Our Team
SUSAN TOBIASON
Founder, Instructor
About
Originally from California, Susan has a professional background in Ballet (Balanchine/New York City Ballet) and Contemporary dance. She has a deliberate, New York Classical Pilates style of teaching and her classes are detailed, hard working, creative & fun. Having spent so much of her life in movement disciplines and having trained many bodies over the years, Susan has an ability to adapt and intuit to exactly what clients need.
Education
Susan has been teaching Pilates since 2008 and was certified in Classical Pilates in the San Francisco Bay Area by Masters Jill Harris (Mat) and Sharon Gallagher-Rivera & Carol LeMaitre of Pilates Education Lab (all Apparatus). In addition to Pilates and Dance, Susan has also had formal training in Classical Piano, Sound Healing, & Reiki Level 1.
TARYN SCOTT-KOLBE
Instructor
Taryn is originally from the United States and has always had a passion for movement. She has worked as a professional dancer performing various classical and neo classical works. In addition to teaching Pilates, Taryn is also certified as a yoga instructor and holds a Master's Degree in Dance and Movement Therapy from Lesley University in Cambridge MA.
BALAZS POGSAY
Instructor
About
Balázs is very detail oriented, "Precision above all" is his motto - while balancing his classes with a good flow. Focusing a lot on correct positioning, breathing and the right biomechanical alignment for the body in order to achieve maximum efficiency for each exercise. He likes to encourage the clients to bring their attention inwards, to the feeling of the movement rather than how it looks like from the outside. Through focusing internally people will gain a much deeper and holistic understanding of their own bodies and movement patterns.
Education
Balazs was born in 1989, in Budapest, Hungary. In a very early state he discovered his passion for movement when he began to train Martial Arts at the age of 10. His interest for dance started when he turned 19 and began following this path which led him to SEAD - Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. After graduating he worked and performed internationally all over Europe, including Belgium Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Hungary. He discovered Pilates thanks to his - now wife whose classes really opened his eyes for the magic of Pilates. Since then, he completed his Comprehensive Pilates Training at Body Harmonics® and feels extremely lucky to have gone through their in-depth anatomy focused educational program.
CHRISTINE SAULUT BONANSEA
Instructor
About
Christine SAULUT Bonansea is a professional French/US (citizen) dancer and choreographer with 25 years of international experience in conceiving, directing/choreographing and performing movement-based works.
Education
Christine certified in 2008 in Pilates Mat and all Apparatus with a specialization of Rehabilitation. She worked at St Francis Memorial Hospital San Francisco in the Sport Medicine Department for 7 years and 3 years in NYC inEquinox and in the Center for Preventive Medicine.