Club Pilates

Bios

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  Brandi Weston

  Lead Pilates Instructor / Master Trainer

  Having 13 years of experience teaching comprehensively, Brandi still loves teaching Pilates. Brandi has 3 comprehensive certifications: Power Pilates, Balanced Body, and PMA. After spending the majority of her career as a musical theatre performer as a singer/dancer transitioning to Pilates was a natural progression. She has performed not only in Europe, South America, the Mediterranean, but also has performed on Broadway. Currently, Brandi has been the Lead Instructor at the Potomac Falls location and a Master Trainer for Club Pilates for over 2 years. She lives in Reston, VA with her husband Rob, and 2 daughters Ryen and Raegan.

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  Amber Yancey

  Pilates Instructor

  Amber Yancey has diverse training in the fields of dance and fitness. She earned the prestigious Certificate of Dance from the Alvin Ailey School in New York City, an Associates of Arts in Dance from Miami Dade College (where she was a full scholarship recipient for dance), and a Bachelors of Science in Community Health Education from the University of Maryland. She holds multiple certifications in Group Fitness and Pilates and has been teaching Pilates Mat and Apparatus for 18 years. Amber has taught dance and fitness, performed, and produced shows all over the world. She has been fortunate to travel with her non-profit dance company that she co-founded, Capitol Movement, to Greece, Portugal, Spain, Egypt, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. She has also worked in Seoul, Korea as an Instructor Trainer for Bally Asia and nationally as a Yoga Instructor Trainer for Bally Total Fitness and the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America.

  Link: Amber Yancey

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  Jill Hughes

  Pilates Instructor

  Jill was introduced to Pilates as a young dancer in NY while attending SUNY Purchase Fine Arts Program and enjoyed the benefits of improved core strength and stability for hyper mobile joints. Later, as a dance instructor and choreographer, Jill incorporated Pilates moves to enhance strength and flexibility for dancers and skaters. Today Pilates reformer exercises keep her pain free from poorly tracking knee caps... she notices when she takes 2 weeks off! When Club Pilates opened locally in late 2016, she jumped at the chance to become a certified instructor and help others achieve their fitness goals in CPs unique, multi-faceted setting. She also completed a certification in Leslie Bender's, Barre Above program in spring, 2018. Pilates has been a very fulfilling career path and a wonderful compliment to her skills in both dance and training. Jill has also worked in Corporations and Government agencies as an HR Generalist and Leadership Development Specialist and achieved an MA in Training, Curriculum Design and Human Resources Development in the late 90s. She has a passion for whole foods plant based cooking, nutrition and education and completed a certificate program in Plant Based Nutrition from Cornell University in 2013. In her free time, she spends time with her family, cooks with friends, assists with her daughter's ice skating team (Pilates and costuming) and volunteers in community theater.

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  Link: Jill Hughes

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  Lisette Godoy

  Pilates Instructor

  Lisette Saad (Dancer),  is a Cuban dancer, instructor, and choreographer who graduated from the National School of Dance in Havana in 2008. After graduation, she joined Malpaso Dance Company from Havana. She has won three awards, Best Female Interpretation in Hoguin in 2014, Best Coreography Award in Havana in 2016 and a scholarship in a contest sponsored by Vladimir Malakhov International Festival in 2016. The scholarship made it possible for her to come to the U.S. In addition to performance, she also enjoys teaching and choreographing. She performed in the Kennedy Center with Company E, PrioreDance, Kyoko Dansu, and DC Cacineros in their last season.

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  Link: Lisette Godoy

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  Brie Cargill

  Pilates Instructor

  Brie came across Club Pilates in 2017 and has never looked back! She was first a member, and then quickly enrolled herself into the Club Pilates Teacher Training Program. Having a background in competitive gymnastics and cheer, she felt very at home instructing at multiple Club Pilates studios. Brie was on a gymnastics floor the moment she could walk and went on to cheer for the nationally-ranked George Mason University Coed Cheerleading team in 2000 – 2004, after graduating Brie continued to coach the George Mason All-Girl Cheerleading Team. Throughout her college career she became a Universal Cheer Instructor and traveled all over the United States teaching cheer camps of all levels. With no longer having cheer in her life, she was thrilled to adopt the Pilates practice and share those skills with the members at Club Pilates! When Brie isn't teaching at Club Pilates you can find her on a beach, grabbing dinner and drinks with friends, and caring for her sweet mom. Brie is an advocate for multiple charities, and you can also find her volunteering her time for the Alzheimer's Association, National Stroke Association, Make a Wish Foundation, and Christmas with the Redskins. In a nutshell Brie loves to give BACK! Check out one of Brie's classes soon, and if you like to work your arms ... her classes are for you!

  Link: Brie Cargill

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  Loretta Barker

  Pilates Instructor

  Loretta began working at Club Pilates in 2016 as Sales Manager when Ashburn CP Opened. She fell in love with Pilates and realizing the benefits of Pilates for everyone, she jumped into the Teacher Training program. Loretta enjoys working with both young and older clients to help achieve their fitness goals. In addition to her Club Pilates Teacher Certification, she has additional certifications from TRX and Barre Above.

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  Rebecca Johannes

  Pilates Instructor

  Inspired by a professional beach volleyball player, Rebecca first started at Club Pilates as a client and then fell in love. To further her knowledge she enrolled in Teacher Training and began teaching in the fall of 2018. When not in the pilates studio she is officiating volleyball at all levels. From the middle school matches to the professionals leagues. Rebecca is a person of diverse talents, she has a background in engineering and is very creative with textiles. She lives in Sterling with her husband and daughter. Rebecca enjoys finding creative ways to offer pilates in fun and novel formats. Her favorite aspect of teaching is seeing clients' journey and progression.

  Link: Rebecca Johannes