Pilates Apparatus

The pilates equipment with its pulleys and springs provides a perfect balance of support and resistance giving the body the feedback needed to build strength, range of motion or increase flexibility. Working closely with a certified pilates instructor, you will learn about your own body mechanics. Pilates instruction includes consideration of weaknesses, instability, and postural problems . With this information, and the feedback that the equipment provides, you can apply these principles for more effective mat work. If you are not getting what you had hoped out of your everyday routine, the apparatus class is a fun way to to achieve a strong, lean physique.

 

$30/class (limit 4 per class)

 

Thursday Evenings at 7:15pm

Shanta Kokatay

 

Shanta began her Pilates training ten years ago while dancing nationally with the Santa Barbara Festival Ballet. She enjoyed the increased strength and sense of balance that Pilates gave her. For the last eight years, she has taught ballet and creative movement to people of all ages, from toddlers to adults. Shortly after earning her bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley, she received her Pilates certification from Core Dynamics in Santa Fe, New Mexico under the tutelage of Pilates elder Eve Gentry's student Michele Larsson.

She has continued to satisfy her academic interest in mind-body research by pursuing research for the UC Berkeley,UCSB, and UCSF Psychology Departments on the mind-body connection of stress, cognition and illness. She is currently working on her Ph.D in Natural Health. Opening her own Pilates studio, Metamorphosis, in 2002 has provided an arena to facilitate body/mind centered wellness.

For the past six years Shanta has been teaching Pilates in the Bay Area and in Santa Barbara. Her teaching style encorporates the classical training of Pilates masters such as Eve Gentry, Michelle Larsson, Kathy Grant, and Rael Isacowitz. She offers private and group instruction in a fully equipped Pilates studio as well as advising/consulting for those training to become certified in the Pilates Method. Shanta enjoys interacting with clients in this body-centered arena, as it offers a continual opportunity for education as well as discovery for both client and teacher. From her background in health, psychology and movement, she seeks to empower her clients to transform the way they move and think about their bodies. Shanta began her Pilates training ten years ago while dancing nationally with the Santa Barbara Festival Ballet. She enjoyed the increased strength and sense of balance that Pilates gave her. For the last eight years, she has taught ballet and creative movement to people of all ages, from toddlers to adults. Shortly after earning her bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley, she received her Pilates certification from Core Dynamics in Santa Fe, New Mexico under the tutelage of Pilates elder Eve Gentry's student Michele Larsson.

She has continued to satisfy her academic interest in mind-body research by pursuing research for the UC Berkeley,UCSB, and UCSF Psychology Departments on the mind-body connection of stress, cognition and illness. She is currently working on her Ph.D in Natural Health. Opening her own Pilates studio, Metamorphosis, in 2002 has provided an arena to facilitate body/mind centered wellness.

For the past six years Shanta has been teaching Pilates in the Bay Area and in Santa Barbara. Her teaching style encorporates the classical training of Pilates masters such as Eve Gentry, Michelle Larsson, Kathy Grant, and Rael Isacowitz. She offers private and group instruction in a fully equipped Pilates studio as well as advising/consulting for those training to become certified in the Pilates Method. Shanta enjoys interacting with clients in this body-centered arena, as it offers a continual opportunity for education as well as discovery for both client and teacher. From her background in health, psychology and movement, she seeks to empower her clients to transform the way they move and think about their bodies.

 

Call 641-4200