Charisse Mersman

Pilates Instructor

W46th St. (Inside Mindful Health)

Charisse is a native of Kansas City, MO. She moved to NYC in 1998 to study with Alvin Ailey at "The Ailey School". Throughout her professional dance career, she discovered the benefits of Pilates and became certified in 2008 through, The Physical Mind Institute and "The Lab" with Lawson Harris in Dumbo Brooklyn.She has spent the last 15 years in NYC fine-tuning her teaching style. Working with clients from all over the world, in different chapters of their lives, has taught her that everyone needs and deserves nourishing movement to strengthen muscles and inform the mind/body connection. Charisse has always been passionate about movement and self-expression.  She feels that Pilates has been the ultimate injury prevention method and system that has kept not only her body strong but her mind sharp as well. QiGong, Tantric breath work, Dance, Drumming, Pilates, and connecting with Nature are some of her practices that keep her spirit nourished. She loves to help clients become stronger, more knowledgeable about their bodies, and teaches methods on how to maintain desired goals. Charisse holds certifications in pre/postnatal, The Garuda Method, IIN, and Cancer Exercise Specialist. Along with her holistic approach to movement and teaching, she continues to draw inspiration from these methods: Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Method, The Garuda Method, Lesley Powell, Kathy Grant, and of course Joseph Pilates!