East Coast Pilates and Yoga :: Instuctors and Staff

Carol Myers is the Program Director and owner of East Coast Pilates and Yoga Center.

Carol completed her first Pilates Teacher Training Certification Program from The Physical Mind Institute of New York in 2001. She furthered her education to receive a second certification from The Pilates Center of Boulder, Colorado in 2002, completing a combined total of 1200 hours of teacher training. The Pilates Center of Boulder has been recognized as the most comprehensive and rigorous Pilates training program available today. There she received extensive training on all Pilates apparatus and Matwork, along with in-depth instruction on teaching methods for all levels, making her a skilled and inspirational instructor. Carol received her PMA Certified Pilates Teacher designation from the Pilates Method Alliance in 2006.

Carol has continued her study of Pilates by attending continuing educational workshops and seminars on a regular basis with several master teachers. These have included workshops with Kathy Grant, Ron Fletcher, Lolita San Miguel, and Mary Bowen, known as the "Pilates Elders" who have studied directly under Joseph H. Pilates. She has also taken workshops with recognized educators in the Pilates Method; including Bob Leikens, Rael Isacowitz, Julian Littleford, Cara Reeser, Leslie Powell, Amy Alpers, Rachel Segal, Deborah Kolwey, Michele Larsson and Mary Bischof Stoede, among others.

Carol has also been a Yoga Asana practitioner since the late 1970s. She has explored and experienced all styles of Hatha Asana practice including, Anusara, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Kripalu, Kundalini and Sivananda. She completed her Yoga Teacher Training Program in Sivananda Style, and is nationally registered and recognized by the Yoga Alliance.

Carol received her B.S. in Business Administration from Georgian Court University. She is also a member of the PMA (Pilates Method Alliance), Yoga Alliance, and IDEA (International Dance Exercise Association).

Coreen began her Pilates journey in 2006 and shortly afterward enrolled in a Pilates Teacher Training Internship Program at East Coast Pilates and Yoga Center. She has since completed a Pilates Matwork Certification through the Kane School in NYC. With over 600 hours of training on all the Pilates equipment and Matwork, Coreen achieved her PMA Certified Pilates Teacher designation from the Pilates Method Alliance in 2009. She continues to attend workshops and seminars conducted by Master Pilates Teachers and remains committed to a diverse Pilates education.

Coreen was trained as a competitive gymnast at a young age, but soon turned her attention to dance. At the age of 15, she was one of a select group accepted to the Joffrey Summer Program in NYC. She performed for many years as a professional ballet and modern dancer. She has continued her studies in NYC, graduating from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Coreen continues to work in several capacities as dancer, choreographer, actor, and assistant casting director.

Coreen has remained loyal to the art of teaching dance, and her progression to the study and teaching of Pilates was a natural fit. Along with her Pilates training and education, she continues to teach and choreograph all genres of dance. Coreen is a member of IDEA (International Dance Exercise Association).

Contact Coreen directly at...
cwpilates@optonline.net
646-765-5686

Alicia Reese began her Pilates study at ECP in January 2008. She dedicated herself to her practice and within one short year considered a career change. She joined the ECP Teacher Training Internship Program in May of 2009 and achieved her PMA Certified Pilates Teacher designation from the Pilates Method Alliance in April, 2010. Alicia is a classically trained dancer and graduate of New York University, Steinhart School with a Masters Degree in Dance Education.

Alicia is a member of IDEA (International Dance Exercise Association) and AAHPERD (American Alliance for Health, Physical Education Recreation and Dance).

Barbara obtained a Bachelors of Arts Degree from State University of New York at Purchase. She has been practicing Yoga since the late 1990.s, and was certified to teach Yoga in 1999. She continues to attend workshops and seminars with master teachers in the field. Barbara is familiar with many types of Yoga, specializing in the Sivananda and Integral Hatha Yoga styles. She teaches both group and private classes, open classes, beginner classes and chair yoga classes. She has given workshops to New York City teachers and nursery school teachers as well. Her students range in age from 6 to 80. Barbara lives in Spring Lake Heights, NJ.
Contact Barbara directly at...
vonnegut46@aol.com
732-687-0299

Genevieve began her yoga practice in 2000. After a year-long, intensive teacher-training program, she began her teaching at Yoga & U studio in Brick. Since then she has gone on to achieve the Yoga Alliance RYT 500 designation and continues her study of Yoga in a variety of styles, particularly Anusara and Iyengar, by attending continuing education workshops and seminars with several master teachers.

In 2008, Genevieve started training in Pilates at East Coast Pilates & Yoga Center in Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ where she continues to learn better and safer ways to move her body and gain core strength using the principles of integration and structural alignment. She translates these principles into her (and thereby your) yoga practice, which makes for a well-balanced and better overall physical practice. Genevieve's personal teaching philosophy is one of flexibility. Not as in "I can touch my toes flexibility", but of having the ability to teach to the needs of an individual student or group.

Contact Genevieve directly at...
omgardeng@aol.com