Jean Sullivan, Studio Director and Founder of ITT Pilates is known internationally as a Master Pilates instructor and movement educator. Jean has been teaching Pilates since 1994 and certifying instructors since 1998. Jean has been a guest speaker at conferences throughout the US and travels internationally to train instructors in the ITT Pilates Certification Programs. Jean expanded her movement knowledge with the GYRTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® in 1999. She is also certified as an ACE personal trainer, WKC Kettlebell instructor, SFMA provider and in the GYROTONIC specialized equipment. Jean studied in corrective exercise and therapeutic applications with Jean-Claude West, Anna Schmitz, Marika Molnar, Liz Henry, and Linda-Joy Lee. She worked at St Francis Hospital's Dance Medicine department and developed Pilates-based rehabilitation programs for Bay Area chiropractors.

Jean draws on her extensive knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics and neuromuscular re-education, with her experience as a professional dancer and flying trapeze artist, for an interdisciplinary approach to her teaching. She enjoys working with people of all ages and movement abilities. Jean specializes in helping clients with scoliosis, spinal injuries, back and hip pain, shoulder and neck injuries, pregnancy and postnatal exercise, sports related injuries.

Margaret is an experienced Master Pilates trainer and certifying instructor for the ITT Pilates training program at A Body of Work. In 1998, she received her Pilates certi cation through the Physical Mind Institute with Madeline Black. Some of her most in uential teachers have been Alan Herdman, Jean Sullivan and Jean-Claude West. Seeking to deepen her knowledge in movement based systems, Margaret was certified in the advanced methods of the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® taught by Debra Rose and Juliu Horvath in 1999 and GYROKINESIS® in 2008. She is on staff at the San Francisco GYROTONIC® studio as well as LINES Ballet/Dominican University where she teaches GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® to students in the BFA dance program. She has also completed Paul Horvath's Shoulder Girdle, Pelvic Girdle and Scoliosis therapeutic courses.

Margaret has a keen understanding of the dynamics of the human body, drawing from her professional dance background and her studies in experiential anatomy and neuromuscular re-education. She enjoys working with people from all walks of life and is especially interested in the therapeutic applications of the Pilates and GYROTONIC® methods as a means of stimulating the body's natural ability to heal. Margaret specializes in alleviating chronic pain in clients with special needs, such as scoliosis, sports and dance related injuries, spinal injuries, cancer and Parkinson's disease. Ultimately, she aspires to bring the joy of movement into people's lives.

Ashley Beldon, MPH, began teaching mat in 1997, and on equipment in 2000. She has taught at UCSF's Millbery Fitness and in her own private practice in San Francisco. Since 2006, Ashley has been an educator for the Integrated Teacher Training (ITT) Pilates program. There she educates aspiring ITT Pilates teachers in how to help their clients "see, sense, and change" their bodies with the Pilates repertory. Ashley teaches her own mastery level workshops to Pilates teachers on topics including Pilates Matwork, Irene Dowd's functional movement choreographies, group reformer class teaching techniques, and stretch and release on the foam roller. To learn more about Ashley's experience and qualifications please visit www.embodytothrive.com.

Chelley BonDurant was certified as a Pilates Trainer at a A Body of Work in 1999. She has been a teacher Trainer for the last 4 1/2 years for ITT San Francisco and Sonoma. In addition to Pilates, Chelley is a Manual Therapist and a Gyrotonic/Gyrokinesis trainer. She has a background in dance, clowning, Laban-Bartenieff work and is currently studying at the Tamalpa Institute and with Anna Halprin in the field fo Expressive Arts.