Alena has always been an adventure sports enthusiast, staying outdoors on her bikes, skis, or in the water in favor of training in a gym. That is until she found Pilates and discovered that it improved her performance in all of the other sports she loved to do. Bulky muscles became leaner, she walked taller, and felt more balanced and agile. As she has worked as an instructor or guide in many of her favorite sports (dive instructor, whitewater raft guide, ski resort guest services) it fell into place that she should teach Pilates and share the benefits. Alena trained through Power Pilates in Boca Raton, FL, and has since worked onstaff at Pilates of Boca, and at CORE Nantucket, and is now settling into Connecticut to be closer to her family in the northeast.

Lisa's interest in Pilates began at Texas Tech University where she obtained her B.A. In Exercise and Sports Science with a Minor in Dance. In 1998, she moved to New York City and began studying Pilates with Romana Kryzanowska and Sari Mejia Santo. She completed her certification in August of 2003 and has since continued her Pilates education with Master Trainer Mejo Wiggin.

In addition to Pilates, Lisa currently dances Spanish/Arabic Fusion with the Company Kismet and enjoys taking sessions in the Gyrotonic Method Movement.

Lian-Marie began her study of movement in the womb, as the daughter of internationally acclaimed ballet dancers Anna-Marie and David Holmes. She studied dance at the renowned Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg and is a graduate of the Boston Ballet School (where she first started her Pilates training at age 14). After attending Wellesley College, Lian-Marie received her MFA in Theatre from Trinity Rep. Conservatory.

She was certified by Romana's Pilates in New York, and has taught at Equinox, Uptown Pilates, and The Center Studio in NYC, and the Authentic Pilates studio of Oxford, England. She's worked with clients that range from polio victims to former Olympic Hockey players and brings her varied performance, teaching, and movement experience to her work as a Pilates instructor.

Rebekah has been a student of the Authentic Pilates Method for eight years and is pleased to hold her certification from Physical Mind, NYC.

She began her career as a dancer and singer, joining Actor's Equity at age 18, performing in Broadway National Tours and regional theatres across the country. She has traveled to 49 states, 20 European countries and 18 Caribbean Islands and is thrilled to seep back into the softness of the earth in her home state of Connecticut.

Also a certified Yoga Instructor, she looks forward to helping you go deeper into your core.

Prior to joining WARD PILATES, Claudia worked for many years in Human Resources for a hedge fund. She was introduced to Pilates over five years ago, and since then has studied with Sari Mejia Santo at True Pilates NY, formerly known as Drago's.

In 2007, Claudia successfully completed Romana's Pilates Certification program. She continues to study, taking lessons in the city as often as possible from seasoned instructors who have been teaching the Authentic Method for generations.

After months of physical therapy for a bad back, Debbie Lee was told to try Pilates. Seeing remarkable results, Debbie has been passionate about Pilates ever since, practicing the authentic method for the past six years. She was certified in 2007 by Brooke Siler of re:AB Pilates in New York City, a student of Romana Kryzanowska.

Over the past two years, in addition to her staff position with WARD PILATES, Debbie has taught at the Pilates Centre in Norwalk, re:AB in New York, and also teaches privately in Stamford, where she lives with her husband and three children.

Anna first experienced Pilates while on vacation in 1998 at the Canyon Ranch Spa in Tucson. Upon returning to New York, Anna began taking a weekly private session to combat the stress and long hours of her media buying job at a midtown advertising agency. Loving how the method gave her stronger abdominals and the sense of a long and lean body, Anna looked into becoming an instructor. In 2000, she was accepted into the Pilates Studio of New York’s Teacher Certification Program located at Drago’s Gymnasium (now known as Romana’s Pilates). She completed the program in the fall of 2001 and has been teaching ever since. In her spare time, Anna can be found ice skating, in a ballet class, tap dancing or reading a murder mystery.

Anna is currently working towards her certification in Gyrotonic.

Alexia obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theater and after a brief stint in Los Angeles she settled into New York and began working for MTV Networks. In 2001, after a company layoff, discovered Pilates and fell in love with its focus on strength, flexibility and alignment. She soon began her training in the authentic method at the legendary Pilates Studio in New York and was certified in 2003. She has never looked back.

She has studied Pilates under master teachers Mejo Wiggin, Brett Howard, Ton Vooght and Michael Fritzke She augments her education by attending Pilates seminars when time from teaching permits. In addition, she applies her own weekly Pilates practice to Yoga and running.

She has taught in Westchester, Manhattan and Greenwich. She lives in Manhattan.