50 Leonard St, Suite 2A
Belmont, MA
02478
Belmont Center
(617) 484 - 3311
ebfpilates@yahoo.com

Hear from our clients:

As a former Division I college athlete I had many ideas about what strength training and fitness should look like. After working with Kirsten at Every Body Pilates for just a few months I was stronger, leaner and more integrated than I had ever been before. After a year I feel like I have a totally different body.

Leigh Standley

Instructors

Kirstin deFrees moved to the Boston area from Boulder, Colorado in September 1999 and opened Every Body Fitness in the spring of 2000. After many years of being a dancer, Kirstin became a Pilates instructor and studio owner as a happy accident. She completed the Pilates Center Program in 1999. Kirstinʼs passionate vision for the studio is to be a space where people from all walks of life and all fitness levels can study Pilates from the most effective instructors in Boston.

Anne Marie DeGirolamo has been a certified fitness professional since 1996. Once introduced to Pilates, she realized right away this type of mindful movement could be life changing for both herself and her clients. She began taking lessons at Every Body Fitness, and soon was on her way to certification, through our sponsorship. Anne Marie was also certified by The Pilates Center in Boulder, CO February 2002. Currently, Anne Marie is a Masterʼs candidate through The Pilates Center.

As a teenager, Orly Shacham studied ballet with the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City. Later, after studying Art History at Tel Aviv University in Israel, Orly searched for a way to return to movement. She discovered Pilates in 1998 with well-known teacher, Lisa Silviera and fell in love at first lesson. After becoming certified in the mat work through Power Pilates, Orly studied and apprenticed with Kirstin deFrees for comprehensive certification. Orlyʼs Pilates practice is informed and inspired by her own life experiences, like dance and motherhood, and she aims to help her clients find their own sources of inner strength to transform their bodies and lives.

Leslie Homans first came to Pilates as a client seeking relief for low back issues. Her personal practice spanned early motherhood, earning an MBA, building a marketing career and active involvement in sports including tennis, windsurfing, skiing and cycling. In her quest to more deeply understand the Pilates system of movement, she undertook certification through Peak Pilates and bought a reformer. The die was cast. Her own studio, Core Matters, soon followed where she worked until joining EBF in the Fall of 2010. Over the years she has furthered her training through many PMA sponsored workhops, in-depth anatomy training at FAMI and will earn her Masters Certification from The Pilates Center of Boulder in May 2011.

Kristine Olson comes from a dance background in ballet, tap, jazz, and modern dance. Through her study of modern dance, she became inspired by Pilates. She later enrolled in The Pilates Center Teacher Training Program in Boulder, CO, which she completed in 2009. Kristine is excited to bring The Pilates Method to all types of people and to share with them the wonderful benefits of a balanced body and mind. Kristine recently moved to Boston with her fiance and her favorite activities are hiking, camping, dancing, and learning how to surf.

Miriam Lundgren has a BFA in Modern Dance from Texas Christian University. She was a professional dancer for five years in Washington DC with the ClancyWorks Dance Company. In 2005 while living in DC, she earned a Pilates Method Alliance certification and began to teach Pilates in addition to dance. The body and bodywork quickly became a true passion. She has been teaching and growing in Pilates for 6 years, and her approach to teaching integrates experiencing the body in its depth to create dynamic strength and stability.