Christmas’ life has been greatly improved by the practice of Pilates, she loves sharing the method with others and helping people find the joy available to them through the alignment of mind body and spirit.
Dynamic, conscientious movement has been a part of Christmas’ life from a very young age. She began practicing the Pilates method as a young ballet student recovering from injury and experiencing back pain due to scoliosis. After dancing with several professional ballet companies including American Repertory Ballet, Sacramento Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet, she retired from her professional dance career due to another injury.
Christmas deepened her study of Pilates and completed the comprehensive classical Pilates teacher training program at Body Tonic Pilates Gymnasium in Brooklyn, NY under the direction of second generation instructor Jennifer DeLuca and Caitlin Cook. She has completed several continuing education workshops and courses. She studied Kinesthetic Anatomy and Biomechanics of Motion with Irene Dowd in NYC. Christmas is a certified pregnancy and postpartum corrective exercise specialist though Dr. Sarah Duvall’s PCES program. Christmas is constantly finding inspiration from her clients and teachers of Pilates, Yoga, and other movement modalities. Christmas has taught at prominent Pilates studios in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Sacramento before coming to Newcastle and finding the perfect Pilates studio in her back yard.