Club Pilates

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  Heather Washington

  Heather is a former Olympic Athlete and has a love of fitness. Prior to becoming a Club Pilates Instructor Heather has a background in Cross Fit, boxing, and HIIT classes. She found Club Pilates initially as a member and fell in love with Club Pilates and it's members and joined the team as an Instructor in 2017. Heather loves taking care of her Club Pilates members, always aspires to be the best version of herself, and truly believes that the magic happens when people do not give up even though they may want to.

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  Jenn K

  Jennifer has enjoyed practicing and teaching several forms of movement including dance, yoga, barre, and Pilates. She received her Pilates mat and apparatus training though Pilates Academy International in 2009 and soon began to work at their home studio Pilates on Fifth in Manhattan. During this time she also attended Sonic Yoga’s 200hr teacher training program as Yoga and it’s philosophies greatly influence her life perspective and core values. In 2014, Jennifer realized that she wanted to play a bigger role in clients lives and help them heal their bodies from the inside out. She attended the Institute of Integrative Nutrition where she learned how to assist people into creating better health in their life through diet and lifestyle changes. Being the life-long learner she is, Jenn is continuing her studies in holistic nutrition at Bauman college in Berkeley.

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  Tia K.

  Tia is an 19-year veteran of the fitness industry, has taught indoor cycling, group exercise, and Pilates on both coasts and internationally. Most recently, she successfully built the Cycling in the Zones, barre, foam rolling, and mat Pilates program at The Wel at Sacramento State and wrote her first book, Indoor Cycling: 44 ZONING Rides for the Indoor Cycling Enthusiast. She is certified in mat, reformer, cadillac, chair, barrel, and barre through STOTT Pilates and teaches group classes as well as private and semi-private sessions. Not only is she an expert in Pilates Tia holds an M.A. and B.A. in history from San Francisco State and Sacramento State, respectively, and competed as a collegiate triathlete. In her spare time, Tia plays french horn with her brass quintet, Capital City Brass.

• Christie U.

  Christie Underwood has enjoyed aspects of fitness since her teens and chose to make it her career focus early. She has experience working with individuals and groups of all ages and stages of life. Her credentials and certifications include: Power House Mat Pilates, props and Pre-Post Natal specialties; Balanced Body Reformer 1, 2 and 3, Anatomy in 3-D and Apparatus; ACE Group Fitness Instructor; AFAA Personal Trainer; IDEA Professional, Yoga, Cycling and Zumba licensed. Christie brings fun aspects of traditional and Fitness Pilates into each workout. Come join her in a Club Pilates class or private lesson and feel how workouts are more enjoyable and efficient with a personal Pilates specialist.

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  Cristina J.

  Born in San Francisco and raised in the Bay Area; I migrated to Sacramento for college where I received my Bachelors and Masters degree in Business & Marketing. My fitness background started in swimming and water aerobics. In 2006, I was introduced to reformer Pilates where I quickly found another way to train and challenge my body. In 2017, after being in the corporate world for 15 years, I decided to change career paths and become a Pilates instructor. Outside of the studio, I am a proud wife and mother of three children (a son in the Air Force, daughter at the University of Oregon, and a son who is in the 11th grade). Fun fact - I speak fluent movie quotes.

• Amanda Zwedberg

  Amanda is very committed to her teaching journey as a Certified Pilates Instructor. Her goal is to help others heal their bodies and become stronger and more healthy and flexible one class at a time. She has a keen background in dance, and loved the stage by the age of 5 years. Amanda was going full force for a career in dance through teaching and practicing herself, when suddenly some feet and knee issues put a damper on her direction. Shortly thereafter, Amanda left Sweden where she's originally from to travel and explore the world. She landed on the North Shore of Oahu where she has lived the past five years, teaching surf lessons and indulging in Pilates classes and practice. She quickly fell in love with Pilates as she experienced great help with her feet and knee issues through the Pilates practices. Although Certified now, she plans to continue growing and learning more daily in the amazing art of Pilates through Continuing Educational Classes and Seminars offered around the Island/Country/World. Amanda is thrilled with her new direction and purpose in life for sharing Pilates with others.

• Matt Salyer

  Matt is a life-long athlete and loves to live a clean and healthy lifestyle. The last five years he has been living on the North Shore, teaching people from all around the world how to surf and stand up paddle on some of the most famous surf breaks in the world. He also trains Brazilian Jujitsu as well as training for triathlons and loves spending his off time enjoying outdoor activities. Matt's active lifestyle led him to Pilates through a serious back injury. He quickly fell in love with Pilates as it allowed him to live the lifestyle he always lived while dealing with his injury. He now is sharing his love for Pilates as a certified Pilates Instructor, and enjoys helping all people strengthen and make the most of their body-mind-spirit connection on the planet.