Pilates on Hudson
Marilyn Miller - Pilates on Hudson Owner, Stott Pilates (tm) Certified Instructor, A.C.E. Personal Trainer
Marilyn was first introduced to pilates at the University of Utah's prestigious ballet training program, and continued with it as her dance career took her from Salt Lake City to Oregon and finally San Francisco, where she was a soloist with the San Francisco Opera. "Pilates always got me back onstage, dancing better than I had before I got injured", says Marilyn, who was fortunate to have access to the Center for Dance Medicine at St. Francis Hospital. There she did pilates as part of the orthopedic-postrehabilitation aspect of her physical therapy. She was priviledged to have had some great instructors, including Elizabeth Larkham, now the head of Balanced Body's Pilates Education Department, Director of Pilates and Beyond at the San Francisco Bay Club, a senior consultant to Pilates Style Magazine and Pilates Pro.com.
Marilyn's personal experience doing pilates in a post-rehabilitation setting sold her on the benefits of pilates, particularly in muscular re-strengthening and realignment. She chose to certify through Stott Pilates as it takes a biomechanical approach to teaching the classical exercises of Joseph Pilates. "It's not that I don't believe everyone can benefit from the traditional exercises - I know they can. But with our sedentary society, there are a lot of people who simply don't have the strength or understanding of physical exercise to do them immediately. That's why I try to find someone's 'Zero Point', the level that is best for them to start at, and that may or may not be a traditional pilates exercise."
Shortly after she moved to New York her dance career came to an end, thanks to numerous long-standing injuries. Not giving up her love of fitness, she first became certified with the American Council on Exercise as a Personal Trainer in November 2000, and completed her full Stott Pilates Comprehensive Certification in 2003. After training at numerous clubs and studios in Westchester and New York, including Club Fit JV and Briarcliff, Bedford Pilates, and the New York Sports and Raquet Club, she opened her own studio in 2003.
Marilyn is a Master Trainer and specializes in working with clients who require detailed attention to specific orthopedic problems. She is available throughout the week for private or partner lessons and consultations.
Marilyn's personal experience doing pilates in a post-rehabilitation setting sold her on the benefits of pilates, particularly in muscular re-strengthening and realignment. She chose to certify through Stott Pilates as it takes a biomechanical approach to teaching the classical exercises of Joseph Pilates. "It's not that I don't believe everyone can benefit from the traditional exercises - I know they can. But with our sedentary society, there are a lot of people who simply don't have the strength or understanding of physical exercise to do them immediately. That's why I try to find someone's 'Zero Point', the level that is best for them to start at, and that may or may not be a traditional pilates exercise."
Shortly after she moved to New York her dance career came to an end, thanks to numerous long-standing injuries. Not giving up her love of fitness, she first became certified with the American Council on Exercise as a Personal Trainer in November 2000, and completed her full Stott Pilates Comprehensive Certification in 2003. After training at numerous clubs and studios in Westchester and New York, including Club Fit JV and Briarcliff, Bedford Pilates, and the New York Sports and Raquet Club, she opened her own studio in 2003.
Marilyn is a Master Trainer and specializes in working with clients who require detailed attention to specific orthopedic problems. She is available throughout the week for private or partner lessons and consultations.
Janice Livingston, Stott Pilates Mat Instructor
Utilizing skills she honed as a Fith Grade teacher in New York City during her first career, Janice brings her natural teaching ability and her love of fitness to Pilates on Hudson. After retirement as a formal educator, she decided to pursue her passion of fitness, and became certified as a Stott Pilates (tm) Mat Pilates Instructor and also a Vinyasa Yoga Instructor. Teaching for the last two years at Pilates on Hudson, she guides clients through intensive workouts on the mat and more recently on the Stott Pilates Stability Chair. Janice loves working with people of all ages, and enjoys adding a bit more "zing" to a typical workout by incorporating small hand weights, doing a few more reps, or challenging you with the various pilates props. Janice is a Junior Level Instructor.
Karen McDaniel, Pilates Academy International Reformer Instructor
After doing just a few lessons, Karen too was sold on pilates. "I loved how my body felt everytime I left the studio, and I would loved to be able to do that for other people." Thus began Karen's journey down the pilates path. Always athletic, she enjoys the workout aspect of pilates, but as the mother of two young twins, can really appreciate the re-alingment and re-strengthening side of it as well. Fascinated with learning more about anatomy and being able to apply that to her teaching, Karen is completing her Reformer Certification. Karen is an Apprentice Level Instructor and teaches mornings and late afternoons during the week.