Institutes Gary and Mirka Kraftsow. Kym has taught her Kripalu inspired classes since 1999. Classes are as challenging and fun as you would like to make them, modifications, props and individual needs are addressed. A flow style of sequencing is used with spinal health and universal alignment principles being some key elements.
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Kym
House
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Judy
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Judy Scarabello has
been in the fitness industry for over 25 years. She is thrilled
to be back in California after 15 years on the east coast where
she taught various
group exercise classes and did personal training in NYC and
Washington, DC. Prior to leaving this beautiful state she taught
in San
Francisco and San Jose. She is certified by PowerHouse® Pilates
and YogaFit®
and the American Council on Exercise as a Group Exercise
Instructor and
Personal Trainer. Her career is in international tax, but her
passion is
Pilates.
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