Longevita Pilates & Yoga Studio

Alisha, NASM Certified Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Professional

Practicing: 2015

Teaching Since: 2017

Most Recent Training: Barre Above, and NETA Pilates Reformer Specialty Training

What to expect in class: Expect to be safely challenged in each and every class. Classes are designed to help you progress and reach your goals. Every body in any stage is welcome. So long as you follow instruction given, you will see yourself get faster, better  & stronger.

Classes always start with dynamic stretching to warm our bodies up. Next, leads into our workout: Each round we will have lower and upper body focused exercises, as well as little bursts of cardio to get that heart rate elevated. Classes end with core focus to bring that heart rate back down. This format allows for maximum caloric burn! Creating those peaks and valleys with your heart rate allows you to get yourself into EPOC (excessive post exercise oxygen consumption), which means you are going to leave class and continue to torch calories all day long. Burn baby burn.

You’re stronger then you think!

Biggest influences/inspirations/styles: Alisha fell in love with fitness through her own weight loss journey at home using programs that incorporate different styles of workouts everyday. You can see them all worked into Alisha's classes. She aims to try to keep it simple while still providing a variety of moves. Alisha is heavily influenced by fellow instructors at Longevita, and draws inspiration from those around her.  

Alisha currently teaches Hot Sculpt. Reserve your spot in class with her today!

Omayra (Ommy), Yoga Alliance E-RYT 200, RYT 500, YACEP

Practicing Since: 2005     Teaching Since: 2009

Most Recent Training: Vipassana Training in India

What to Expect in Class: A very traditional style of Ashtanga-influenced hatha yoga. The emphasis will be breathing and helping you to not only improve strength, flexibility and balance but also to help de-stress and find inner peace in this fast paced, demanding world. Ommy aspires to teach and inspire others to blossom into their greatest selves – not only teaching, but also learning along the way with them.

Biggest Influences/Inspirations/Styles: Swami G,  Kari Murphy, Melina Meza, family and so many other yogi masters from India; Ashtanga-inspired hatha and vinyasa as well as gentle, yin and restorative yoga.

Ommy is currently teaching Warm and Hot Yoga classes and is available for Private Sessions! She will also be leading a 200-hour YTT at Longevita in 2020!

To learn more about Ommy, visit her website, AmazingYogaOm

Paula, TRX Instructor & Health Coach

Practicing Since: Yoga, 2008; STOTT PILATES Trained, 2018, 2009; Barre, 2014; TRX, 2016

Teaching Since: 2017

Most Recent Trainings: TRX Suspension & TRX Functional Training

What to expect in class: HIIT, circuit, strength intervals, cardio, flexibility, upbeat music and fun!

Biggest influences/styles/inspirations:  It all starts with the core! Moving with the beat of the music and keeping your body guessing. Post-workout metabolic effect. Building strength, flexibility, and health to live a long life without physical limitations.

Practicing Since: 2008 

Teaching Since: 2017

Most Recent Trainings: TRX Suspension Training, Barre Above Training

What to expect in class:  A full body workout – head to toe – mixing it up with different equipment: free weights, bands and stability balls. Practice endurance, balance, and strength training in a fun and safe environment.

Biggest influences/styles/inspirations:  Cathe Friedrich, Jillian Michaels and Jeff Cavalier;  Everyday people who are just as passionate/dedicated about getting healthy and fit; Go-to style: HIIT, Strength Training, compounding exercises and Hypertrophy Training.

Shaudae currently teaches Functional Strength Training. 

Carole is currently teaching Pilates & Group Reformer classes and is available for Private Sessions!

Margo Peña, Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500, YACEP

Practicing Since: 2001
Teaching Since: 2015
Most Recent Training: Applications of Yoga Therapy with Robin Rothenberg of Essential Yoga Therapy; Anatomy-based Yoga Teaching Methodology with Julie Gudmestad of Gudemstad Yoga

Biggest Influences/Inspirations/Styles: Fellow Longevita teachers, Annie Carpenter, Robin Rothenberg, Julie Gudmestad, Iyengar Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Viniyoga, and Yoga Nidra

Margo is currently a substitute teacher for various yoga classes.

Margo is available for Private and Semi-private Sessions if you...

 - would like to explore adaptations and personalizations for your yoga practice

 - would like individualized attention to work on specific goals for your own yoga practice

 - are newer to yoga and would benefit from 1:1 instruction before joining Longevita's drop-in yoga classes

To learn more, check out Margo’s yoga website.

Practicing Since: 2010

Teaching Since: 2015

Recent Training: Open Up! Yoga 200-hour Teacher Training

What to expect in class: Expect to work hard, have fun, and, hopefully, try something new! Michaela likes to allow students to explore their own path by encouraging each person to get out of their comfort zone - because “life begins at the edge of your comfort zone!” Every class teaches to different levels, allowing diverse experiences for everyone. She loves to watch a student get into a new posture, see the growth, and celebrate it!

Biggest influences/styles/inspirations: Kristine Borden and Katie Henry. Both are fellow yoga instructors and dear friends whose love and support in every class helps Michaela strive to be a better person and better instructor.

Shelia is a fully certified STOTT PILATES® Instructor and received her training at Bodycenter Studios in Seattle, WA. Her extensive training and practice have given her the mental and physical discipline, increased awareness, and skill to identify any alignment issues her clients may have and build custom fitness regimes around her clients to begin the process of correction.
Shelia also holds certifications in various disciplines such as BalleCore Barre, TRX® Suspension Trainer and TRX® Rip Trainer which all integrate very well with Pilates. Shelia also has been STOTT trained in Injury and Special Populations, Halo® Training Instructor Foundation Course-Part 1, Equipment Programming for Scoliosis Management, Athletic Conditioning on the Stability Chair™, Merrithew™ Fascial Movement Foundation Course- Level One, ZENGA® Instructor Foundation Course, Equipment, Level 1, Osteoporosis and Pilates, Pelvis and Lumbar Spine, Shoulder Girdle, Anatomy, Bosu/Toning Balls, Athletic Reformer, GAIT, and Posture Analysis. Shelia is a Functional Aging Exercise and Brain Health Trainer Certification and Cancer Exercise specialist and in addition, she has taken various workshops in pre/post-natal, obesity, aging population, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, injury prevention and post-rehabilitation.

Practicing Since: 1977
Teaching Since: 2015
Most Recent Training: Trauma-Informed Yoga
What to Expect in Class: A slower paced, strength building, alignment based, mindful practice
Biggest Influences/Inspirations/Styles: Jeni Martinez, Karen Schwisow, Rebecca Ray, Lillias Folan (70’s on PBS), and Jason Crandell

Practicing Since: 2014

Teaching Since: 2015

Most Recent Training: STOTT PILATES Reformer and Mat, Barre Cardio Connect

What to expect in class: encouragement to push yourself and energy

Biggest influences/inspirations/styles: more pilates than dance focusing on isometric movements that tone and strengthen