Amy has been in the fitness industry for more than 15 years and holds many certifications from Nationally Recognized Organizations, including Stott Pilates, Egoscue University, YogaFit, American Fitness Professionals and Associates, Reebok University, Fitour, World Instructor Training Schools and Nautilus.
Amy holds many certifications in the areas of Pilates, Personal Training, Egoscue Method Therapy, Nutrition & Wellness, Special Needs and Injuries, Post-Rehabilitative Specialist, Yoga, Group Fitness, Reebok Cycle, Reebok Core Board, and has certification in Thai Yoga Bodywork.
Rehabilitation from personal injury has brought her to this
stage promoting the benefits of Your Pilates
Place Services.
Laura has been an avid pilates student for the past decade, and is certified through Power Pilates, and will take her National Boards to become a licensed Massage Therapist in May. Laura is also a certified Egoscue Postural Alignment Specialist.
Laura de Bravo (left) is a full time Science teacher at Summit School. She has been an instructor with our studio since 2003. Laura is trained in Stott Pilates.
Kat Jacinto (right) works full time at Forsyth Medical Center, and teaches for Your Pilates Place part-time. Kat is also trained in Stott Pilates.
Carly Ow-Wing is a full time student at Wake Forest, and lives between Winston-Salem, and California. Carly trained with Stott Pilates in CA, and teaches for YPP part-time.
Theresa Matthews is a certified Zumba, YogaButt, and Pilates Mat instructor and in her part time teaches for YPP. Theresa is trained in Stott Pilates, as well as certifications with Zumba, and YogaFit.
Mandy Harris worked at Pilates The Form, in Cary, where she certified with the Pilates Certification of NC. Mandy recently moved to Winston-Salem, and is engaged to be married in August!
Teresa Hucks has been a Licensed Massage Therapist for 9 years, and trained in West Virginia at the Mountain State School of Massage. She works for Piedmont Chiropractic Center in Kernersville part time, and she works for YPP on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Teresa specializes in Therapeutic, Swedish, and Deep Tissue Massage, as well as Fascial Release. Teresa is also certified in Egoscue Method of Postural Therapy.
The basic design of our body allows us to operate pain
free. The natural balance of the spine acts to stabilize all other joints in
the body. When this balance is disrupted, from injury, or habitual patterns, pain
eventually occurs.
Do
you pay attention to your body? Are you tuned in only when aches and pains show
up on the scene?
We usually fail to tune into the effects of
a gradual deterioration of our musculoskeletal systems and other physical
functions. Small losses accumulate over
time without overtly registering to us.
Sensitive to a receding hairline, an emerging paunch, or a new crop of
skin blemishes~living on the surface~
We
are numb to the workings of the inner body.
Numbness is not a sign of good health!
We must develop an
awareness to the posture!
Without realizing it, we no longer associate
wellness and well-being with using our bodies the way they were intended to be
used. Physical activity stops feeling
good to us. When we lose that elemental
reference point, we lose our bearings.
We don’t know what makes us feel healthy, and worse, we don’t know what
makes us feel sick!
Ignorance may be bliss when it comes to the mysteries of auto
repair or computers, but for our
musculoskeletal systems, ignorance is pain.
MOTION + DESIGN =
FUNCTION
Flexibility HAS to exist to
enable motion!
Posture is the key to unlocking pain in the body!
Excerpts from Pete Egoscue Book
Pilates helps restore balanced posture!
