Allison Beardsley
Founder CEO
Allison Beardsley discovered Pilates in 2002. With her numerous injuries from basketball including knee reconstruction, Allison had a hard time finding exercise that did not aggravate many of her special physical limitations. Once she reaped the benefits of Pilates she knew this was something she had to share with others. Pilates gave her the strong core and sound level of Physical Fitness to be able to be active without pain. Allison Beardsley has a Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology from San Diego State University. She has been certified as a Personal trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine, as well as the American Council of Exercise. Her Pilates Training was completed through Long Beach Dance Conditioning and The Physicalmind Institute. Allison is always exploring new modalities of fitness including yoga, ballet bar, and functional training method's, she enjoys fusing other modalities of fitness with the safe and effective principles of Pilates. Allison is always in workshops and continuing education seminars as the ever evolving fitness industry is always changing. In her free time Allison enjoys cooking, exercising, writing, eating, laughing, and being a mom and wife.
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Arielle Dumaw
Club Pilates Encinitas Owner and Regional Creative Development Manager
Living life to its fullest and helping others do the same is Arielle's main goal in life. Sharing her love for physical, mental, and spiritual health while helping to motivate others to develop a positive self-image is just part of her passion for Pilates. Arielle grew up active in the outdoors of Michigan and Colorado hiking, fishing, ice skating, and enjoying nature. She has always had a love for fitness, but maintaining balance and a healthy lifestyle has become more important since severely injuring her neck in 2008. Through Pilates, Arielle has been able to rehabilitate her neck and rejuvenate her whole body! Her love for Pilates has grown every day since the discovery of what Pilates could do for her overall health. You'll catch her saying things such as, "Pilates can be taken everywhere and improve all aspects of life...inside and out." Arielle's life has been transformed through Pilates, and she is passionate about its necessity for well-balanced health and strength.
Arielle moved to San Diego from Boulder, Colorado, in 2002 to attend the University of San Diego where she earned a Bachelor’s in Business Administration & Marketing. She is Pilates Certified through PMA approved Club Pilates San Diego’s comprehensive teacher training program and has furthered her training by attending Pilate workshops and classes throughout the United States. Arielle has apprenticed under Master Instructors from STOTT, PhysicalMind Institute, BASI, Balanced Body, and many more, because she believes incorporating knowledge from all the Pilate methods of training is essential to being a well-rounded instructor. Arielle also attended the School of Healing Arts to become a Certified Whole Food Nutritionist and likes to use her knowledge of Nutrition to further help her Pilates clientele reach and exceed their personal health and fitness goals.
In her free time, Arielle loves relaxing at the beach, cruising the Boardwalk on her bike, golfing, dancing, camping, hiking San Diego's beautiful trails, and gut-laughing with wonderful friends and family.
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Melody Ward
North County Studio Manager/ Social Media Guru
Melody fell in love with Pilates at an early age. The strength and vitality that it brought to her body was something she knew would hold a permanent place in her life. Melody moved to San Diego the summer of 2006 as a recent graduate of the University of Washington. She has trained with many amazing fitness instructors, becoming proficient in Mat Pilates first, and then diving into the vast pool of knowledge that is Pilates Aparatus work. The decision to become a certified Pilates Instructor was by far one of the best decisions of her life. Every day is a great day when you teach Pilates for a living. Since becoming certified, Melody has continued to build on her knowledge of all types and styles of Pilates, training in Aspen Colorado, Seattle Washington and throughout Southern California. She also pulls from her supplemental training and practice in cardio-kickboxing, personal training, yoga, running and Gravity. Melody is passionate about fitness and has been praised for her ability to cue exercises in a way that takes her students' practice to the next level. When she's not teaching Pilates, you can find her running, doing yoga, prancing around music festivals, hiking, camping, playing at the beach, reading, blogging, at the theatre, social media marketing, or just being outside in the world's finest city! |
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Kris Worley
After 35 years of conventional gym workouts, baby boomer Kris Worley was looking for an exercise program that would help ease neck pain and would not stress her joints as traditional workouts using dumbbells and weight machines eventually did. What she found was Pilates, and the results were dramatic. In a relatively short time span, she eliminated her neck pain by greatly improving her posture, and achieved greater muscle tone and strength through intrinsic muscle development.
Working with clients between the ages of 10 and 72, she is dedicated to helping people improve core strength, muscle definition, flexibility and posture, regardless of age or ability level. Her philosophy? "It's all about the quality of the movement." She believes that everyone should include some type of consistent exercise throughout their lives for physical and mental well-being. At age 61, Kris holds a personal knowledge of joint stress caused by traditional fitness training, muscle tightness, postural imbalances, and the need to incorporate resistance training into an exercise program, especially for those in the boomer generation confronted with the issues of aging and the onset of osteoporosis. Kris completed her training through Club Pilates San Diego and is fully trained in all apparatus including the Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair and Ladder Barrel, as well as Mat. |
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Anthea Fane
was trained in New York, classical Pilates under the supervision of Romana Kryzanowska in 1999. She also received her certification in strength training from the National Council of Strength and Fitness in 2003, Advanced Teacher Training with Alycea Ungaro in 2009 and TRX suspension training in 2010. Her experience working with people living with cancer inspired her to become certified in the Pink Ribbon Program for postoperative rehabilitation.
She has taught Pilates in New York, San Francisco, Austin Texas and Tokyo, Japan. Anthea first discovered Pilates as a way to balance her own scoliosis after having spinal fusion surgery. She loves working with people who are trying to overcome similar challenges and has a background working with all ages and all levels of physical conditioning from people recovering from a stroke to professional athletes. She also has extensive training in martial arts and movement for the actor. Anthea has developed a reputation for giving a merciless workout “sweetly.” She truly believes you can change your body with this work and if you are ready to work hard and commit to your training you will see incredible results.
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Megan Fazzio
is happiest when helping people understand, appreciate, and sculpt their bodies. In Pilates she found the ultimate method for training her clients to have optimal posture, beautiful, balanced musculature, and energy to appreciate life in lovely San Diego.
Growing up in Bozeman, MT, Megan loved skiing and snowboarding during the long winters, hiking and cycling during the gorgeous summers. She began her training as a violin maker and worked at violin shops in Georgia, Vermont, and New York. After developing chronic pain in her wrist, she found Pilates and saw such profound results that she became passionate about the method.
Megan and her husband spent six months touring Italy and France by bicycle last year, and decided to settle in California upon returning to the States. San Diego wasn't part of the plan, but they were won over by the friendly, open vibe and emphasis on health and fitness. The sunshine and beaches factored in, as well!
Megan is a trained Pilates teacher through Club Pilates San Diego, and is also a certified Pilates Instructor through the PMA. Megan is thrilled to be teaching at several studios in San Diego. When not training, she enjoys cooking, dancing, running, hiking, playing in the waves, and exploring the museums and gardens in Balboa Park and greater San Diego.
Club Pilates is a fun and growing studio, and Megan is eager to meet all the clients. Sign up for one of her midday classes, and feel energized for the rest of the week!
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Brigette Guido
Brigette is a San Diego native and has always been interested in health and fitness,she began her career in holistic health in 1998 and continues to have her own practice,she loves helping people who want to better there lives!!! She took her first pilates class in 2005 and immediately fell in love with it!!! She decided she wanted to share her love of pilates with others so decided to get certified after her last child moved out and didn't want the empty nest syndrome ... So what better to keep her occupied than a 500 hour certification course at "club pilates" she just finished her certification and is thrilled to start teaching along side all of the amazing teachers at"club pilates"
The most important thing to Brigette is her beautiful family she is blessed with four children and awaiting the birth of her sixth grand baby "life doesn't get much better"
In her free time she loves to spend time with her little people , go hiking, biking, boot camp,movies,shopping and of course pilates!
Her favorite quote:
"Life is not measured by how many breaths you take,but what truly takes your breath away."
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Erin Chudy
Erin has been an avid promoter of physical fitness all of her life. Growing up on the east coast Erin played multiple sports, actively maintaining a healthy lifestyle. A previous “gym rat”, it was not until she moved to San Diego in 2005 that she fell in love with pilates. An avid Yogi/Pilat(i) Erin soon discovered the power of the mind/body connection. She found that through connecting with her body she discovered not only positive physical, but mental changes as well.
Erin credits her Pilates/Yoga practice for getting her through her mother’s fight with breast cancer. After her Mother’s death in September of 2010 Erin decided to expand her knowledge of the practice by becoming a Pilates instructor. Her main goal in this endeavor was to give others the gift of this positive experience. She hopes that through Pilates each student can find the strength to get through life’s toughest challenges.
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Becca Mariotti
Becca is originally from Northern California and grew up playing soccer and running track. In 2006 she moved to San Diego where she took her first pilates class out of curiosity and was instantly hooked. It was through pilates that Becca was able to strengthen and correct her injured knees from playing sports. Pilates has also helped Becca with body awareness and to feel and practice the mind and body connection. Becca graduated from San Diego State University in 2010 with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication and Psychology. She completed her comprehensive teacher training program through Club Pilates San Diego.
Pilates has impacted Becca's life in many positive ways including feeling stronger, feeling balanced, and appreciating life. Becca is thrilled to be teaching at Club Pilates and to share her passion for pilates with others.
In her free time Becca enjoys spending time at the beach, riding her beach cruiser, cooking, and exploring San Diego.
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Stephanie Boulette
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Brittany Taylor
Brittany Taylor is an independent dance artist, teacher, choreographer and collaborator as well as a certified Pilates Instructor. Brittany has been dancing for 13 years, studying ballet and modern dance. She graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance with a focus on teaching and has spent her time in San Diego teaching for various schools and companies in the area as well as performing professionally with Joe Alter Dance Group and other artists. Brittany’s enthusiasm for Pilates began in the Northwest where she took classes and private sessions from various teachers and Pilates professionals. She is delighted to expand her passion for teaching through Club Pilates San Diego.
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Marianna Fragiacomo
Born and raised in Brazil, Marianna always enjoyed a healthy lifestyle. She took Ballet and Jazz classes for several years, starting as a little girl. In high school, she participated in competitions of Belly Dance, Hip Hop and Aerobics. Dance is one of Marianna’s passions in life.
In 2008, she moved to San Diego in order to study English and hoping to enroll in Graduate School. She fell in love with the city and the lifestyle of the San Diegans. In 2009, she was introduced to Pilates Reformer classes by Club Pilates. She immediately loved it! She first noticed an improvement on her balance, flexibility and posture. By doing Pilates three times a week, for a couple of months, she could get in shape to fit in her wedding dress in August, 2009!!! She decided go deep in the knowledge of Pilates and went trough the Teacher Training offered by Club Pilates. What Marianna loves most about Pilates is that anyone can do it and get the benefits of it, no matter what age and/ or physical conditions one has.
She is proud to be part of Club Pilates’ great team of instructors and thrilled to share her knowledge and love for Pilates with everyone!
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Caleigh Meyer
Caleigh began mat Pilates at the age of 8 years old to supplement her training as a ballet dancer. When she turned 16, she moved to Boston to train under scholarship with Boston Ballet for three years where she performed in The Nutcracker and Night of the Stars. At Boston Ballet, Caleigh was introduced to the various pieces of equipment that Pilates offers and immediately fell in love with it. Pilates has helped Caleigh recover from various injuries in a safe, effective, and timely manner.
In January of 2011, Caleigh moved back to San Diego to join City Ballet of San Diego. During her time here she became a certified instructor through Club Pilates and has thoroughly enjoyed spreading her passion of Pilates onto others. She truly believes that the mind and body connection that is required in Pilates can transform you into a person of full awareness which can assist in reforming, reshaping, and rebuilding your body from the inside out.
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Wendy Savage
Wendy is a native to San Diego by birth but grew up experiencing many cities of the US. She studied at NYU and finally returned to San Diego in 2000.
Throughout her life, Wendy has always explored different types of fitness. Growing up she was a swimmer, played soccer, danced, did gymnastics and in high school was on a competitive cheerleading squad. When she discovered running it became one of her favorites. However, because she struggled with knee issues since high school, it wasn't always an option. After taking a long break from it, she began running again in 2008 and ran her first 1/2 marathon in 2009. Since then she has completed seven 1/2 marathons. Her knee pain started to return when she ran her 6th race. After the last one, it became clear that she needed to take a break again. That is when she decided to give Pilates a try. It was instant fitness love! She came home and told her husband that she wanted to be a Pilates instructor and he said, "That's the best idea you've ever had!"
Joseph Pilates said "Contrology (now known as Pilates) develops the body uniformly, corrects wrong postures, restores physical vitality, invigorates the mind, and elevates the spirit." It's true!! Wendy is amazed at how her body has transformed through consistent Pilates practice and loves how she feels mentally after a class. What she loves even more is having that same feeling teaching others!
Wendy completed her Pilates Instructor Training through Club Pilates. She is so pleased to be apart of the amazing Club Pilates family and is enjoying helping others achieve that same invigorating feeling and body transformation she experiences!
Outside the studio Wendy is an actor/artist, loves camping at Joshua Tree with her husband, and every November you'll see her and Paul keeping the walkers safe on the route of the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk.
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