ABOUT RACHEL

A dancer's eye.
A producer’s detail.
A teacher's depth.

I came to Pilates the way a lot of dancers do, out of necessity.

I was training at UC Irvine, performing constantly, pushing hard, when a surgery forced me to find a smarter way to rebuild. A teacher introduced me to Pilates, and it changed how I understood movement itself.

That knowledge carried me through the Metropolitan Opera, the Equity national tour of Dirty Dancing, years of stage and screen work, and producing my own shows through Strong Productions. It became the foundation of how I teach.

Eighteen years later, I've taught and trained bodies from So Cal studios to luxury gyms in New York, spent five years leading a fitness program at a private club in Las Vegas, and landed here, in Newport News, teaching dance faculty at Christopher Newport University and working with bodies one on one in the studio.

Dance is still my lens. It's how I read a body in motion. Classical Pilates, MELT Method, Barre, TRX, and Lagree are the tools, along with specialized training in neurological conditions and pre and postnatal Pilates. Eighteen years of somatic bodywork are what make it all work together.

If you take movement seriously, and want more than a workout, you're in the right place.

With love, Rachel