Club Pilates

Bios

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  Steffany

  Pilates Instructor

  Steffany is part of the first Club Pilates certified trainers in the Tampa area. I'm originally from Venezuela, I moved to Tampa on 2014. After hurting my back weightlifting, I was in need of a low impact and effective workout...Pilates was the answer! I fell in love with Pilates not only for the full body workout, but also the mind, body, soul connection. A few fun facts about Steffany, she's an Architect, she loves to dance and travel to different countries.

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  Greg

  Lead Instructor

  Originally from South Africa, Greg has a degree in sports management and an advanced certification in nutritional science. Greg has always had a passion for the field of health and fitness. He has taught and coached sports to children in schools and sports centers as well as exercise classes designed for children with special needs. Greg has been an avid marathon runner for the past 20 years, is a running coach, and has run in many marathons in different countries. While living in London for several years, Greg became very interested in Pilates. He acquired his Pilates reformer certification in London and worked as an instructor there for two years as well as a certified spin instructor. Greg then moved to California where he progressed in Pilates by studying his mat certification under the late well-renowned Julian Littleford. From there, he moved to NYC as a freelance Pilates instructor with experience training all types of clients with various injuries, misalignment, and rehabilitation through the use of all Pilates apparatus.

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  Kristin

  Instructor

  Kristin Ripley is a Tampa native, and has been active in sports and fitness throughout her life. She was a competition level dancer with Dancemakers School of the Dance for 9 years. She was involved with various sports such as cheerleading, tennis, track & field, and volleyball as a child at Carrollwood Day School and as a teenager at the Academy of Holy Names & Sickles High School. Kristin has always found a great interest in the human body and how to keep it healthy. She graduated from Remington College with a degree in Medical Assisting in 2004, and thought she had found her passion for helping people. After suffering from multiple back and neck injuries, Kristin began taking Pilates to build core strength and increase flexibility. Once she experienced the unique and beneficial workout Pilates gave her, she realized she had found her true passion and decided to make a career change. Kristin earned her certification in Pilates Mat in January 2005, followed by Pilates Apparatus in February 2005 through the PhysicalMind Institute. The knowledge she received from her Medical Assisting practice has helped a great deal with understanding individual client ailments and needs. Kristin had her first child in March of 2011 and her second child in August of 2013. Throughout her pregnancies, she continued her individual Pilates practice 3-4 times per week, and continued training clients until 3 weeks before her due date. Prenatal Pilates is a great way to stay in shape during your pregnancy, to help with labor, and to ensure the body's ability to bounce back post-pregnancy! "Teaching people the importance of Pilates has brought so much happiness to my life. I love seeing people change their bodies and feel better! Clients walk in the studio stressed out from their day, and walk out feeling stretched, strengthened, and happier than when they came in. That makes me smile!"

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  Heather

  Instructor

  Originally from New England, is a founding member of Groundwerx Dance Theatre, Providence, RI, where she co-directed, toured, performed, and taught nationally for fifteen years. In 2012, Ahern founded Aerplaye dance company as choreographer and Artistic Director. Ahern earned two grants from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts: An Artist Project Grant for the creation of a one-woman dance/play entitled Amazons, Goddesses and Others; and an Individual Artists Grant for the creation of a dance theatre work entitled In Full Flight. She is also a three-time recipient of a Cirino Fellowship from the Rhode Island Foundation. In addition to the creation of modern dance choreography, Ahern has enjoyed working as a movement consultant and choreographer for Perishable Theatre and Trinity Repertory Theatre. Ahern has performed, taught, and choreographed work for a variety of populations at colleges, universities and other educational institutions throughout the country. As a professor of dance, she has taught at California State University, Long Beach (Department of Dance & Department of Theatre MFA program); West Virginia University (where she also Directed the Dance Program); and Long Beach City College, teaching a wide variety of classes from technique, to movement for the actor, to dance history. She is also a certified Pilates Instructor (BASI, Costa Mesa, CA), with a specialization in Dance Conditioning, and a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher. Ahern is currently an Adjunct Professor at Hillsborough Community College and Tampa University, both of Tampa, Florida.

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  Diana

  Instructor

  Diana is a certified Pilates Instructor and has taught in Orlando for 25 years as she has also been a personal trainer for 25 years and has a Bachelor's degree in health. She is very passionate about the benefits of Pilates! And she has seen major changes in her clients lives, as well as her own life! Her husband and her love the beach. They are very close with their families. Much of their time is spent with their three rescue cats.

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  Joyce

  After many years of athletic training, and through a variety of venues such as Boot Camp Conditioning, Marathon training, Running and Triathlons I discovered Pilates. I spent over 30 years in Corporate Management and it wasn’t until I tried my first Club Pilates Class did I realize how important Pilates would be to my overall physical and mental development as a person. My lifestyle has embraced the beauty of Pilates and it’s method of building strength and flexibility through Body, Mind and Spirit. Recently married and happy with one grown son, I look forward to sharing my experiences, expertise and love for the art of Pilates with you!