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Oshana is a California licensed Physical Therapist with specialties in Pilates, Feldenkrais, and Qi Gong. After graduating Northeastern University in 1988 with her PT degree, her passion for athletics and dance led her to learning functional movement re-education through the Feldenkrais Method, which continues to inform her teaching approach with students in both private and group settings.

Certified in Stott Pilates Mat and Reformer in 2004, and graduate of the comprehensive rehab track Polestar Pilates 2018, she offers Pilates rehab and fitness programs in Sausalito, Tahoe and Cape Cod.

Other powerful influences in her teaching skill set are Qi Gong and Tai Chi practices. Students may benefit from the art of effortless flow and energetic awareness to relieve stress and tension while cultivating greater ease and vitality. As a lifelong learner in kinesthetics, Oshana enjoys assisting students to embody themselves more fully through exploring their own strength, functional anatomy, postural awareness and dynamic movement skills.

Cheryl has an extensive background in Anatomy and Physiology, crreating a foundation for her healing work. She was first certified for Swedish Massage and then went on to learn Movement Education and Structural Integration, a painless form of rolfing. She was certified as a Pilates instructor in 2004. Combining the latest thinking in Anatomy, Physiology, Swedish Massage, Structural Integration and Movement with Pilates has enabled Cheryl to not only heal her own injuries, but to help others with theirs.

Georgia started her interest in fitness as an artistic athlete. From a young age she was a synchronized swimmer with the San Francisco Marionettes. After decades of physical fitness she was introduced to Pilates and Gyrotonic. She now brings 20 years of experience teaching many hundreds of clients the principles and mechanic of physical fitness and harmony.

She specializes in training clients with an individualized regime designed to stretch and add flexibility, balance, and strength. At the same time, clients learn mental skills to focus on their mind/body awareness. Men and women can expect to create and maintain a flexible, graceful and well-conditioned body, and enjoy a higher degree of the self-confidence that naturally follows.

Mandi is a Polestar Pilates Teacher and Mentor, a Pilates Method Alliance Certified teacher, an EYT Certified Yoga teacher, and a level 1 Franklin Method Educator.

It is Mandi’s passion and mission to bring a more scientific based alignment paradigm to the yoga community with a specific intention to increase joint longevity. Mandi is inspired by the human form and how resilient we are. Her mission is to replace western culture’s epidemic of self doubt with reverence and awe for oneself.

In 2004, Mandi attended her first Ashtanga Yoga teacher training with Kathy McNames of Yoga Vermont. She has also studied with David Swenson and Baron Baptiste and is a 500 hour certified Baptiste teacher. Additionally, Mandi has studied with Sofi Dillof, a master Jivamukti teacher, Linda Ruth Spitzfaden in Transcendental Meditation, author of Anatomy Trains Tom Myers, and Somanaut (explorer of inner space) Gil Hedley.

In the Polestar Pilates family, Mandi has studied with Bob Schroedter, Brent Anderson, Lize Stoltz, Amy Broekemeier, Carol Davis, Helen Mason, and Shelly Power. Mandi is trained in the Franklin Method pedagogy studying with Eric Franklin and Morten Dithmer.

Talia is trained and certified in the authentic Classical Pilates method, handed down by Dorothee Vandewalle and Romana Kryzanowska. Talia is experienced at working with a wide variety of students. Be it training to improve performance as an athlete, rehabilitating an injury or improving posture and physique, Pilates can be enjoyed by anyone at any age.
Talia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Ballet Pedagogy and Communications from the University of Utah Ballet Department, founded by William Christensen of the San Francisco Ballet. Her Masters Degree in Communications and Dance was pursued at the University of Oregon. Talia has been teaching on both the East and West Coast for over fifteen years.

Madeleine uses Pilates as a path to connect both the power and quiet of our bodies. She is an adrenaline-seeking water enthusiast and triathlete and found that Pilates improved her sports performance and daily functioning. From an interest in health she became fascinated with Pilates and how it helps people of all fitness levels–from the rehabilitating to performance athlete.

Madeleine completed the physical therapy-based Polestar Pilates and a yearlong classical Pilates program lead by proteges of Joseph Pilates’ Elders Romana Kryzanowska and Kathleen Stanford Grant. She has over ten years of experience motivating numerous therapeutic populations–rehabilitation, sciatica, scoliosis–and various athletes–golfers, marathoners, and tennis players. As a certified Pilates instructor and Integrative Health Coach, Madeleine enjoys empowering her clients with a comprehensive approach to their fitness and well-being.