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| Since 1999,
the ENERGY
BALANCING PILATES STUDIO
has integrated the original Pilates method with many highly regarded movement methods and healing modalities to form a unique total wellness program. Our teachers hold outstanding qualifications in the field of fitness, wellness and movement training and
hold certifications
from The Pilates Studio of NYC, The PhysicalMind Institute and American College of Sports Medicine. |
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| As teachers with over 20 years practice mastering movement, we address your individualized needs and goals by creatively and safely integrating the original Pilates Method created by Joseph H. Pilates with what your body needs. |
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the ENERGY BALANCING
PILATES STUDIO, teachers allow you to find the right alignment for your body - taking into account your limitations as well as your strengths. We allow you to understand and feel in your own body the corrections that are suggested without the burden of over-analysis. Flow of movements with timely cues and corrections is what makes our program distinctive.
Our philosophy is based on the fundamental
principal that movement heals. |
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| Once the core is strengthened, old postures, muscle memories and bad habits will slowly correct
themselves so true healing is allowed to take place. |
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| Methods
integrated that expand the power of Pilates: |
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- Alexander Technique
- Feldenkrais Method
- Bartinieff Fundamentals
- Rommett Floor Barre
- Ballet and Modern Dance Technique
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- Neuromuscular Reprogramming and Release
- Hands
on Healing
- Reflexology
- Aromatherapy
- Meditative and Movement Visualizations
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Mary
Kristi
Sesso
Teacher/Founder |
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Kristi is the CEO/Founding Director of
The Harmony Group LifeStyle Re-Sources,
Pilates Studio Englewood – The Harmony
Group Studios and its internationally
accredited Pilates Teacher Training &
Certification Program. Est. 1998 as
northern NJ’s first Pilates Studio, she
continues to unite a team of talented
individuals to fulfill the intention to
bring balanced wellness to all people.
Her methodology maintains The Pilates
Method is an incalculable access to
fulfilling this intention. Kristi is
highly experienced in working with
pre/post-natal bodies, post-injury
rehab, individuals with neurological
disease such as Parkinson’s, RSD,
Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, as
well as with structural issues including
Scoliosis, rotated pelvis, neck and
sacral dysfunction as well as
professional dancers and athletes.
Kristi’s intuitive observation skills
coupled with her clarity in
communicating to her students works
powerfully to challenge, guide and
inspire each student through movement
and the mind-body connection. She |
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Mary
Kristi
Sesso |
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successfully creates a
personalized movement-wellness experience to
meet the overall health and fitness goals of
each person. Her life’s purpose is to guide
people of all ages and lifestyles to new
approaches in living life; including
transformation of consciousness of the body,
mind and spirit and to have the impossible
become possible for every individual as well
as at community, organizational, societal and
global levels. |
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29 years ago, Kristi began her Pilates teacher training at The Pilates Studio, NYC under the tutelage of Romana Kryzanowska learning the Classical Pilates Method. She is currently Osteoporosis, and Gait certified by The PhysicalMind Institute, updates her certification in the Contemporary Pilates Method every 2 years, is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and Pilates Method Alliance and is certified in Power Plate Acceleration Training® by Power Plate International, ActivCore FEX by Pilates on 5th New York City and Natural Force Healing Phase I by Dr. Kenneth Y. and Lisa V. Davis, Davis Advanced Healthcare, New York. |
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Kristi's background of knowledge includes Neuromuscular Reprogramming, Acupressure, Proprioceptive Movement Techniques, Reiki, Reflexology, Alexander and Feldenkrais Techniques, Bartinieff Movement Fundamentals, Applied Kinesiology, Energy Balancing, Hatha Yoga and Gyrokinesis®, Gyrotonic®, and 38 years of ballet and modern dance as well as 20 years of choreography and theatre.
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Formerly, Kristi was
Executive Director of the Kanopy Performing
Arts Center as well as Artistic Director of
the Kanopy Dance Company from 1991-1995 and
founder of the Kanopy School for Contemporary
Dance & Choreography. Kristi has begun many
curricula for movement learning including for
the Kanopy Junior Company, CTM Theatre Arts
School and Very Special Arts Wisconsin. She
was Director of Dance and Theatre Arts at
Beloit College from 1995-98 and lecturer at
University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1985-95.
She has presented her choreography and taught
master classes internationally for children to
adults since 1978. Kristi is a recipient of
numerous grants for outstanding choreography,
arts education and development. |
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Kristi has mastered
drawing together many, alternative exercise
and healing modalities under one roof, led by
a well-practiced and educated staff. She has
adeptly merged fine performing arts, education
and healing arts to create a unique fusion of
services and distinctive approach to
delivering a full body renovation. |
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Jennifer
Smith Lee
Teacher |
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| Jennifer is a certified teacher of The Pilates Method, having completed her certification in 2001 under the tutelage of Kristi Sesso, founder of The Pilates Studio Englewood – The Harmony Group Studios and The Harmony Group Teacher Training & Certification Program. She has been teaching Pilates at Pilates Studio Englewood since 2001 and Spencer Pilates Arts in Forest Hills Queens, NY since 2008. |
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Jennifer has nearly 35 years
movement and 18 years
teaching experience. Her
first Pilates experience
began in Wisconsin in 1986
and continued while earning
an M. F. A. in dance at
California Institute of the
Arts with master teacher,
Diane Severino from the Ron
Fletcher Company. Jennifer
integrates Yoga, Relaxation,
Ball and Theraband |
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Jennifer
Smith Lee |
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Therapies into her sessions. Jennifer was certified in 2004 in Thai Yoga BodyWork by Master Teacher/Author/Founder/Director, Kam Thye Chow of Lotus Palm School in Toronto, Canada where she continues to study. |
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Jennifer’s
dance credits include co-founding
and directing the Kanopy Junior
Company in Madison, WI, founded
and directed Pneuma Dance Company
in Oakland, CA, has taught modern
dance throughout Northern
California and Upper Midwest;
creative dance for children
throughout the boroughs of NYC and
has performed, and still performs,
the work of many modern dance
choreographers in NYC. Since 1995,
she has developed and expanded a
Custom Design and Sewing business;
creating costumes for dance,
bridal wear and one-of-a-kind
special occasion attire. Jennifer
Lee Designs can be seen on the web
at
www.jenniferleedesignsnyc.com.Jennifer
is a new mother of twins Abigail
and John-Michael Lee and resides
in Forest Hills, Queens, New York |
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Ursula
Verduzco
Teacher |
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| Ursula is certified in GYROTONIC®
on the original Gyrotonic
Expansion System®
the Gyrotonic Ladder, the
Gyrotonic Jumping Board and
Gyrokinesis®. She
has been teaching GYROTONIC®
and GYROKINESIS® at Pilates
Studio Englewood – The
Harmony Group since 2003 and
was editor of the first
edition of The Harmony Group
Magazine in 2007. |
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personal training in 1997
as a way to develop her body
into a stronger and more
flexible tool for her
dancing career. From 2001-02
she studied Gyrotonic® and
Gyrokinesis® Teacher
Training in NYC with Master
Trainer Bill Hedberg and was
certified by Juliu Horvath
(creator of Gyrotonic®) in
2003. |
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Ursula
Verduzco |
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| Ursula was awarded a ballet scholarship to the Ballet Austin Academy and to The Joffrey Ballet School from where she graduated in 1996. Since then, she has been dancing professionally with different companies including Connecticut Ballet, New York Dance Theatre, New York Ballet, Dance Theatre in Westchester, Dayane Faye Dance Theatre, River Ballet Company, Ballet New York, Ad Hoc Ballet and Ballet Neo. She has been a member of the Staten Island Ballet for the last six years, where she has danced soloist and principal roles in classical and contemporary ballets, some created specially for her. Ursula performed recently with the New York City Opera in the production of Cendrillon and last Nutcracker season with Staten Island Ballet, Eglevsky Ballet, Contemporary Ballet Theatre and Rebecca Kelly Ballet Nutcracker previews. She is a professional actress with experience in both television and stage acting since the age of nine. |
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Since 2008, Ursula
is a faculty member at Ballet Forte in
Chester, NJ a school dedicated to the
art of ballet. Also since 2008, she
founded and was curator of The Latin
Choreographers Festival in NYC. She
collaborated the talent and creativity
of Latin choreographers from NY and
abroad, creating an annual event with
the intention to maintain and keep alive
the beauty of dance and opportunities
for creativity. |
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Ursula also is
co-owner of UB Costumes and Dancewear.
Ursula has been designing and
constructing costumes and dancewear for
the past 13 years. |
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Ivanova Aguilar
Teacher |
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Aguilar is a certified
teacher of both The Pilates
Method and Gyrotonic® and
has been teaching with
Pilates Studio Englewood
since 2005. Her teaching is
gentle, yet rigorous and
includes a depth of
understanding of movement
unsurpassed by many. |
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graduate from The National
Ballet School and The Royal
Ballet Academy. She was
awarded the Fund of National
Culture Award to study
ballet in New York City at
The Joffrey School under
full scholarship and is a
former member of the Joffrey
Ensemble, with whom she
toured the United States as
a principal and soloist.
Since, she has appeared
onstage as a principal guest
artist with Ballet Clasico y
Neoclasico de Madrid, the
Shakespeare Festival in
Washington D.C.,
International Norfolk
Festival and with the
Westminster Ballet in
Baltimore. |
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Ivanova
Aguilar |
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currently is a member of the Christopher
Caines Dance Company, New Generation
Dance Company, Janusphere Dance, C. Eule
and Dzul Dance Company. Iva also teaches
Pilates and Gyrotonic®
at Pilates Shop Yoga Garage in NYC upper
west side. |
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Hilary Marcus
Teacher |
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Hilary is a certified teacher of The
Pilates Method, having begun as a
student in 2003, then completing her
certification in 2008, under the
tutelage of Kristi Sesso, founder of
Pilates Studio Englewood – The Harmony
Group Studios and The Harmony Group
Teacher Training & Certification
Program. |
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Hilary has been
working in the fitness industry for over
20 years, is a Certified Personal
Trainer and a member of the American
Council of Exercise. She has done
extensive work teaching Cardiovascular
Exercise, Weight Training, Kickboxing,
and Spinning®. Hilary has a remarkable
ability to motivate students to work
efficiently and powerfully resulting in
a satisfying and compelling experience. |
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Hilary
Marcus |
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Hilary is also certified
in the innovative exercise methodologies,
Power Plate Acceleration Training® by Power
Plate International and ActivCore FEX by
Pilates on 5th New York City. She is the
creator of a unique workout The Power Plate
Boot Camp Series, combining Kickboxing,
Pilates and Power Plate Acceleration
Training®, exclusively offered at Pilates
Studio Englewood. |
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Nancy
Golike
Teacher |
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In 1999, while receiving her MFA in Dance from Temple University in Philadelphia, where she trained with Hellmut Gottschild of ZeroMoving Dance Company, Nancy began studying Pilates under the private tutelage of Master Teacher Karen H. Carlson. She was certified in 2004 by Ms. Carlson’s Advanced Teacher Training Program, and was awarded the title of Senior Teacher. Nancy has taught privately for the past nine years in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and New Jersey, as well as in fitness centers, yoga studios, and in the Dance Department of Bryn Mawr College. She has also studied Bikram and Astanga yoga, Gyrotonic Expansion System®, and is a Certified Reiki Master. |
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Nancy
Golike |
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Nancy has been a dancer,
choreographer, performing artist and teacher
for over 20 years. Nancy has presented in the
Philadelphia area and by the CEC, New Dance
Alliance, Harford Dance Theatre, Power
Performance Project, Bryn Mawr College, and
was supported by the Pennsylvania Council on
the Arts. In 2001, she co-founded Octopus
Experimental Performance Ensemble, and
continued to perform and present work as a
physical theatre artist in numerous venues
including theatres, cabaret shows, galleries,
fringe festivals, and on the street. |
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Since relocating to the
NYC area in 2003, Nancy has immersed herself
in the study of Afro-Cuban, Haitian, and
Afro-Brazilian dance forms. She has performed
with Oyu Oro Afro Cuban Folkloric Experimental
Dance Ensemble and at SOB's in NYC. Nancy has
been a senior Pilates teacher at Pilates
Studio Englewood since 2006. |
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Kimberly
Wexler
Teacher |
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Kimberly is a
certified teacher of The Pilates Method,
having completed her certification in
2006 under the tutelage of Kristi Sesso,
founder of The Pilates Studio Englewood
– The Harmony Group Studios and The
Harmony Group Teacher Training &
Certification Program. Kim is originally
from Los Angeles, California where she
practiced Yoga for over 14 years, then
discovered her true calling was the
discipline of The Pilates Method. |
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Kim is a great
student of life, which makes her a
compassionate and attentive teacher that
makes a difference for any student no
matter what age or level. Kim is also
the Studio Manager of Pilates Studio
Englewood. |
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Kimberly
Wexler |
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Kimberly is also
certified Power Plate Acceleration Training®
by Power Plate International and ActivCore FEX
by Pilates on 5th New York City. These two
innovative workout methods has you achieve new
levels of health, fitness, and performance and
are a perfect compliment to the benefits of
Pilates, Gyrotonic® and Yoga.
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Margaret
Blackler
Teacher |
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Margaret is a
certified teacher of The Pilates Method,
having completed her certification in
2006 under the tutelage of Kristi Sesso,
founder of The Pilates Studio Englewood
– The Harmony Group Studios and The
Harmony Group Teacher Training &
Certification Program. Margaret began
her training in Pilates at Pilates
Studio Englewood (formerly Energy
Balancing Pilates Studio), in 2002 after
hearing about the benefits as a
rehabilitative form of exercise that
could help her manage and combat her
Rheumatoid Arthritis. After having tried
many other forms of exercise to achieve
wellness without much success, she fell
in love with the Pilates method and
realized she wanted/needed to continue
to practice for the rest of her life. In
teaching Pilates she has found a balance
to her life that incorporates her desire
to share with others the passion and
well being she herself found. Her
personal understanding of physical
limitations makes her teaching
compassionate and gentle, but don’t let
that lead you to believe you wont enjoy
a comprehensive and challenging session! |
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Margaret
Blackler |
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Margaret is also
certified Power Plate Acceleration Training®
by Power Plate International and ActivCore FEX
by Pilates on 5th New York City which she
integrates into her Pilates sessions where the
experience of the Pilates Method is enhanced
exponentially. |
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Margaret also works as a
Graphic Designer both free-lance and with
Westchester Magazine. She has a Bachelors
degree in Fine Art with a minor in Marketing
as well as an Associates Degree in Graphic
Design from Pratt Institute in NYC. |
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Luis Gabriel Zaragoza
Teacher |
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In 2005, Gabriel received his GYROTONIC® certification in NYC at the Body Evolution Studio under the tutelage of Master Trainer, Billy Macagnone, a direct disciple of GYROTONIC® Inventor Juliu Horvath, and was one of the presenting Master Trainers at the first International GYROTONIC® Expo in Rome 2006. Gabriel is also a certified teacher of the Pilates Method, having completed his certification in 2010 under the tutelage of Kristi Sesso, founder of the Pilates Studio Englewood – The Harmony Group Studios and The Harmony Group Teacher Training and Certification Program. |
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Gabriel has also
studied Applied Kinesiology and is
currently a student at The Laban/Bartenieff
Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS) to
be a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA)
making a difference in the way people
perform, communicate, observe, learn,
and negotiate. |
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From Mexico City,
Mexico, Gabriel studied dance and
graduated Cum Laude with a BFA from the
National School of Dance of Mexico
(NSDM). He studied with internationally
renowned teachers including Anna Sokolow,
Jeff Duncan, Tim Wengerd, Jim May and
Betty Jones. In NYC, he further studied
contemporary dance at the Merce
Cunningham Studio. He currently is a
member of the Anna Sokolow Dance
Company. |
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