After taking my first Pilates session, I did not want to leave the studio. I was hooked due to the fact that I had more range of motion and better control of my body than ever before. In 2007 I received my first Pilates certification. For the next few years, I enjoyed adding new certifications and workshops to my repertoire and integrating them into and  developing my teaching style. In 2015 I completed a 705+ hour course in massage, body work, spa treatments, hydrotherapy, and more from Alexandar School of Natural Therapeutics. This culminated in receiving my Massage Therapist License from the Washington State Department of Health. As a licensed health care professional, my services and business have a renewed focus on client care. Through my years teaching fitness, I found that the more you pause and listen to the body, the more the body will tell you what it needs. If you just focus on specific fitness methods and impart them upon your clients/students, you limit yourself from truly hearing their needs. The body is not in pain or discomfort from a deficit of yoga, Pilates, bootcamp, or cross-fit. It is in discomfort from a disfunction, and movement may help. To achieve these client focused goals and results, I utilize aspects of Pilates, yoga, functional strength training, trigger point therapy, deep tissue massage, sauna/hydrotherapy, and more. As time goes on, the array of tools just builds as continuing education is a large part of GCH's future and continued success.