Brilliant Body
Personalized Training to Bring Out the Best in You
Brilliant Body
Personalized Training to Bring Out the Best in You
Pilates, Personal Training and More...
The body is truly brilliant.
If we listen to it, and move with intention and intelligence,
I believe we can move and improve for the rest of our lives.
How Can I help? Who Do I work with?
Motivation and Accountability
We've all been there at some point. Whether it's a busy schedule, a physical set-back, lack of interest or even lost hope; we've gotten out of your exercise routine, (or maybe never one in the first place) and it's hard to get motivated to move again. I'm here to help! Through encouragement, accountability, and exercise expertise, I will support you physically, mentally and emotionally on your journey back to health.
Aches, Pains and Stiffness
Whether it be from repetitive overuse, or a sedentary lifestyle, our bodies show us signs that they need attention. Aches, pains and stiffness don't have to be accepted as part of aging. We can create balance in our musculosketal system by moving and creating stimulus in the body through proper breathing and movement mechanics.
Prehab and Rehab
While Prehab is l recovering from an injury or feeling the daily grind of life catch up with you, we can work to make your body feel better. For people undergoing physical therapy, we'll focus on keeping the rest of your body moving, and support the PT you're already doing. Whatever the reason you're in pain, we'll avoid the adage "no pain, no gain," and instead, operate with a "work smarter, not harder" mindset.
Athletes
Whatever sport you play, your body will adapt to that particular movement. Over time if that movement doesn't have much variety it typically creates imbalances that show up as pain or lower performance. By training different movement patterns and breaking up routine patterns, your body's tissue will be more resilient and you will have more longevity in your sport.
Golf
I have a special place in my heart for golf, otherwise I would certainly have a problem with it from a fitness standpoint; it's repetitive and one-sided. Fortunately, my training as a Pilates instructor and personal trainer, allow me to improve your body's range of motion, force/power production and efficiency, while also restoring alignment, joint health and balance.
Hypermobility
Being hypermobile is harder than it looks. Most people don't understand the additional effort it takes for an individual to hold themselves in a safe posture. Exercise can be challenging because range of motion is great, that it can be hard to feel where one is in space. That's how I found Pilates, I was a dancer who needed to understand how to control my own flexibility. With slower controlled movements to create proprioception and motor control, as well as loaded isometric to strengthen the body in a safe progressive way, we will together to find a strong and stable version of you.
Pre/Post Natal
While your body is going through changes it's important to take time to keep up with it's needs and feel in tune with yourself. If you're Pre-natal, we'll focus on breathing, postural changes and discomfort, overall strength, and balance. If you're post-natal, we'll focus on allowing your body to heal as we build up core strength and overall stamina gradually.
Pilates Principles
Breath
Concentration
Concentration
Breathing is an essential part of life, and also, practicing Pilates. Ideally the breath initiates the action for the rest of the body. It creates unity of body, mind and spirit.
Concentration
Concentration
Concentration
Staying focused during each movement, allows for enhanced motor control and proprioception. You can think of it as "rewiring" movement with your brain. Remaining present is also calming to the nervous system and allows us to decompress from our lives.
Centering
Concentration
Centering
Training in a way that integrates the muscles of your core to support and enhance movement of the peripheral body. The result is better posture, balance, efficiency and agility.
Control
Precision
Centering
Control occurs when our body is able to perform what our mind asks of it. You can think of control as the physical manifestation of concentration. Joseph Pilates originally named his exercises "Contrology" but today we call it "Pilates."
Flow
Precision
Precision
Flow is the balance between ease and effort. Flow happens when we can use the correct source of strength and only what is needed to do it. Muscular imbalances create inefficiencies in the body, thus taking us away from our flow.
Precision
Precision
Precision
Quality over quantity. Precision comes with time. It's the ability to finesse and continue to improve the movement. No one ever "masters" Pilates, it's a practice in which one can continue to learn, refine and improve onself.