The Praxis Team
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Jane Underhill - Owner and Director
My name is Jane and I founded Praxis in Montreal in 2003.
After several meaningful years working to grow STOTT PILATES Education at its corporate head office in Toronto, I realized what I wanted most was to bring STOTT PILATES to the city I loved most. In August 2003, Praxis was founded in Montreal with a mission to bring the safest and most effective method of pilates to clients and students.
Now, almost 9 years later, Praxis is thriving. My team and I devote each day to welcoming people from all walks of life into what we hope is a refreshing, inspiring and comfortable environment.
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Susan Toumine - Instructor
Susan has been teaching Pilates for 10 years, she is a fully certified instructor and a very talented and motivational teacher. Susan began her career as a classical ballet dancer, training at The Classical Ballet School in Ottawa, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, the National Ballet School, and at a number of other locations in the United States, England, and France. During her professional career Susan danced for Nesta Toumine and the Ballet Imperial, Rosella Hightower in France, Anton Dolin, Alexandr Danilova, and as a soloist with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. She also taught ballet at L’Ecole Superieure de Dance du Quebec for sixteen years and has been Ballet mistress for Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Casse Noisette), Le Jeune Ballets du Quebec, Ottawa Ballet, and Nice Ballet Theatre (France).
Susan continues to offer her wealth of experience to select Ballet organisations, while offering the majority of her time to Praxis as a full-time Pilates Instructor. Susan believes that Pilates keeps you permanently young!
×STOTT PILATES, accréditation complète en 2004
×Enseignante de ballet classique :
oThe Banff Centre (1983-2007)
oCanadian College for Performing Arts
oUniversity of Iowa, É.-U. (1999-2000)
oÉcole supérieure de danse du Québec (1978-1994)
oAncienne danseuse soliste aux Grands Ballets Canadiens
Brigitte Robitaille - Instructor Trainer
Brigitte has been teaching STOTT PILATES® since 2004 and has been an Instructor Trainer since 2009. She has taught a variety of clients– from children, to the elderly, to athletes and special populations – and finds that her true passion lies in one-on-one training with a particular interest in special populations and injuries. Her pilates experience led her to massage school, where in 2008, she graduated from Guijek Massage Therapy School in Montreal. She completed her continuing education at Kine-Concept Institute, learning Trigger Points, Deep Tissue, Cranio-Sacral and Fasciatherapy. She then went on to CERA Osteopathy Center where she studied Osteodynamie™, graduating in October 2009. Recently, she studied Anatomy Trains – Myofascial Meridians with Thomas Myers in Miami, Florida.
Brigitte takes a global approach to teaching pilates; one that incorporates both mind and body as a cohesive unit. Among her clients, she is renowned for her compassion, encouragement and attention to detail. With her support, clients are able to push beyond their insecurity and surpass their perceived limitations.
"Fear can hinder the mind and body from its true potential. I believe that pilates and massage allow us to get in touch with our minds and our bodies and teach us how to use them to their full potential."
· Anatomy Trains - Myofascial Meridians. Miami, FL 2009
· Instructor Trainer Certification Course. STOTT PILATES. Toronto, ON 2009
· Rehab Pilates. Core Pilates. Pointe-Claire, QC 2009
· Osteodynamie. CERA. Montreal, QC 2009
· Trigger Points, Deep Tissue, Fasciatherapy, Cranio-Sacral. Kine-Concept. Montreal, QC 2008-2010
· STOTT PILATES Full Certification. Studio Praxis Pilates. Montreal, QC 2008
· Massage Therapy Certification (Swedish). Guikek. Montreal, QC 2008
· Kids Yoga Training Course. Ambaa Yoga. Montreal, QC 2006
Farren Tilitzky - Instructor
Farren began teaching Pilates after a serious ankle injury ended her dance career. She has furthered her teaching training in B.C. and Montreal and loves the freedom of movement Pilates offers. She hopes to help others get in shape, rehab injuries, benefit from and simply enjoy movement through Pilates.
· STOTT PILATES Mat Certified Level 1&2
· STOTT PILATES Reformer Certified Level 1&2
· STOTT PILATES Cadillac, Chair, Barrels
· STOTT PILATES Knee Function & Stability Workshop
· STOTT PILATES V2 Max Training
· STOTT PILATES Anatomy Level 1
· 6 Hours of STOTT PILATES® workshops per year
Denes Dreisziger - Instruction
Dénes Dreisziger has been interested in movement since he started dancing at the age of seven. He was introduced to Pilates in 2005 while dancing professionally inEurope, and immediately fell in love with the method. Less than two years later he completed his Matwork instructor certification at Studio18 in Vienna, Austria. Since then, he hasbeen pursuing his two passions, teaching dance and Pilates in conjunction. He is currently in the process of completing his comprehensive STOTT Pilates Certification in Montréal. Dénes is committed to helping each client achieve an ever-deeper understanding of the Pilates method.
Rachel Santos - Instructor
Rachel has been dancing and performing since the age of five. In 2003, she graduated from San José State University in California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance with a minor in Musical Theatre. It was through a friend and fellow SJSU Dance graduate that Rachel took her first Stott Pilates class. She loved the way she felt after that classbecause of the way the exercises toned and lengthened her.
Already teaching some similar ideas and principles about posture and lengthening to her dance students in Montreal, she knew she had to make Stott Pilates part ofher repertoire and she earned her Matwork certification (levels 1 & 2). She loves the feedback she gets from clients after a session about how they feel taller and less stressed. Rachel wants to provide her clients of all abilities an environment in which they can have fun while working toward their fitness goals with Pilates.
Alexandrina Delage - Instructor
Alexandrina holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Graduate Diploma in Management Consulting and has accumulated over 20 years' experience as a corporate trainer and professional/personal coach. Throughout her career, she has explored many yoga, relaxation and meditation styles intent on finding a better way of living. It is only after beginning self-defense based martial arts in 2005 that her true direction became clear: helping others to discover personal strength; physically and psychologically.
In 2007, Alexandrina began integrating these various modalities to create reality-based, meditation and stress management programs for corporate clients. In 2008 she obtained STOTT PILATES Matwork and Injuries and Special Populations certification, and since this time, has been offering fusion classes from the most relaxed and meditative, to the most physically challenging and intense.
Alexandrina is also a master Women’s self-defense instructor. Her clients have greatly increased their physical and mental stamina by combining self-defense activities with mind-body wellness and relaxation techniques.
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Gabrielle Coulter - GROOVE Instructor and Studio Manager
Gabrielle is an enthusiastic young woman with a passion for art and life. Having graduated with an honours degree in contemporary dance and jazz vocal from York University in Toronto, she spends her time creating choreography and brainstorming for new project ideas. Though she loves performing and creating one of her truest passions is teaching. She has worked consistently with students ages 2-65 in different avenues since she was 16 years old.
Gabrielle has been an active participant in the Canadian fitness industry for several years. A fitness enthusiast herself, she made her foray into fitness administration working as the administrative assistant at Balance studio in Toronto during her final year at university. Upon completion of her degree, she moved to Montreal and has continued her work in the fitness industry as both a Master Trainer with the GROOVE Method Inc., and as administrative assistant at Studio Praxis.
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