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Our team of professionals cares about your experience and results! Each IM=X Pilates Studio has certified instructors and personal trainers who have gone through the IM=X Pilates and Fitness Certifications. Our Master Trainers are available to ensure that you are achieving your goals. Whether you need to lose weight, reduce back pain, improve performance, reduce age-related incontinence or just feel strong, our trainers are available to help. Steven J. Smith, Owner, IM=X Pilates Advanced Instructor. As an avid cyclist and triathlete, Steve discovered the benefit of IM=X Pilates during his triathlon training where the development of functional strength, flexibility, and injury prevention are paramount. As a fourteen year veteran of the corporate world, opening an IM=X Pilates Studio provided Steve the opportunity to marry his business background and experience with his passion for fitness and endurance training. In addition to being an IM=X Certified Pilates Instructor, Steve is a Certified USA Cycling Coach and Certified Spinning Instructor. Steve lives in Dublin with his wife Laurie, daughter Samantha, and their dog Grace. Nicole Bagguley, IM=X Pilates Certified Instructor. Nicole has B.S. in Kinesiology and a minor in Psychology from Arizona State University. From a very young age Nicole structured her life around health and fitness, so it is no wonder to her friends and family that she has such a desire to pass on her fitness knowledge to others. Nicole is also an ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine) certified personal trainer and incorporates her knowledge of IM=X Pilates into her every day training. IM=X Pilates has not only helped her to become more in tune with her own body, but it has also helped her become more efficient in her distance running and strength training. Patty Haug, IM=X Pilates and Yoga Master Trainer. Patty is currently a graduate student of Kinesiology at California State University, East Bay. Her background includes 20 years of dance and an undergraduate degree in Musical Theater. When pilates became a new form of movement practice and she experienced phenomenal changes in her overall health, she eagerly moved forward to be certified as an instructor so that she could share the benefits of this exercise form with others. In addition to her university studies, Patty continues to gain certifications annually in health and wellness programs that focus on advanced movement practices, rehabilitation, spinal care, teaching techniques, sound/voice vibration and breathing. Vanessa Naja, IM=X Pilates Certified Instructor. Vanessa is a respected world fusion dance instructor and performer. Her dance/movement background includes ballet, jazz, hip hop, salsa, flamenco, Indonesian , Indian, Middle Eastern and North African dance as well as yoga, pilates, qigong and the Alexander Technique. Vanessa has taught and performed dance throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. An interest in alignment, body mechanics and therapeutic application of movement led her to the advanced studies teacher training at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco and later to IM=X Pilates. Vanessa truly enjoys sharing the knowledge she has gained through her extensive work with various movement disciplines and applying this knowledge to compliment her experience as an IM=X Pilates instructor. Betty Neal, IM=X Pilates Advanced Certified Instructor. Betty believes that movement, awareness, and core strength are the keys to longevity and wellness. Betty believes anyone can turn their body clocks around with effort, persistence, and a willingness to change. Betty has been inspired by her father to help others maintain a healthy lifestyle which includes fitness through Yoga and Pilates. Her father received a wake up call in his 40's with a minor heart attack which put him on a path to converting his lifestyle to include daily exercise leading to multiple cross-country Century bike rides from coast to coast in his mid-late 60's. In addition to her IM=X Advanced and Spinal certifications, Betty also has obtained several traditional pilates certifications and is an accomplished yoga instructor Teresa Pick, IM=X Pilates Certified Instructor. Teresa began dancing at age 5, taking classes in ballet, tap and jazz, and performing in several local musical theater productions. After high school she took a break from performing to focus on her studies at UC Davis, where she received a B.S. in Chemistry in 2001. Soon after returning to ballet in 2006 after an eight year hiatus Teresa found IM=X Pilates after fracturing a bone in her foot. She was able to continue to work at improving her posture, strength and flexibility while allowing her foot to heal. Currently, Teresa works full time doing cancer research and enjoys working part time as an IM=X Pilates instructor to help balance out her left-brainedness. She lives in Danville with her husband, Jeff, and cat, Crash. Veronica Reinert, IM=X Pilates Certified Instructor. Veronica moved to the Bay Area recently from Stockton, CA, where she taught dance and gymnastics to various age groups and skill levels over the past 4 years. She has had several years of dance and gymnastics experience beginning from when she was a child and currently attends the Contra Costa Ballet School. Veronica is pursuing mutliple degrees in Dance, History, and German, and plans on becoming a teacher. Anna Sweeney, IM=X Pilates Certified Instructor. Anna started her career in 1999 as a Massage Therapist with interest in helping the body heal itself naturally. Anna has continued to study and learn about movement using Pilates as a way to help with her own back issues and problems. Anna loves learning how to strengthen the body and in turn teach others to do the same. In addition to her IM=X Pilates certifications, Anna is Pilates mat and apparatus certified through Balanced Body University. Beth Hada , IM=X Pilates Certified Instructor.
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