Kelly Milton - Owner/
BASI
Comprehensively Certified Pilates Instructor
Kelly Milton was raised in Pensacola, Florida and has always had a love for nutrition and
fitness. She attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she received her degree
in Management and also in Food Science and Human Nutrition. After graduating, she pursued her career with restaurant
management still unsure of her career choice. Having problems with low back pain, Kelly discovered Pilates as a way
to help alleviate the problem. She felt a great passion for Pilates and the results that came with the form
of movement. She did some research and enrolled in Body Arts and Science International.
Completing the 600-hour intensive program, Kelly received her certification and is certified to teach
on all Pilates apparatus as well as mat classes. She has also had the privilege of studying under Rael Isacowitz, the
Founder of Body Arts and Science International. Kelly has just also completed her Mentor Program in Pilates through
BASI. It is with this passion to teach and continue to learn that she decided to open her own private studio
and to share the knowledge of Pilates with so many.
She owned and operated a Pilates Studio in
McDonough, Georgia where she received tremendous support from the community and continued to grow her studio. Now
moving to The Woodlands, Texas for her husband's job transfer, she is excited about a new adventure in her career.
She is also a Pilates Ambassador for lululemon athletica, where she volunteers her time to help promote Pilates.
She is also currently pregnant and loves how Pilates has helped her keep her strength and flexibility during
her pregnancy.
"After moving to The Woodlands, I realized that there is a need for a Pilates
studio in the area that offered the same Pilates instruction of larger studios, without the added inconveniences.
There are too many people teaching Pilates without the proper certifications - or even without certifications. That
would be like going to a doctor with a "weekend degree". At Breathe Pilates Studio, each session is tailored
to your exact goals and moves at your pace all taught by fully certified instructors.
The results you will see are incredible and like no other exercise form around."
Laura Wiesner - BASI Comprehensively Certified Instructor
Laura
was raised in Spring, Texas, where she spent the majority of her time dancing ballet at the American Academy of Dance in Houston.
Throughout her training, she was able to travel around the nation attending various prestigious workshops to perfect her craft.
In 2001, Laura was invited to attend an arts competition in Miami where she finished 5th in the dance division
and also received a scholarship to attend the University of Oklahoma. While there, she was a member of the University’s
Oklahoma Festival Ballet, dancing many ballets on campus as well as travelling to France to perform a famous piece by George
Balanchine. Soon after her experience over seas, Laura started dancing professionally with the Bruce Wood
Dance Company in Ft. Worth, Texas. After 20 years of dance, ballet started taking a toll on her body and she realized it was
time to stop. Laura moved back home to be with her family and also with her high school sweetheart. They married in January
2008. Laura missed the movement of dance and started taking Pilates as a form of exercise. Having similarities
to the movement of dance, Laura fell in love with the practice. She soon realized that this is how she can keep mind- body
awareness and movement in her life. Laura became a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine
in June of 2009. She soon discovered the Body Arts Science International (BASI) certification program and is on the road to
completing her certification on all apparatus and mat. Her passion is to teach others how to understand
their bodies and feel rejuvenated upon completing a Pilates session.
Melanie Nasser - Comprehensively Certified D.K. Body Balancing
Melanie Nasser grew up in the Woodlands before leaving to pursue a career as a Professional
Dancer. She has been Principal Dancer with Tulsa Ballet as well as Ohio Ballet, and has performed Internationally on stages
as far flung as Hawaii, Japan, and New York.
Melanie's interest in -- and respect for -- Pilates developed well
before she began instructing: she is a direct beneficiary of the healing power of the method. Melanie learned the rehabilitative
benefits of Pilates first hand after an ACL tear that could have been a career ending mishap when her
performing life was extended through a combination of orthopedic surgery and intensive Pilates based therapy.
When
an opportunity to build a Pilates programme fell in her lap several years later, Melanie became certified through D.K. Body Balancing and retired
from dance. She has taught for most of the past decade at Body In Line in Tulsa, where her clientele has ranged in ages from
aspiring young dancers to spry senior citizens, from expectant mothers to athletes returning from injury, from business men
reclaiming fitness after heart surgery to a former member of the US Olympic Tae Kwon Do team.
Melanie is excited
to be back in the Woodlands as part of the Breathe Pilates Studio team, and looks forward to sharing her years of experience
with the community.
Autumn Morgenstern - Comprehensively Certified Kane School of Core Integration
Autumn grew up in Orlando, FL where she performed with Orlando Ballet’s
The Nutcracker and danced at Walt Disney World. She also worked at Tokyo Disneyland in Japan
and danced for Holland America Cruise Lines. Among her other experiences include work in film and television with musical
groups such as Outkast and appearances on The Today Show, CNN, The Division and America’s
Health Network. Currently, she teaches a workshop to studios across the country called Dance Audition Workshop.
Along
with her dance career, she graduated from the University of Florida with a BS in Telecommunications
with an emphasis’ on directing and producing and a Minor in Theatre. After suffering from many injuries while dancing
she turned to Pilates for rehabilitation and decided to continue her education in NYC at The Kane School of Core Integration
for Pilates and is certified on both mat and equipment.
Tiffany McLeod - Power Pilates Comprehensively Certified
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