Pilates Instructors
Michael Crotty
Michael began to practice Pilates through his Ballet Training in 1998. Michael is a certified Pilates Instructor through the world renowned BASI Pilates Program (Body Arts and Sciences). Michael is certified to teach Mat Pilates as well as All Apparatus. He has continual certifications to teach Pilates for Athletes, Men, Pre/Post-natal Pilates and Pilates for seniors. Michael has extensive experience and a client base ranging from the Los Angeles Ballet to NFL Athletes. He is experienced to teach those clients with MS, arthritis, bursitis and other potential ailments. Michael is passionate about wellness and believes that all bodies are capable and ready to heal through a Pilates Practice. Through his professional dance career and its rigorous training, Michael follows a learned sense of precision while teaching. Applying creativity, communication and motivation, he utilizes an extensive dance knowledge combined with a strong academic base to properly instruct clients. Michael’s goal is to create a exciting, clear and dynamic Pilates experience that will satisfy each persons specific needs.
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Ron Duran
Born and raised in Southern California, Ron comes to Live Well with 15 plus years in the fitness industry. Certified in personal training, weight training and now Pilates training, Ron feels his education provides him with the experience to address the needs of a wide array of clients. As a sibling whose brother has lived with a lifelong physical disability, Ron has an innate understanding and sensitivity to those with physical challenges. As a former dancer, he trained at the Alvin Alley School in New York in addition to various notable teachers on the West Coast.
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Jo-Anne Krupa
Jo-Anne was trained as a professional dancer and through her personal experience of caring for joint injuries she discovered pilates. Her focus on exercise and preventive care for her injuries has spanned a lifetime. She came to Live Well because of the focus that our office offers to those with sports related injuries and the team approach we have to caring for each person’s needs. Whether you want a class that brings you to understand Pilates at a higher level or an intense core challenge she will challenge your body to reach new strengths.
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Leda Lum
Leda has been studying movement, dance, and various forms of therapy for over ten years. She has taught Pilates in chiropractic offices, physical therapy clinics and Pilates studios since being certified in 2000. Her technique is influenced by a wide variety of master instructors and her approach is very personal and thorough. Her clients often comment that Leda has an amazing skill for understanding injury and also how to rehabilitate the problem. Leda has a compassionate and gentle approach to working with clients that allows new and established clients to challenge themselves with skills they once thought of as inconceivable. She offers both class instruction and private sessions throughout the week.
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Michelle Merritt
Michelle has been a pilates instructor for approximately five years and has worked prior to this as a Rockette dancer in NYC. She has a keen understanding of form and the repercussions that an injury can have on one’s body. Michelle has been an athlete for most of her life and now is a mother of two young children. Her knowledge of dance, sports and pilates has also helped her body rebound from the challenges of pregnancy and a rapidly changed body. Michelle’s teaching style is “Classic pilates” with an emphasis on form. Her students have commented on the fact that Michelle challenges everyone in her class by giving individual attention to make sure that each student is improving at their own pace with a fun and motivating personality.
Abbe Rowlins
Abbe has been a Pilates enthusiast for more than 12 years. She began studying with Niedra Gabriel and was fully certified through Ivon Dahls’ program. She has experience with a wide variety of physical problems and fitness levels, including disabilities, sports injuries and chronic conditions. In 2007, she created a ‘Pilates in a chair’ class for the elderly that has helped provide exercise options to those with low mobility. Abbe has an extensive background in theater, film and dance, and is familiar with techniques that include Alexander and Feldenkries. She loves people and is forever fascinated by observing human movement and has been touched by the profound results Pilates brings to peoples’ lives.
Crystal
Crystal was born in New York and raised on the small island of Curacao. She has an extensive background in dance that includes salsa, merenge, bachata, (most styles of Latin dance), modern, and jazz. Her dance experience has helped her become very proficent and observant of form and this has translated to her pilates teaching. Crystal thoroughly understands that with correct form there will be an improvement in function and ability. Crystal has been teaching pilates for over 7 years and was certified at Retro Fit Pilates with Barbara Wintroub. She has plenty of experience with clients whose goals are associated with rehabilitation therapy, as well as people who love their body and want to reach their peak level of fitness. Presently, Crystal is completing a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Nutrition and following this she plans to obtain a degree in Physical Therapy.
