Dr. Brent Anderson (Miami, FL)
PhD, PT, OCS, NCPT
Polestar Pilates International
Brent Anderson, PT, PhD, OCS, NCPT, President and CEO of Polestar Pilates International, is a leader in global health, movement science, and pain management through movement and spine health. He is a licensed physical therapist and orthopedic certified specialist that has practiced physical therapy for over 30 years.
He lectures widely at national and international symposia and consults with physical therapy companies, universities, and other educational bodies throughout the world. He is a leading authority in performing arts medicine, Pilates for rehabilitation, and pain management by providing successful movement experiences without pain. He was involved in the development of the PMA Pilates Certification Program, the exam, and served on the Certification Commission.
Brent founded Polestar Pilates Education, a research-based Pilates teacher training school currently operating in more than 40 countries and 12 languages. He is also assistant professor at University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. Recently, he launched Polestar Life, an holistic approach to healthy living that offers simple solutions to complex social health dilemmas.
bda@polestarpilates.com
Rucha Deshpande (Pune, India)
ACSM, CPT & BBME – Pilates & Barre
R Pilates
Founder of R pilates studio, the first pilates studio in Pune (India) with Reformers, Towers, Trapeze, Chairs, Arcs MOTR’s, Bodhi ,Core-Align, Mat and Barre ACSM CPT, Comprehensive instructor of Balanced Body and Master Instructor for Balanced Body Barre.
ruchadeshpandemulay@gmail.com
Nico Gonzalez (Blue Ash, OH)
BS, NCPT, ACE-PT
Fitness Physiques by Nico G
Nico Gonzalez is a global educator in both Pilates and fitness bringing over 25 years of experience from the industry. Nico has traveled internationally over the past 15 years delivering workshops in movement, studio management, and motivation.
Currently Nico owns the brick and mortar Fitness Physiques by Nico G in Blue Ash, Ohio where he trains clients throughout the week. This is also where he has the exclusive Southwest Ohio Authorized Training Center for Balanced Body education in Pilates, Anatomy in 3 Dimensions, CoreAlign, Bodhi, & MOTR. Nico is also the creator and master trainer for Vital Online Wellness; an online resource for movement specialists looking for next-level education.
mrnicog@gmail.com
Dr. Deepali Gupta (Pune, India)
MD (Hom), PGDHM, PGDCP, ACSM, NCPT, BBME
iKore Pilates
Dr. Deepali Gupta has been presented with The Pilates Ambassador India – Asia award by the Asia
Pilates Alliance (APA).She is a Balanced Body Educator, recognized for her expertise in various specialized subjects such as Anatomy in 3 Dimensions, Pilates (Parts 1 and 2), Corealign (Levels 1 and 2), MOTR, Bodhi, and Advanced Movement Principle.
Her extensive qualifications include completion of the Franklin program (Level 2) and proficiency in
teaching Garuda matwork. She also conducts Y.U.R back classes, specializing in back injuries. Dr. Deepali Gupta is certified in Fletcher work and as a Vagus nerve reset professional.
Her impressive credentials include an M.D in Homeopathy, a Doctor of Medicine in Homeopathy, a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology (PGDCP), and a Post Graduate Diploma in Emergency Medical Science (PGDEMS).
Dr.Deepali Gupta is passionate about inspiring, educating and empowering pilates teachers and is
thrilled to be working with Balanced Body on this mission. She is the Founder and Director of the Homeopathic Fitness Studio, iKore Pilates, and also serves as the Managing Director of iKore Pilates Education.
deepali@ikorepilates.com
Radhika Karle (Mumbai, India)
MS (Nutrition & Dietetics) – USA, BBME
Radhika Karle is a Balanced Body Pilates Master Educator, Founder of Radhika’s Balanced Body – a chain of fully equipped Pilates studios across Mumbai & Hyderabad.
She has been teaching Pilates for over 15 years. Her classes include a healthy mix of strength training, mobility, and balance while weaving in Joseph Pilate’s principles of focus & concentration, flow, and whole – body integration.
Through the Balanced Body Pilates education program, she has trained over 150 fitness professionals and enthusiasts from all over India as well as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the Middle East, Nepal, and Bhutan.
Radhika’s aim is to get Pilates into every household across the country as it is a form of mindful movement that she truly believes that it heals bodies.
radhika@balancedbody.in
Chetan Mahadik (Mumbai, India)
Balanced Body Certified Pilates Teacher, ACSM – CPT, Balanced Body MOTR Certified
Radhika’s Balanced Body
Chetan became a Balanced Body comprehensively certified Pilates teacher with Master Educator Radhika Karle. At Radhika’s Balanced Body, Chetan’s role as Head Trainer takes him to cities across the country to teach workshops, be a part of fitness expositions, and develop Pilates workshops for continuing education.
Chetan has over 16 years of training experience varying from strength & conditioning to functional training to mat flow, and Pilates on the apparatus. Chetan brings his “healthier is happier” motto to his workouts.
cmfitnesscoach@gmail.com
Nina Metternich (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
PT, D.O ( Osteopath) Polestar Pilates Europe, Inventor Spinefitter,
Head of Education Sissel Academy.
Nina Metternich developed the idea of the Spinefitter. She has worked as a physiotherapist for 30 years and expanded her training 25 years ago to include Pilates training in the USA.
She works as a Polestar Educator in Europe since 20 years.
She is completing her studies in osteopathy in order to combine osteopathy with Pilates training.
She is the owner of a practice that combines Pilates training with osteopathy.
Since the development of the Spine fitter, she has been teaching courses worldwide to introduce her holistic back training.
The combination of Pilates, therapy and Spinefitter training has enabled her to train both: very immobile patients and top Olympic athletes.
Dr. Shilpa Narang (Surat, Gujarat)
BPT, Balanced Body Comprehensively Certified, DNHE, IAFT Certified Therapeutic Power Yoga
FITMOTIVATION
Dr Shilpa Narang has been practising physiotherapy for almost 14 years and has been a Pilates teacher for 10 years. She believes strongly in the transformative power of Pilates which she blends seamlessly with her physiotherapy practice.
Shilpa’s studio, Fitmotivation, at Surat, is one of the largest Pilates studios in India with over 2000 square feet that is fully equipped with Balanced Body Pilates equipment.
Along with her team of 12 physiotherapists, Shilpa has helped more than 2000 clients and patients in achieving their fitness goals.
fitmotivation.in@gmail.com
Portia Page (Roseburg, OR)
NCPT, ACE, AFAA, RYT®200, BBME, Balanced Body Education Curriculum Coordinator
Balanced Body
Portia has been in the mind-body & fitness industry for over 30 years as a teacher, program and fitness director, international presenter and author. She is a Master Instructor for Balanced Body and the author of Pilates Illustrated.
Portia has a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science from UCSD and is ACE and AFAA certified as well as a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher and CEC provider through NPCP. She studied under the Cancer Exercise Training Institute (CETI) whose program was developed for health & fitness professionals seeking to attain a higher level of mastery and work with cancer patients during and after cancer surgery & treatment, into survivorship. Portia is also a RYT® 200 with Yoga Alliance.
portia.page@pilates.com
Joy Puleo (Sacramento, CA)
Balanced Body Education Director, MA, BBME, NCPT
Balanced Body
In July of 2013, Joy moved, with her family, from New York to Sacramento, California to join Nora St. John and the rest of the Balanced Body team to work on developing curriculum and educational programming.
Joy has been teaching Pilates teachers since 2002 and in the health and wellness industry since 1996. Joy earned her masters degree from Columbia University in Applied Physiology. As a lecturer she presents at conferences and studios across the country and abroad and with Balanced Body, she is a regular at most Pilates on Tour Conference.
In addition to her degree Joy is PMA certified, A.C.S.M. certified and is able to provide ACE credits for students who take her classes. She is a fully qualified Balanced Body Pilates Instructor and teacher trainer, CoreAlign and Bodhi Suspension System master trainer and a graduate of the PhysicalMind Institute.
Joy was also trained on the GYROTONIC,® Level I and the Ladder. In 2011 Joy founded Body Wise Connection, a not-for-profit which works with women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Body Wise Connections sole purpose is to remind women that even in the throes of a diagnosis and treatment for cancer the body can heal and strengthen. Body Wise Connection works to restore physical self awareness and empowerment through gentle, rhythmic Pilates based movements.
Though Joy is no longer in New York, Joys work has expanded to include all cancer patients regardless of the primary cancer diagnosis. Joy believes that movement changes lives and that education is the key to unlocking potential. Joy is thrilled to be working with Balanced Body on the shared mission of elevating mindful movement as a component to long term health and wellbeing.
joy.puleo@pilates.com
Erika Quest (San Juan Capistrano, CA)
NCPT, BOSU
Balanced Body Educator
I used to sell cheeseburgers, true story…. As a self-proclaimed “Certified La Pistola” I’ve been in the international fitness, wellness and Pilates education business for over 16 years travelling and speaking worldwide. As the Founder of Level Up MVMT, I help instructors Level Up their programming, movement and coaching skills through creative curriculum development, research backed strategies and user-friendly plug and play formats.
This, coupled with vitality and business coaching, changes the paradigm for the movement teacher, allowing them to embody their BETTER and not MORE while thriving in an industry often riddled with burnout. Find me worldwide and virtual as premier presenter at many fitness and wellness conferences including Pilates on Tour, Pilates Method Alliance, IDEA®, ACSM, SCW, AFC, Pilates in Asia and many more. And yes, I’m a former corporate marketer who specialized in fast food clients and I left the biz and took a BIG LEAP into studio ownership, wellness, freelance marketing and much more in 2005.
My joy is creating community, championing and supporting others and delivering my passion of Pilates and integrated movement. NCPT Certified, Balanced Body® Master Instructor, BASI™ Graduate, BOSU Elite Master Trainer. Find me: IG: @erikaquest Web: levelupmvmt.com or erikaquest.com
erika@levelupmvmt.com
Sheetal Shah (Mumbai, India)
Balanced Body Educator
Sheetal embarked on her fitness journey after becoming a mother and leaving her career in asset management. She spent years trying everything – from aerobics, weight training, yoga and spinning. Despite exploring & training at all avenues, she found something lacking in her routine, essentially a mind-body connection missing.
This quest led her to discover the world of Pilates, and in 2010 she obtained certification from Balanced Body Inc., mastering various Pilates equipment. She then established Sheetal’s Core Pilates Studio, dedicated to improving the fitness, flexibility, and overall well-being of her diverse clientele, from working professionals to celebrities and athletes. Sheetal’s passion for Pilates has made her a dedicated advocate for holistic health and fitness in Bombay.
sheetal1969@yahoo.com
Bindiya Shetty (Mumbai, India)
Balanced Body Certified Pilates Teacher, Pilates Institute of America, Balanced Body MOTR Certified, Animal Flow by Global Bodyweight Training & Movement Flow
Radhika’s Balanced Body
Bindiya Shetty is an internationally certified group exercise teacher from Reebok Instructor Alliance and personal trainer with over 25 years of experience in the fitness industry. She is one of the first in India to become a Balanced Body comprehensively certified Pilates teacher in 2019.
As the Head of Learning and Development at Radhika’s Balanced Body, Bindiya brings her wide variety of training techniques to the various workshops she teaches. Through a combination of mobility, strength, balance, and agility, Bindiya creates good strong movement for life which she brings to her workouts.
bee.shetty@gmail.com
Viktor Uygan (Mission Viejo, CA)
NCPT, BBME
Konnect Method
Viktor Uygan is the Creator of the Konnect Method and the Inventor of the Balanced Body Konnector. The Konnector is a single-rope pulley system with loops for all four limbs. The patented design enables the independent yet simultaneous movement of both arms and legs while the user experiences constant proprioceptive feedback through the single rope.
This innovative concept came from his Konnect Method. However, Viktor’s journey to the Konnector and his Konnect Methodology grew from many roots.
Viktor’s formal movement studies began in dance as a young boy with ballet training in Turkey and Italy. With multiple certifications and mastery level ballet training (Cecchetti technique and American Ballet Theater curriculum), along with over 15 years of a successful professional ballet career, Viktor shifted his focus to the kinesiological side of the human movement.
In 1992, Viktor started studying with the BodyCode System and Gyrotonic® in Italy. He was introduced to Pilates after moving to the US in 1993 and studied for six years before he was certified in 1999 from DK Body Balancing through the University of Nevada, accredited through the Nevada State Board of Physical Therapy.
Viktor is grateful to have had the pleasure of learning from many great mentors in the industry during these last twenty years of teaching. He has been a Balanced Body Master Instructor since 2012, teaching the entire Pilates comprehensive, Anatomy in 3D, Bodhi, MOTR, and CoreAlign courses.
Intertwining the foundations of ballet artistry, anatomical structure, and kinesiological functionality, Viktor explored and expanded on his origins of movement to create his Konnect Method. He is now traveling worldwide with Pilates on Tour and movement conferences, training instructors on a wide variety of new and innovative exercises with the Konnector, and his Konnect Method.
Info@konnectmethod.com
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