Club Pilates

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  Susie McGee

  Pilates Instructor CPT

  Susie McGee is a certified STOTT Pilates Instructor and owned her own studio for eight years. She has trained high level athletes, those who just want to have fun, and people of all ages who want to maintain a fit, healthy lifestyle. Her classes are filled with a functional movement focus, innovation and of course, challenge! Susie has a BFA in Modern Dance and danced professionally for seventeen years. She was the the Co-Artistic director of a small dance/theater company which performed "insanely dangerous, site specific spectacles", for ten years. She is currently in a year long acting program at Freehold Theater.

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  Gin Yang

  Pilates Instructor

  Gin started her Pilates journey 12 years ago. She became obsessed with Pilates as it truly changed her body and lifestyle personally. She has done Kung-Fu for 15 years, and has been teaching for about 8 years. While working full-time in sales, she made her way through the Pilates instructor certification process, and has been teaching over a year and a half. Her favorite move is anything with spine strengthening. A fun fact about her is that she has a French bulldog named Eggroll (with a substantial instagram following)!

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  Nikoleta Kasapaki

  Instructor

  Nikoleta fell in love with Pilates when an injury in her lower back forced her to stop her career as a Zumba Instuctor. She recognized how good Pilates can be for her body and right away felt passionate to help other people as well! She is certified with BASI and AF studies. Her favorite exercise is Pike! Nikoleta is from Greece; so a fun fact is the accent you will experience in her classes! What's your favorite part of teaching? 1)When I teach my students to control their body, use their muscles to their benefits and I see that comes into action is my favorite part! What excites you when your students accomplish something? 2)When I see my students accomplish progress with their bodies, better posture, more flexibility, mobility and strength excites me the most!

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  Abigail Brooke

  Instructor

  Abigail fell in love with Pilates after accidents left her with back injuries. She found that Pilates helped her not just being to recover, but continue her love of new fitness challenges. Since starting Pilates she has run 4 marathons, countless half marathons, participated in open water group swims, began group road cycling, and hiked/backpacked throughout Colorado. She believes that Pilates is not only the key to helping people stay active, but also has an extremely positive effect on people mentally. During her classes she loves to add variations so clients always feel challenged.

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  Diana Garcia

  Instructor

  The body is a creative force and I believe movement provided access to empowerment, mindfulness, and self-discovery. I also believe that exploring movement is a pathway to living a diverse, flexible, healthy life. To achieve these things, it is important to first respect out bodies and appreciate what we all obviously have in common-we all have a body no matter where we come from. By posing physical and mental challenges, encouraging experimentation with movement and ideas, and leading discussion of how conscious movement can benefit individuals and society, I see my role as a teacher to help students understand consciousness and develop awareness through movement. I want students to apply what they learn and think/move critically and creatively not just in class but during their daily activities.

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  Diane Altman Dautoff

  Instructor

  I was introduced to pilates moe than 20 years ago and after multiple running-relates injuries, returned to pilates fifteen years ago as a committed student. Nine years ago I began my instructor training at BodyCenter in Seattle. I began teaching Mat pilates classes at various YMCAs 8 years ago. I completed reformer training in 2014 and on the remaining apparatus in 2015. In addition to teaching Pilates, I am also a retired consultant and work occasionally facilitate strategic planning and leadership development projects. I believe pilates is a great way for people of all ages to build and maintain core strengthen and stability. I am a patient and thoughtful instructor and enjoy working with beginners as well as people who have developed an ongoing pilates practice. My clients describe me as attentive and caring. They appreciate my attention to form and my ability to encourage and motivate them. I teach both group and private sessions. Certifications: STOTT certified instructor for matwork, reformer, cadillac, chair and barrels. Completion of STOTT courses: Barre Foundation, Barre Endurance 1 and Endurance 2, Working with Special populations, Fascial movement workshop, Mat work with male clients, Fascial movement on the mat, Zenga on the mat, Flexion-free matwork and matwork interval training, level 1.

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  Candi Nicholson

  Owner: Queen Anne & South Lake Union

  I have enjoyed a full career and life working for many of the best corporate brands in the market, Nordstrom, Tommy Bahama and currently at AWS (Amazon). I've always wanted to run my own business but was a little apprehensive, and a little unsure but knew I wanted to do something in fitness. I dabbled in Pilates when I was younger but it was a big financial commitment as it always had to be private. When I found that Club Pilates was accessible to everyone I was extremely excited and knew this was it! After opening my first studio on Queen Anne, there are two things I love, the members and the transformations I see everyday. EVERYONE is welcome and I love the range of diversity and skill from those that have never experienced Pilates to the more seasoned practitioners. The personality and acceptance everyone has in the studio is a life changing.

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  Julie Sullivan

  General Manager

  Julie began practicing Pilates in 2017. She has loved how much it has helped her build strength and changed her posture. Her priority has always been customer service and making people feel better about themselves through her background is in banking, and lending and leading teams. Now as the GM of our Queen Anne studio, she loves the fitness world she is involved in today. Her favorite exercise is anything with legs in straps! A fun fact about Julie is that her family lives Colorado, and her three children are 17 years apart.

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• Ellen Favale

  Marketing & General Manager Queen Anne

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• Victoria Lopes

  Regional and General Manager South Lake Union
• Alyssa Garcia

  Assistant Manager

• Sarah Van Zant

  Sales Associate - Queen Anne
• Hannah Fenton

  Sales Associate - South Lake Union
• Nikki Heartsuff

  Sales Associate - South Lake Union
• Olivia Arnold

  Sales Associate - Queen Anne