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Focusing on the core, Pilates works to build strength, flexibility and balance with control. Instead of working only the superficial layers of the abdominal muscles, Pilates trains the deeper layers first; this provides more core stability so the whole body can move with ease. Using the equipment developed by Joseph Pilates as well as the Pilates Mat exercises, each client receives a unique, individualized workout.
A Pilates workout can range from a gentle session for clients who are recovering from an injury to a challenging workout for dancers and athletes.
Individual Pilates training can be helpful to someone with Scoliosis as it helps to build the core strength required to maintain spinal corrections.
Amy Beversdorf...
Amy earned a BFA in dance from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and MFA from UW-Milwaukee, as well as a Graduate Laban Certificate in
Movement Analysis (CMA) from Columbia College Chicago. She received a full Pilates Certification in New York City under the tutelage of recognized
teachers Lesley Powell and Doris Pasteleur Hall. She has also had the privilege of studying with world-class somatic specialists such as Irene Dowd,
R. Louis Schultz, and Shelly Studenburg. Before relocating to the Midwest she held a private Pilates practice at the Movements Afoot Studio in
Manhattan.
As a professional dancer she worked with several New York City-based choreographers and modern dance companies, including the Peccadillo Theatre Company, where her dancing was described as having "great virtuosity" (A Curtain Up).
Amy has taught dance and movement theory courses at UW-Stevens Point, Lawrence University (Appleton, WI) and UW-Madison. She has been a guest teacher at Beloit College (Beloit, WI), and Long Island University (Brooklyn, NY) as well as at The Pilates on 10th Studio in Seattle, WA.
In addition, Amy has produced and directed Dance For Cancer, a fundraising event featuring professional dance from throughout the country. Dance For Cancer has had the priviledge of raising funds for several Wisconsin-based cancer support organizations.
Jennifer Kaiser...
Jennifer Kaiser recently completed her Pilates Matwork certification with the PhysicalMind Institute in Minneapolis, MN. In 2008 she will begin an
intensive Pilates teacher-training course with Balanced Body University in New York City. Upon completion of this program Jennifer will receive
advanced certification in Pilates, allowing her to teach on all Pilates apparatus.
She is committed to teaching from the viewpoint that Pilates is a means for connecting the mind and body to create a healthier lifestyle.
Jen attended the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and has been teaching bodymind fitness classes for more than seven years.
Diane Scheider...
Diane Scheider has more than twenty years experience practicing various somatic disciplines including Pilates and yoga. In 2002 she began intensive
study of Pilates as a personal bodymind fitness regimen and in 2007 completed her Pilates matwork certification through the PhysicalMind Institute in
both Chicago and Minneapolis.
Diane works in the physical therapy department at Riverside Medical Center in Waupaca, WI; where she has also been a fitness instructor for several years. In 2008, Diane will complete an advanced Pilates certification through Balanced Body University in New York City. Diane holds a Bachelors Degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point.