Shawn's Studio - Watertown

Kathryn first discovered Pilates as a college student. She found
the quiet and concentrated movements calming and helpful with
balancing the demands of college life and internship work. 
Empowered by the method, she sought out Pilates studios in Europe
while studying abroad and ultimately followed the path of teacher
training and teaching.

Two decades later, Kathryn fully appreciates the focus and
measurable strength that Pilates yields as the body ages. She
attributes her stamina and agility to her own dedicated Pilates
practice which supported her through four pregnancies and gives her
the energy to keep up with her four children.

Kathryn teaches because she loves seeing clients realize physical
and aesthetic changes in their own bodies. In her experience this
is especially true for seasoned athletes and devoted exercisers;
they are always the most surprised by how Pilates enables them in
new ways and offers continual beneficial challenges.

Kathryn is a classically trained, certified Pilates instructor and
a member of the Pilates Method Alliance.

Kathryn first discovered Pilates as a college student. She found the quiet and concentrated movements calming and helpful with balancing the demands of college life and internship work.  Empowered by the method, she sought out Pilates studios in Europe while studying abroad and ultimately followed the path of teacher training and teaching.

Two decades later, Kathryn fully appreciates the focus and measurable strength that Pilates yields as the body ages. She attributes her stamina and agility to her own dedicated Pilates practice which supported her through four pregnancies and gives her the energy to keep up with her four children.

Kathryn teaches because she loves seeing clients realize physical and aesthetic changes in their own bodies. In her experience this is especially true for seasoned athletes and devoted exercisers; they are always the most surprised by how Pilates enables them in new ways and offers continual beneficial challenges.

Kathryn is a classically trained, certified Pilates instructor and a member of the Pilates Method Alliance.

Sasha fell in love with Pilates after attending a class with
her mother who used Pilates to fully recuperate from ankle surgery.
As a mental health therapist Sasha readily recognized the physical
and mental healing potential a Pilates practice offers its
participants. Soon after, she graduated from her first
comprehensive training through Midwest Pilates Institute. Eager to
learn about other methods, she completed yet another comprehensive
training with Polestar Pilates.
Currently, Sasha is a mentor for Polestar where she is responsible
for training future Pilates instructors. As a teacher she is
mastering her own technique. As a student she is learning how to
better address the unique goals of clients who are pregnant,
recovering from birthing, live with lower extremity pathologies,
spinal issues and those with other physical therapy needs.
Drawing upon her knowledge of multi-systemic therapy, Sasha relates
to her clients in a thoughtful, caring, and personalized manner.
She is focused on proper alignment and precision in movement as a
means to feeling good! Having personally dealt with chronic back
problems, Sasha speaks from experience when she describes the pain
relief one can achieve through a dedicated Pilates practice.
In addition to teaching at Shawn's Studio, Sasha is the studio's
client consultant monitoring and responding to emails and phone
calls, as well as, handling other communications between the studio
and its members. She is a valuable addition to Shawn's Studio team
of skilled instructors.

Laura has a profound passion for teaching people how to move
freely and correctly without pain or limitations. She has been
practicing Pilates for nearly a decade and from her first
experience with the method she has been impressed with its function
not only as a mind/body discipline, but also for its capacity to
create strength, balance, symmetry, body awareness and connection.
Laura is a certified STOTT Pilates Instructor and Functional
Movement Screening Practitioner who is particularly skilled at
working with clients recovering from injuries. She strongly
believes in the benefits of a dedicated Pilates practice for
post-rehab and preventative measures to help limit the risk of
injury and build greater strength and stability.
In addition to teaching, Laura is enthusiastic about holistic
nutrition and wellness, and she uses her background in writing,
marketing & communications to provide marketing and education
exclusively for health and wellness companies.
Laura’s love of Pilates and its potential to empower people of
all ages and stages of life has led her to discover much joy in
supporting clients in achieving greater strength, vitality, and
overall health that they previously thought impossible.