ABOUT RACHEL

A dancer's eye.
A teacher's depth.
A performer's standard.

I came to Pilates the way many dancers do — out of necessity.

During my undergraduate training at UC Irvine, I was performing constantly and pushing my body hard. After major surgery, I found myself searching for a smarter way to rebuild — not just recover, but truly understand the body I was living in. A teacher introduced me to Pilates, and everything shifted. Not just physically, but in how I saw movement, training, and what it means to work with a body rather than against it.

That understanding carried me through years of professional performance — the Metropolitan Opera, the national Equity tour of Dirty Dancing, the Starz miniseries Flesh & Bone, and more.

It also became the foundation of how I teach.

Dance has always been my lens. It's how I read a body in motion, understand what's working and what's compensating, and know the difference between movement that looks right and movement that feels right from the inside. The somatic bodywork and intelligent biomechanics I've trained in for 18+ years are the tools. The dancer's eye is what makes them work differently.

Today I teach ballet and modern on faculty at Christopher Newport University, work with private clients in Hampton Roads, and am building something new for dancers and educators who want to go deeper into the body intelligence that sustains long, vibrant careers.

If you're reading this, you're probably someone who takes movement seriously — and wants more than another workout. You're in the right place.