TESTIMONIALS
After having had a double mastectomy due to breast cancer, Pilates’ exercises were recommended. Samantha came highly recommended not only because she is a good teacher, but because of her training and experience with the Pink Ribbon program, specializing in exercises for breast cancer survivors. My aim was to improve my posture and strengthen my body. With her careful guidance and patience, I can feel and see an improvement. I now experience the same range of movement as I had before surgery. I have full feeling in the areas that were left numb or tender after surgery. And my posture has improved. I have experienced positive psychological benefits as well, because I feel more comfortable with my body.
Samantha has supplemented our classes together with exercises I can do by myself, at home.
I highly recommend Samantha to any breast cancer survivor. You will find yourself in expert and caring hands.
Debbie Harris
After years of competitive sports, my injuries mounted, some serious. Muscle and joint pain was a way of life and, at 6’4”, 230 lbs, there was a lot of hurt to go around.
Samantha began working with me as part of an integrated physiotherapy program. The goal was to develop and strengthen my body’s core muscles and re-balance my musculature that, as I learned, had become profoundly out of wack. Samantha guided me through a series Pilates exercises, and in the process, I began to feel relief from the pressure of a torn rotator-cuff and reduced spasms associated with my lower back disc herniation. After working with Samantha for only six months I was enjoying mobility and flexibility the likes of which I had not seen in over twenty years. Becoming “pain free” can really lighten one’s life outlook.
Samantha’s Pilates instruction is precise, clear and her technique is impeccable. A Pilates class with Samantha is crisp and her delightful demeanor makes it fun. Samantha articulates even the most complex maneuvers in simple, easily understood language. Samantha is a terrific motivator and elicits the individual effort needed to gain the many benefits of Pilates. What’s more, when I leave a session, I feel revitalized and full of energy to help face the challenges of the day.
Samantha has been training me for over a year and, in my view, is a brilliant instructor and a Pilates genius.
Peter Suchanek
Samantha has helped me make sense of Pilates. She is knowledgeable and articulate - her instructions are precise and clearly explained and therefore easy to follow. She is sharply attentive - regardless of class size her suggested modifications, corrections and encouragements are thoughtful and personal. Samantha is endlessly inventive - even after several years new exercises and challenges continue to be a part of every class. I personally credit her classes for feeling the most limber and flexible I have ever been and for remaining free of back and hip pain. Finally, Samantha keeps me going to the gym because her classes are FUN!
Vanna Milan
Thank you, Samantha, for your wonderful classes. I have experienced great improvement in my flexibility, balance, and general body strength. I appreciate your intelligent and studied application of the Pilates philosophy which you adapt to the needs of each person in the class. I look forward to the classes each week because you make them interesting and fun. I hate missing them! Gratefully,
Susan Speke
Thank you Samantha! I am very new to Pilates. A sincere desire to make meaningful contact with my toes and an attempt to add a new dimension to my workouts drove me to it. I have been avidly weight training for over 30 years and have managed to selectively avoid taking classes of any kind. The gym has always been my time for me and I have always resisted having to be at a class at a predetermined time. However being the proud owner of a stiff-jointed, hormonally challenged, middle-aged (if you share my delusion that the 50s are the new 40s) body, I have come to realize that weight training alone is too narrow an approach to fitness at this stage in my life. Samantha, you have been fabulous! You keep a watchful eye on me because it is rare that I do anything correctly. I find it amazing that you are able to teach effectively to a group of very diverse ability levels from remedial (me) to advanced (not me). I really enjoy and look forward to your classes. Thanks again!
Geri Rockstein
