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The face of Poised® is presented to you on this
page. Poised® is the combined ability, knowledge
and experience of the entire team. We invite you to
take a moment and have a glimpse at these talented people.
All Poised® trainers are certified instructors
/ trainers / CPR and or First Aid.
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Yvonne combines her unique background in the culinary
arts with health and fitness. She is a classically trained
chef, certified personal trainer, fitness instructor
and nutritional specialist and frequently featured on
TV as a health and fitness consultant. She has been
teaching and training since 1981, specializing in food coaching, lifestyle consulting, and the Poised Technique.
Ignite the power within! Create your life: use your
heart as your beacon, your mind as your fuel and your
spirit will guide you…and don’t forget to
have fun!
Attitude is Everything
- ACSM, American College of Sports Medicine
- ACE, American Council on Exercise
- Stott, pilates, Bosu
- Life Fitness, Cycling
- Physical Mind Institute, pilates
- CORE, Stability Ball
- Kickbox Aerobics
- Moms on The Move, pre/postnatal
- California Culinary Academy, Culinary Arts Degree
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Jill uses her background in nutrition to create a comprehensive
approach to her training. Her work with the 50 plus
population is her trademark along with her dynamic workouts
using the stability ball and bosu. She is a certified
personal trainer, fitness instructor and nutritional
specialist. She has been teaching and training since
1982 and specializes in core training, nutritional counseling
and pilates for golfers and racquet sports enthusiast.
Age has no barriers! You can do anything you
set your mind to. When the body and mind work in harmony,
all things are possible.
Attitude is Everything
- ACSM, American College of Sports Medicine
- ACE, American Council on Exercise
- Stott, pilates, Bosu, ISP, golf and racquet sports
- Certified Nutritional Consultant
- Life Fitness, Cycling
- Physical Mind Institute, pilates
- C.O.R.E., stability ball
- Kickbox Aerobics
- University of British Columbia, Physical Education
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Terri has over 30 year of health and fitness experience that includes competitive gymnastics to Tango dancer. She has worked in TV as a fitness consultant and has assisted bay area corporations to find balance between work and life. Terri brings tremendous energy to her work while training her clients in pilates, strength and core fitness training.
Terri enjoys working with clients of all ages and fitness levels. Her approach to training is inspired by “watching my clients’ body awareness and self-confidence grow – they take that with them into their everyday lives and that’s empowering!”
Start by loving who and what you already are. From then on, it just gets better.
L-I-V-E every day of your life!
- STOTT PILATES™ Mat, All Apparatus, beginning through Advanced
- Pre-Natal and Post-Partum Pilates
- AFAA certified personal trainer
- Thai Massage
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Alex combines his precision of technique with pure
pilates to create an effective and elegant training
method. He has been training since 2000 and has trained
with many of the pilates leading master trainers. He
specializes in traditional pilates, post rehab and advanced
pilates method. His detailed approach to technique is
the distinctive quality of his style.
To teach, encourage and inspire my clients to
move more purposefully and gracefully so they may function
more efficiently.
I believe in the potential of every client.
- Peak Performance, pilates
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Dance, fitness and balanced good health have always
been Dana’s passions, and in 2004 she realized the culmination
of these things in pilates. Dana believes pilates meets
today’s clients’ desire for a more thoughtful approach
to exercise, fulfilling the client both mentally and
physically. She appreciates the accessibility of this
fluid form of training for all ages and fitness levels,
and enjoys adapting the workout toward her clients’
specific needs.
Nurture yourself by achieving “inside-out” good
health, so that you may have unlimited energy for your
passions.
Pilates can be your own personal health insurance
policy!
- Stott, pilates
- U.C.L.A., B.A.
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Charlie has proven through example, that no matter
how tall or muscular you are, pilates will benefit your
overall mobility and agility. Beginning his fitness
career in 1985 as a trainer and instructor, Charlie
added pilates to his teaching in 2004. He is a certified
personal trainer and fitness instructor of strength
training and pilates. His non-intimidating style is
informative and welcoming.
Embrace each and every day as an opportunity
to honor your physicality.
Just show up!
- ACE, American Council on Exercise
- Stott, pilates
- UCLA, B.A.
- University of Santa Clara, J.D.
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Kim brings over 15 years of strength training experience
to her energetic style. She added pilates to her repertoire
in 2004, giving greater range to her training programs.
She specializes in exercise for menopausal women and
injury prevention.
I assist clients in making constructive changes
in their lives. My goal is to inspire and motivate my
clients to be the best they can be.
We are always in a state of becoming more today
than we were yesterday.
- Stott, pilates, ISP
- University of San Diego, B.S.
- Clinical Hypnotherapist
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Jessica C. is a personal trainer, Pilates instructor and swim coach who combines her education in exercise science and experience to create fitness programs that meet her clients' unique needs. She uses rehabilitation techniques, knowledge gained from working with Olympic and professional sports coaches and frequent study when developing fitness programs. Jessica's clients come from all walks of life: recovering stroke patients to elite tri-athletes, age group tennis players to 84-year-old lawyers.
If something is worth doing, it's worth doing correctly.
Kaizen*
*roughly translates from Japanese as "continuous improvement"
- University of Michigan, Movement Science
- American Council on Exercise, personal trainer
- Aerobics and Fitness Association of America, personal trainer
- Stott Pilates, Beginner and Intermediate Mat
- American Swim Coaches Association, Level I
- CPR, First Aid
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Leslie is a certified Pilates instructor in mat, standing and apparatus. She completed her training with PhysicalMind Institute with Tom McCook and has trained with Forrest Yoga Teacher Kristin Goldsmith at Center of Balance. An experienced Respiratory Therapist and asthma educator by trade, Leslie enjoys motivating and encouraging confidence through personalized instruction and individual assessment. Her intention is to help clients improve postural awareness and develop efficient, healthy movement patterns for everyday living. Through Pilates and an active lifestyle, she has experienced her own healing from a chronic shoulder impingement and brings energy as well as motivation to help others experience freedom of movement.
Be patient with yourself as you work toward a goal; persevere as hard work is necessary to generate transformation. Judge yourself kindly and honestly.
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Shirley has been practicing hypnotherapy for 8 years, working with health issues such as stress and anxiety, weight problems, habit cessation as well as mental blocks of all kinds. She believes hypnotherapy plays a major roll in supporting optimum health, as a relaxing and healing factor for the entire body and mind. Shirley uses hypnotherapy and guided imagery as a reliable method of quieting the mind while cutting out the constant brain chatter, creating a quiet space where new perspectives can be developed. Hypnosis is a massage for the mind. Shirley helps clients tap into their own tremendous powers of imagination so they can be the architects of their lives and uncover answers that have been long buried in their subconscious mind. There is no magic, simply a state of mind that we have overlooked. “My clients create their own healing. I am a guide in that experience.”
Tap into the power of the unconscious; train your mind to work for you.
Where are you right now?
- Advanced Cliicanl Hypnotherapist
- Certified by American Council of Hypnotist Examiners
- Hypnotherapy Training Institute of Northern California
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Eugenie earned her Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy from Boston University, Sargent College in 1994. Earlier in her practice, she served as the inpatient physical therapy supervisor at the Touro Rehabilitation Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, and focused on orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation. After moving to California in 1999, Eugenie established her own outpatient private practice, specializing in pelvic floor rehabilitation. To further enhance and expand her rehab practice, Eugenie began integrating Pilate’s principles into treatment routines and studied Pilates with internationally recognized instructor, Tom McCook. Eugenie leverages her training and background to help each client reach their full potential as they gain strength, balance, and flexibility, and inspires them to bring healthy movement into their daily life. As a PT, Eugenie integrates Pilate’s work, myofascial release/ soft tissue bodywork and joint mobilization, with technologies such as ultrasound and computer assisted biofeedback to promote healing, increase strength, enhance fitness and support lifelong wellness.
You get out of life what you put into it!
- California Board licensed Physical Therapist
- Balanced Body University: Mat, Reformer, Apparatus- Trapeze, barrel, chair
- Boston University, M.S.P.T
- Vanderbilt University, B.S., Human Development
Cryotherapy (with Dr. Kirsten Fuchs), Kamala Shankar, MD and Kenneth D. Randall, M.S.P.T., GCS, ATC, ed., Therapeutic Physical Modalities, Chapter 5 (Hanley & Belfus, Inc., 2002)
- Australian Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy Year-Long Course, Roland Lucas, PT, MPhysio, FAAOMPT
- Lumbar Spine (Primarily Disc Related) and Sacroiliac Joint, American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine
- Foot Mechanics and Orthotic Therapy, Orthofeet Seminars
- Pregnancy, Postpartum and the Mature Woman, Assessment and Treatment Beyond Kegels I and II
Pelvic Rotator Cuff Function & Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction, Adult Assessment and Treatment,
The Pelvic Rotator Cuff Institute
- Introduction to NDT
- Abnormalities of Neurological Gait Dysfunction, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
- Member American Physical Therapy Association
- Member Pilates Method Alliance
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Helena was introduced to Pilates at the American Dance Festival in 1997 and was so impressed with the system’s ability to unlock long-lasting improvements in physical well-being that she certified to teach in 2000. She teaches simple exercised first to create deep strength, and is delighted when students surprise themselves with their progress---changing their tune from “But that’s impossible!” to “I just levitated!” Helena continues to study both with master teachers of traditional Pilates and with movement science specialists. Her passion is to help students feel stronger and more capable both inside and outside the studio.
Centering and relaxing first opens the potential for powerful movement.
Stretch, strengthen, energize!
- BFA in Dance from University of Michigan
- Pilates Method Alliance Gold Certification
- Mat and Reformer Certified, Stott International
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Teresa has been involved in movement most of her life. After obtaining a BA in Dance from Chapman University, she trained under Tom McCook and received pilates certifications in Mat Standing and Equipment. Teresa has also trained with Marie Jose and Debra Rose for GYROKINESIS®. TERESA works with athletes, dancers, seniors, people with injuries and individuals with fitness goals; ranging from ages 16 to 80. She has taught pilates in private studios, community centers, YMCA, high schools, and corporations like NetApp, NEC and Sun Microsystem. With over 20 years of dance training in ballet, tap, jazz and modern, Teresa has performed in both dance and theater, as well as choreographed for different dance groups in the Bay Area.
Our greatest potential lies within. Moving and breathing from the center can bring awareness to what we are capable of.
LOVE: Laugh, Observe, Visualize, Emerge
- GYROKINESIS®, Debra Rose, San Francisco Gyrotonic
- Pilates Instructor, Tom Mckook at Center of Balance,PhysicalMind Institute
- Core Intelligence, Marie Jose, Long Beach Dance Conditioning
- CPR/AED & First Aid Certifications, American Red Cross
- Reiki Master, Usui System
- BodyTalk Practitioner
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