My Years of Experience
2014
I first start teaching. In the summer I take a small corporate lunchtime class, which I still teach today. Receive AAFA (Athletics and Fitness Association of America) certification and a Pound certification (Rock drumming workout). Pound opens doors for me to teach at a training gym SFX and a Pilates studio.
2015
Barre Above and Power Pilates certifications this year. I take barre for the first time, and begin teaching Barre with Pilates. In May of 2015, I start teaching at the Alpharetta Y, Pound, Yoga Pilates, then a Pilates class. Discovering the power of restorative exercises, I decide to focus on Barre, Pilates and Yoga.
2016
Exhale Barre Certification with Fred DeVito (the father of American Barre) at Exhale Barre Studio in Atlanta. Here I learn the proper way to sequence a barre class and how important it is to align your body properly when taking barre. I start teaching Barre at the Alpharetta Y and other locations.
2017-2018
Add Pop Pilates, Mat 2 Pilates, and 200 Hour Yoga training to my certifications. Pop Pilates taught me how to Choreograph my Barre classes to the beat. Yoga was great to learn alignment, flexibility and balance, the foundation of exercise. Once a week I add a yoga class to teach.
2019
In 2019, I go to the Barre Summit and take a class, the Original Barre Method, taught by Kelly Wackerman, owner of The London Barre Method. Here I discover there are missing exercises not taught in America that Lotte Berk taught when she initially formed barre classes.
2020
In 2020, I take TLM classes and was later certified by them in the Original Barre Method. I am proud to carry on the tradition of this beautiful technique, discovered by Lotte, than later nurtured and sequenced by her daughter, Esther Fairfax. Alpharetta Barre Club is founded.
2022-2024
In 2022, I am certified in Essentrics. Such an amazing workout, a dynamic program that works all your muscles in a safe and effective way. It has really changed the way I teach. I teach Essentrics alone and also combine with a Barre class. I really add it to all I teach.
In April 2024, I complete Level 2 for Essentrics.
