Emily discovered Pilates after having her 5th child. She tried pelvic floor therapy and felt she needed something more to sufficiently rehab her whole body.  She turned to the principles of Pilates for healing. 

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Emily is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist.  She is dual certified with Classical Pilates level 1 and Modern Comprehensive certification in Pilates mat and mixed apparatus.

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Degrees: M.S. in Occupational Therapy, B.S. in Health Science with a minor in Psychology and focus in Special Education from Duquesne University.  

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"It doesn't matter if you became a mother last week or 50 years ago, your body deserves all the benefits Pilates provides to put you back together.  You deserve to repair and redeem your mental, sexual, and physical self so you can continue to care for others."

Cara Metallo began her Pilates journey in 2005 in New York City. In 2009 she was certified in Mat Pilates from PHI. Cara has been teaching with the Fox Chapel Area Adult education since then.

 

In 2011 she was certified as a Holistic Health Care Professional from the American Association of Drug less Practitioners and the School of Integrative Nutrition. 

 

Cara has a comprehensive Reformer certification including, Chair, Tower, TRX,  and Trigger Point release. Cara believes in the classic Pilates Principles and teaches with a fun, energetic modern twist.

Karen has over 35 years teaching movement in Pittsburgh at esteemed locations such as Capa, Point Park University, Wellspring Pilates, the Pilates Centre and many others.

 

Karen has certifications in Core Dynamics Pilates, Gyrotonic Expansion System and Tower, as well as Gyro kinesis.

 

Degrees: B.S. in Health and Physical Education, B.A. in Dance Science. 

Kim began her Pilates journey by agreeing to attend a class with a friend. This led to 8 years of practice that evolved to accepting an opportunity to become a certified Stott Pilates instructor.

 

After achieving all levels matwork and  reformer certification 2016, she taught at the Pilates Centre until its closure in 2020. Kim has training for the chair, stability ball, fitness circle, BOSU, arc barrel and Cadillac. Her training includes Pilates for rehabilitation consisting of fascial focus, foundational movement, athletic conditioning and golf conditioning with the V2Max Plus Reformer.  These trainings compliment her rehabilitative knowledge and experience as an Occupational Therapist and Certified Hand Therapist.  Kim lead the rehabilitation program for the Pittsburgh hand transplant team. She now works in the field of health care Compliance.

 

Degrees: Master's degree in Occupational Therapy from Boston University and a B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Communications from Carlow College.