Shasta fell in love with Pilates in 2003. After taking her first apparatus class, she immediately signed up for Teacher Training at Core Pilates NYC. Over the years she has been grateful to attend workshops with the Pilates Masters and their Students including Lolita San Miguel, Ron Fletcher, Alan Herdman, Mary Bowen, Mari Windsor, Elizabeth Larkam, John Garey and many others. Shasta lives with her husband Doug and 2 children, Charlie and Dash, in East Hampton, NY .
Shasta is a Clinical Pilates Instructor with over 20 years of teaching experience in The Hamptons, NYC and Westchester with clients from 12 - 90 years old.
Selected Additional Credentials:
Shasta is a Clinical Pilates Instructor with over 20 years of teaching experience in The Hamptons, NYC and Westchester with clients from 12 - 90 years old.
Selected Additional Credentials:
- Clinical Pilates Diploma - Breathe Education
- Former Club Pilates Master Trainer - Running National Teacher Trainings
- Named as Top 10 Club Pilates Instructors Internationally in 2018
- Certified Pre/Post Natal/Pelvic Floor Exercise Specialist
- TRX Certified Instructor - additional TRX training with Pilates 949
- Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Certified Exercise Specialist
- Institute for Integrative Nutrition Certified Health Coach
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Lauren Tekverk Lauren is available for in studio sessions on Saturday's May - August and in studio and in home sessions Tuesday's July-August. Lauren, is a contemporary Pilates instructor with a classical background from the Kane School NYC & Ramona Kryzanowska. She believes body awareness and a strong mind-body connection gives us the ability to connect with our restorative potential. In class, she places strong emphasis on breathing as a key to mastering the principles of Pilates (concentration, centering, control, precision, fluidity) and for its ability to energize the body while assisting in the execution of the exercise. Lauren is known for her playful and supportive teaching style, strong knowledge of anatomy, physical alignment. Vivid imagery and regular feedback inspire students to test their strengths and feel their best! She has been in the Fitness field for over thirteen years. Her background includes practical experience and formal education in these key areas: All levels Pilates mat and equipment certification (Kane School NYC), Holistic Nutrition Certification (Institute of Integrative Nutrition/ Teachers College at Columbia Univ.), private & group instruction, injury prevention, muscular imbalance correction, core strengthening, trunk stabilization, exercise modifications and variations specific to personal needs. |
Gregory Louis
Gregory is available for in studio and in home Sessions Sunday & Monday July-August.
Gregory is passionate about movement and feels fortunate to have found, in the fundamentals of the Pilates practice, a methodology that understands movement itself as the foundation of a healthy lifestyle. Dogged by old sports injuries, he first came to the practice in his early 20s while living in Los Angeles. After his very first experience—a magic circle mat class he took at a gym he belonged to at the time—he knew he had stumbled upon something truly revolutionary, and decided to become a teacher just six months later. “Something this powerful,” he thought, “must be shared with others.”
Gregory was classically certified in 2013 through the Equinox Pilates Teacher Training Institute, and in the decade since has worked with teacher-mentors from several ideologies across the larger Pilates spectrum including BASI, Stott and PhysicalMind. During his years in LA he was also fortunate to have shot multiple campaigns as a fitness model for Peak Pilates, and was featured as a workout contributor and cover model for Pilates Style Magazine. In 2018, Gregory moved to New York, and currently resides in Brooklyn. In addition to his teaching practice in the city, he’s spent several summers working with clients in the Hamptons (plus an entire year spent living and teaching in Sag Harbor).
Inspired by the language of Joseph Pilates’ original method--Contrology, as “complete coordination of body, mind and spirit”—Gregory teaches Pilates as a living, ever-evolving movement philosophy, grounded in the belief that breath and movement are our best tools for achieving overall wellbeing. "At its best,” Gregory likes to say, "Pilates is so much more than just a ‘workout!’”
