Club Pilates

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  Clare Stelling

  Clare Stelling, LMT, Certified Pilates Method

  Clare Stelling, began a lifelong passion as a dancer at a young age, danced all through high school and college at Emerson College Boston, 1985. She danced professionally, but numerous injuries brought her performance aspirations to a halt. However after going thru PT, and massage therapy, she was inspired to embark in the field of mind body therapies and rehabilitation that would be a lifelong path. Clare moved to LA in 1995, began to study yoga and embraced a career working with Physical and Occupational Therapists. Clare was encouraged to explore Massage Therapy as a career and received her certification in MT, in 1996. During that time, she was introduced to Pilates and found it to be a tremendous means of rehab for not only herself, but her massage clients. Pilates not only changed her body, but changed her LIFE ! In 1998, Clare enrolled in the Physicalmind Institute 2-year Pilates Mat and Apparatus certification program in California under the tutelage of Maria Leone, and Jillian Hessel and completed her certification in NYC. She continued with advanced Pilates training with Ron Fletcher, Moria Stott, Brent Anderson, and Alycea Ungaro, and opened the first and the only fully equipped Pilates studio in Rockland County. She along with her staff of amazing teachers brought outstanding awareness of Pilates to the area while it was still in its infancy. Clare proceeded to grow and teach and mentor other teachers, and has been asked to pilot Pilates programs in other dedicated Pilates Studios, corporate fitness programs, dance and yoga studios. Clare masterfully integrates her Pilates sessions, with her skills as a Body worker, mind-body therapist, and Reiki practitioner, and influences from her own practice and study in dance, yoga, Gyrokenesis, Feldenkrais, and Qi-gong. Clare is not only stronger now than ever, and happy to be back to dancing and performing regularly,

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  Debbie Christensen

  Senior Pilates Instructor

  Debbie comes to us with over 30 years of group exercise expertise and has been teaching Pilates for almost 20 years! She began her fitness career in 1986 as a Group Fitness Instructor. She has managed fitness programming for World Gym Paramus, the Palisadium in Fort Lee and Town Sports International. She also owns and manages her own personal training business. She became Pilates mat certified in 1998 and literally brought mat Pilates to Bergen County! In 2002 she obtained her first apparatus certification from IMX. Later obtaining certifications in Pilates Tower and Small Props from Power Pilates, Exo Chair from Balanced Body and her Barre certification from Vbarre. In July of 2002 Debbie suffered a personal tragedy. As we know life is so precious, so much so that the experienced changed her. She began to feel in her heart and soul that she should reach out and help people of all ages and levels of experience to achieve peace, serenity and balance in their lives. Her intention is to share this principle along with her knowledge and expertise in fitness to help bring you a true mind body connection on your Pilates journey.

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  Kim Boehm

  Pilates Instructor

  Kim began her fitness career at age 16 working front desk at Classic Athletics Club in Mahwah. From there she was certified in group fitness and went on to become a personal trainer. Kim spent years of going to school for marketing and working at various electronics companies in their marketing department. However, she continued to work weeknights and weekends to continue to do what she enjoyed most, fitness. After starting a family, her twin daughters finally started school, so Kim decided to get certified in mat and reformer Pilates through IMX. Kim has been teaching privately in her studio in Franklin Lakes and in Ramsey for the past 13 years. During one of her runs, Kim fell, and later learned that she needed back surgery. Instead, she opted to use Pilates to rehabilitate. With a healthy back, thanks to her Pilates practice, Kim continues to bring power of positive thinking and healing to all.

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  Maria Om

  Master Trainer

  Maria began her fitness career as a Yoga Instructor in 1999. Though her adult education career began back in 80's in the software industry. As she transitioned to fitness she found she wanted to add to her class offerings, tried Pilates and loved it! She studied with Lesley A. Powell and Doris Pasteleur Hall of Movements Afoot in New York City and earned her apparatus certification through the PhysicalMind Institute in 2006. While in the software business Maria managed customer support, installation, education and documentation teams. It was very easy for her to apply her management experience to the fitness industry. She was a Genera Manager for New York Sports Club, Assistant Manager at American Woman, Personal Training Manager at Woman's Way Fitness, and a Fitness Director for Country Club Fitness. She has a home studio in West Milford, NJ where she teaches Yoga, Pilates and Reiki. Maria OM's Mindful Body is a Registered Yoga School with the Yoga Alliance and she also facilitates 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training programs. She is very excited to share her knowledge and experiences with Club Pilates Members.

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  Patricia McTigue

  Pilates Instructor

  Pattie McTigue began her Pilates training while studying ballet at The New Jersey Ballet Company. She graduated from Fordham University with a degree in English Literature and attained her Classical Pilates Certification from Core Pilates NYC. After graduating, she continued as a full time student at the French Academie of Ballet in New York City and was accepted to join the Premier Division Ballet Company in 2014. Subsequently, she completed Broadway Dance Centers Professional Semester and became a certified Personal Trainer (NASM). She has performed at the Paper Mill Playhouse, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Bergen PAC and at the Alvin Ailey Theater. Her passion for Pilates has assisted in her ballet career and she is ardent about sharing all the benefits Pilates has to offer.

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  Joy Mino

  Pilates Instructor

  A fully certified Stott Pilates instructor for the past 13 years, Joy Mino received her training at Pilates on Fifth in New York City. She teaches Mat classes and private and group equipment training sessions. Starting her fitness career as a group fitness instructor in 1999, she has continued her studies to include Total Barre and TRX Suspension Training as well as Pilates for Injuries and Special Populations. With a deep respect for the body and an emphasis on form and alignment, she provides her clients with tools to increase range of motion, flexibility, strength and spinal mobility. Her ultimate goal is for her clients to take that knowledge and body awareness and utilize it in their everyday activities. Additionally, Joy is a Sound Healing practitioner using Himalayan Singing Bowls. She leads group meditations and works with her clients privately to quiet the mind, clear energetic and emotional blockages decrease anxiety and open pathways to healing.

• Denise Donofrio

  Pilates Instructor

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  Erika Mandingin

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  Leah Cuevas

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  Joclene Harper