Nicole Miller was first introduced to Pilates while attending Birmingham Southern College of Birmingham, AL, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts specializing in sculpture. Upon graduation, Nicole moved to Boulder, CO, to study Pilates at The Pilates Center. Nicole submersed herself in the Pilates world in Boulder and became an assistant to her [...]
Muscle health and tone!
One of the essays that I was required to write during the training to become Certified Rolfer was on “tonus”. In its most simple sense we are speaking about muscle tone. In our culture, through our influence from the fitness industry we are led to believe that the more muscle tone the [...]
Jennifer Knight is a teacher by nature. She has been living on the Vineyard since she graduated college in 1994 and began a 10-year elementary school teaching career. In 2004, in the process of building her own home, she injured her back and began physical therapy. As a part of the recovery process, her physical [...]
Daryl Owens began practicing Pilates in 1994 when she was in high school at North Carolina School of the Arts studying dance. She danced and choreographed professionally in New York where she also became interested in movement therapies, yoga and developmental movement. She attended the Kripalu School of Massage where she trained in Swedish, Therapeutic [...]
Jil Marie Matrisciano has been a teacher with the VPC since 2004. Her certification included training with Stefan Knight and Ben Basar, as well as with various teachers from The Pilates Center in Boulder. She is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance and will begin her Masters Program through The Pilates Center this fall. [...]
Stefan Knight on Working with Clients from Film-Truth Productions on Vimeo.
As a personal trainer, Stefan was constantly approached by clients suffering from either acute injuries or chronic pain. To him, each person’s situation became a puzzle that he wanted to fix, he always wanted to do more, to heal, to prevent.
He picked up an anatomy [...]
Perhaps the most highly functional and personalized forms of exercise available, the Pilates Method improves both strength and flexibility. Vineyard Pilates teaches biomechanically sound movement skills, not just exercises. The core based skills that we teach are adapted by your body because they feel empowering and inherently good. Before you know it, you’re both consciously and [...]
