Like many in the field of alternative therapies, mine began from a search to improve my overall health and wellness.

My career began not in a college classroom but as a young retail entrepreneur, the work was physical and the hours were long. I neglected any type of work life balance, and that eventually took its toll on my body. That led me into the expanding world of holistic health and eventually bodywork and massage therapy. During that time, I had the opportunity to study with many innovators of many amazing modalities such as craniosacral, myofascial and advanced sports techniques. That career took its toll as well. Not that I did not love the work but the physical demands it put on my body began to show.

As an avid adult amateur equestrian I had read about Pilates in a Dressage journal written by a well known judge that was using Pilates to help her body stay strong and balanced for the demands of the sport. After my first private Pilates session, (there was no group training in 1996) I was hooked.

During that initial Pilates session I could not help but think of all the massage clients that could also benefit from this amazing body of work.

And so my journey to become a Pilates instructor began. But where to train?

At that time there were maybe only four main comprehensive training programs, I feel fortunate to have found Polestar Education, as I wanted an approach that was well suited to my clientele.

Polestar was one of the first training programs to begin to think outside the box of the classical method, as how would Pilates evolve for special conditions and not necessarily only cater to the skilled movement of dancers or elite athletes.

Truly that was the time Pilates for Every Body was born!

I completed comprehensive training through Polestar Education in the early 2000’s and opened my own studio, Millstone Pilates (2001-2017).

During that time I had the opportunity to mentor and coach many aspiring pilates teachers from various training programs that needed practice hours as there were very few studios in the area at that time.

In combining Pilates with my active masage therapy practice I developed a specialty for post rehabilatative work, using Pilates and the hands on manual therapy techniques I had spent years refining to help my clients move better and feel better.

Also during that time, I had noticed the need for more affordable formal Massage Therapy training and wrote, implemented, and taught a 500-hour massage therapy curriculum for the  County Vocational-Adult Education Department.  That led me to develop passion and skill for Adult Education.

After working as a sole proprietor for most of my career, I loved the work but yearned to find like minded people to collaborate with and that is when I began my journey with Club Pilates as a travel trainer at the end of 2017. Where I helped with the soft opening of many new studios.

It was an amazing opportunity to work with franchise owners. Many were first time bussiness owners, it was exciting sharing the passion for Pilates and my small bussiness experience with them while learning the franchise bussines model. I eventually joined the Club Pilates Master Training team that facilites their 450 hour teaching program.

Now, at this juncture I would be honoured to share this experience with you.

New instructors begining their careers teaching Pilates.

Helping studio owners refine the vision for their studios, instructor support, class program planning and scheduling.

‍ ‍Looking forward to working with you, Sharon Spaziani, NCPT