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Quentin Josephy
Quentin Josephy is the founder and director of Align Studio (formerly Kinetic Fitness Studio). His 23 years of experience teaching places him in the company of the "early generation" of Master Pilates teachers. Quentin was one of the first to introduce Pilates teacher training workshops and seminars to resorts both in the U.S. and Mexico, a former Modern dancer, he brings his insightful rehabilitative and corrective approach to exercise has been invaluable to the thousands who have trained with him over the years. In the late 1980‚s he organized and hosted the first Pilates Teacher Training Programs. He has studied with such Master instructors as Carola Trier, Kathy Grant, Fran Lehan, Romana Kryzanowska, Alan Herdman and others. In 1989 he produced Carola Shares...an early teacher training documentary available on DVD, of the teaching methods of Carola Trier, mentor an early disciple of Joseph Pilates. With former partner Marie-Jose Lawrence-Blom, he created and marketed the C-Shaper, available from Balanced Body, and the Thera-toner, available through Align Studio.

Megwyn White
Megwyn White has a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from NYU with an emphasis on movement and Dance. Megwyn brings her 5 years as a Yoga Practitioner and 3 years practice of Pilates. She is certified as a Personal Fitness Instructor through AFAA, and completed her apprenticeship with Master Instructor Quentin Josephy through Align Studio in Pilates. She is also a member of the Yoga Alliance and a certified Kundalini Yoga instructor. She is continuing her studies in the Holistic Arts, and currently pursuing a degree in Healthology from the American Institute of Holistic Theology. She is also certified as a Yamuna Body Rolling Practitioner, and uses her knowledge of Body Rolling in her one on one sessions and group classes. She has a gift for intuiting her clients needs and is very detail oriented when it comes to her training. Fascinated with the dynamics of the human body, she continues to advance her studies in Pilates and movement and relays this knowledge to each of her clients.

Robin Schoenfeld RN
Robin Schoenfeld RN has been practicing Pilates herself since 1995, beginning her study with Quentin Josephy of Align Studios. It was not until she was rehabilitating from extensive surgery and chemotherapy that she was able to appreciate the profound difference Pilates can make in restoring the body after an injury or illness. She completed a 400+ hour Pilates certification program in November of 2004 though Absolution in West Hollywood as a foundation for deepening her understanding of the Pilates method. Certified as a Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, she is also a level one Z Health instructor. Currently she is enrolled in the Yamuna Body Rolling instructor program. Robin uses her medical background and a multidisciplinary approach to Pilates, working with a client to build a personal vocabulary of movement skills, and then assisting them to apply these skills in ever more complex and challenging ways.