No matter your background or fitness level, I offer you a place to experience the wonder and fulfillment of healthy, happy movement. I’m dedicated to helping my clients build strength, resilience, confidence and focus. I welcome you to my little studio community in Fairport, NY.
““Change happens through movement and movement heals.” ”
I am so happy to offer you a place for joyful, healthy movement. I am dedicated to helping people of all ages and experience levels build strength, resilience, confidence and focus through the Pilates Method.
Like many of you, I started Pilates because I wanted to change circumstances that prevented me from feeling my healthiest. I wanted to build strength and reduce chronic pain wrought from dance overuse injuries, major abdominal surgery, and a suddenly sedentary lifestyle. About 10-years into a successful arts leadership career in Boston, despite a high level of fitness, I felt restricted in my mind and body. I found a local Pilates studio and from that point forward I was hooked.
I’d experienced some Pilates as a teen at The Pilates Center of Rochester. As a young dancer with overuse injuries and low self-esteem, the feelings of confidence and strength that Pilates gave me were pivotal. In 2015, when I left my career to pursue my Advanced Teaching Certification with The Pilates Center, I was devoted to helping others experience the same evolution.
The Pilates Center’s certification program is hailed for its rigor and focus on helping each teacher develop a distinct guiding voice. Throughout my apprenticeship, colleagues and clients challenged me to see movement as a reflection of the entire individual. My training demanded that I understood not just the movements of the method and their anatomical basis, but also how to create a learning environment where clients would thrive emotionally. It was bittersweet when I left my friends at Every Body Pilates to move back to Rochester in February, 2018. I’m thrilled to be part of a growing Pilates community in Western New York and I’m honored to carry forward the TPC mission of healing others through Pilates.
I’m a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher (NCPT). I’ve received additional training to work with pre and post-natal clients, and hold a certificate of completion from The Neuro Studio for specialization in Pilates-Based Education for Neurological Conditions. My mentors include Deb Kolwey, Kirstin deFrees, Anne Marie deGirolamo, the Taylor Sisters of TPC, and many generous colleagues in the industry. When I’m not in the studio, you’ll find me painting or hiking the Crescent Trail with my husband and our rescue mutt Maddie.
Contact —
Kate@CrescentTrailPilates.com
