MEET THE INSTRUCTORS
Meet Shelley!
Shelley has been in the fitness industry for over 15 years. Her love and passion for Pilates has been there from the very beginning! She is a STOTT certified Pilates instructor as well as the Pilates director at Sports Academy in Logan Utah. Shelley’s extensive training allows for her to be proficient in providing a wide variety of Pilates offerings including, large university classes, group classes at her gym, to small group and private one on one training. She feels confident training clients with a variety of goals and need’s including rehab, athletic performance, every day mobility and stability, pre/post natal and more. Shelley loves the mind body approach and balance that Pilates offers. She has a deep conviction that Pilates can help every BODY!
Meet Desi!
Desi Holbrook has a passion for helping others do what they love to do longer, stronger, and injury free.
Desi is an avid athlete who has completed many half and full marathons, biathlons and triathlons but her biggest love is cycling. She has done many centuries and Lotoja. Overtraining and injury caused her to seek out Pilates in hopes it would help her to heal and reach her goals. By simply adding reformer twice a week to her training regimen, she was able to run her next marathon injury free and shaved 40 minutes off her time! She was hooked.
Her passion is working with athletes who love to push themselves but often end up injured. She knows there is a way to be able to push athletic abilities, stay strong and injury free so that people can continue to do what they love!
Desi is a fully qualified trainer. She is certified in Stott Pilates, both mat and reformer level one and two. She is trained in the fascial system as well as injury and special populations. Desi is a level 1 health and wellness coach, AFAA certified, has her yoga 200 RYT, and a BS in Public Health. She is passionate about continuing her education and is always taking new courses in order to best serve her clients.
Desi cares deeply about her clients, and there’s nothing of more value to her than providing them with a training experience that makes them happy, confident, and strong!
Meet Kathy!
After completing training in Stott Pilates Reformer, Pilates Mat, Stability Chair, Cadillac, two Fascia workshops, and Injury and Special Populations, Kathy is confident in her skills to instruct individuals and classes from youth, athletes, pre & postnatal and an aging population. Through her experience and continuing education she has been able to assist clients regain strength, mobility, and confidence following challenges with acute or chronic pain, surgery, athletic injury, and fascial dysfunction.
Kathy has a BFA from USU in Theatre and still loves to perform. While seeking out answers to her own injuries she discovered the rigorous training with Stott Merrithew. She decided to dive in and further her education to become a reformer Pilates instructor. She feels confidant leading individual and group Reformer and mat pilates classes, including large USU classes. She enjoys the challenge of developing instruction with varying degrees of difficulty and challenge depending on the needs and goals of each person.
She is incredibly grateful for the skills she has developed and loves teaching. Kathy is an advocate for full body integration in healing, no system is complete without the other, and hopes to use her knowledge and skills to further the peace, healing, and recovery of many more people. Pilates IS the answer to many problems of our modern lifestyle. She hopes to see you soon!
Meet Ruth!
Ruth grew up playing sports and loves to lead an active lifestyle, including hiking, running, biking, swimming, and anything that gets her out of the house and into nature.
After having kids, she began practicing Yoga as a way to improve her mental health and well-being. She fell in love with mind/body movement and shortly after completing her 200-hour Yoga training began learning, practicing, and teaching Pilates.
She believes Pilates to be a powerful tool in promoting body awareness as well as mindfulness. If you train with Ruth or attend a group class you will find a focus on the mind/body connection. She also loves to help women feel strong, confident, and balanced in their bodies so they can do all the activities they love outside of Pilates.
When Ruth isn’t teaching, you will find her reading, writing children’s books, spending time with her husband and 3 sons, working on a DIY or home improvement project, or listening to music and playing her guitar.
Ruth is excited to work with you and is passionate about helping you improve your life, both mentally and physically.
Meet Tori!
Tori Meacham is a AFAA Group X Instructor, and trained dancer with over 25 years of experience. She specializes in choreography classes (cardio ballet, JAM! and hip-hop dance), hardcore cross-training, innovative body sculpting and indoor cycling. In 2018, she took the reformer STOTT Pilates training at IPTC and has fallen in love with Pilates ever since. After years of exercising and the toll it has had on her body, she has found reformer to be her saving grace. Her hope is to help others find that as well. Tori believes the combination of Strength, Flexibility and Mindful movement can dramatically change your life.
Whether you are rehabilitating an injury, dealing with chronic pain or just wanting to add something new and challenging to your workouts, this may be what you are missing. She loves being able to help others using Pilates to live their best life. Tori offers one on one privates, semi-privates with your besties or group specific trainings for your dancers!