Our Instructors

 
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RANDI STONE

Randi studied with Romana Kryzanowska, protégé of Joseph Pilates; Sue Hitzman, founder of the MELT Method; and Julie Tupler, creator of Diastasis Rehab. She is also certified in Power Pilates mat and is a pelvic floor guru. Randi trains all body types and caters to people with varied interests – men and women who want to increase their flexibility, people who want to strengthen and lengthen their muscles for a longer and leaner look, people recovering from injuries, new mothers seeking to reach their potential, and athletes looking to improve sports performance and prevent injury. Randi’s clients range from professional athletes and sports team trainers to Broadway dancers to pre and post-natal women to people recuperating from injuries and trauma, like strokes. Pilates also keeps Randi herself fit so she can keep up with her teenage twins!

 
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VERONICA RECIO

Veronica Recio is a classically trained certified Pilates instructor, certified through Equinox. An experienced teacher, with an educational background in Exercise Science, she has been teaching fitness for 10 years. Veronica discovered the power of Pilates when personally using it to recover from an injury herself. It helped her so much that she decided to become an instructor to pass on its incredible benefits to others. Veronica’s classes focus on technique and conditioning. One of her teaching mantras is to do it right or don’t do it at all. And, to do it safely! All classes are specifically tailored to the unique needs of the clients in the class. You can expect a safe, vigorous, precise workout, which simultaneously stretches and strengthens.

 
 
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ELENI PETRAKI

Eleni Petraki’s virtual pilates classes focus on building personal awareness of alignment, deep core support, self-empowerment and mindfulness. Eleni holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Instruction from the State School of Athens, Greece. She moved to NYC 1995 to follow her Dance career. In 2000, she started practicing yoga and Pilates. She received her 200 hours Yoga Teacher Certification and 500 hours Pilates Teacher Certification in 2006.  Recently she added another 300 hours Yoga Teacher Certification. Eleni is a Vedic Astrologer and Ayurvedic Health Counselor, as well. 







VANESSA GALLAGHER

In Vanessa Gallagher’s virtual Pilates classes, variety is the spice, she believes in the power of moving your spine and the concentration in the deep core, for that versatile and fun workout.

Certified by Core Pilates NYC, 600 hours Pilates Comprehensive teaching training, Vanessa also holds certification in Pre/Postnatal and in Special Cases (knowledge of how to conduct sessions for lumbar and cervical issues, osteoporosis, hips replacement). She never stops studying and now she’s taking continuing education classes with Erica Bloom, to work on her own technique.

Vanessa's Pilates Mat virtual classes has a lot of flow and beautiful transitions. She loves to dance (she's Brazilian) And moving and watching people move.