A professional dancer for over 20 years. Andre was a principal with Dance Theater of Harlem, Oakland Ballet and Hartford Ballet. Andre performed on stages in Egypt, Africa, China and throughout Europe. In 1985 he suffered a knee injury and chose Pilates instead of surgery. He became a certified Pilates instructor in 1999 under Kim Holmes. In 2000, he was certified in GYROTONIC® and in 2005 certified in GYROKENESIS®.

Andre worked as a Senior Trainer under Elizabeth Larkam for four years while performing with Pilates Performance Group. He now devotes himself to specializing in all aspects of back, spine and disc injuries, and has created specialized programs to promote rapid recovery from these ailments. Andre's love for movement and body exppression has lead to his development as a dancer in Argentine Tango Performance.

With over 25 years of classical ballet training, Olivia was a principal dancer in the New York Theater Ballet, the San Francisco Theater Ballet and the Oakland Ballet. She has toured and performed internationally in Russia, Venezuela, Aruba, Australia, and Canada. Her love of movement led her to pursue a path teaching others to utilize their body, mind and spirit.

Since 2000, Olivia has been a certified instructor of Pilates, GYROTONIC®, GYROKENESIS® including all aspects of the GYROTONIC® specialized equipment, and medical applications of these systems. Olivia has trained with and assisted master trainers Elizabeth Larkam, Debra Rose, Leda Franklin and Tamara Yoneda. Olivia is also a professional Argentine tango dancer, teacher, and producer of tango events in the Bay Area.

Has over 18 years of dance training in ballet, tap, jazz and modern. She has performed in both dance and theater with The Reno Ballet, Foothill Dance Company, NewGround Dance Company, Broadway by the Bay, South Bay Musical Theatre, and West Valley Light Opera. She earned a BA in Dance from Chapman University and became certified under Tom McCook in PhysicalMind and Marie Jose in Long Beach Dance Conditioning. Along with her Pilates certifications, Teresa is also a Reiki Master, and is trained in Tapas Acupressure Technique and BodyTalk System. Teresa works with athletes, dancers, people with injuries and people with fitness goals. Teresa has experience teaching in corporations like NetApp and Sun Microsystem, private studios, high schools, and community centers. In addition, she choreographs for different dance groups around the Bay Area.

Teresa uses SmartSpine products to enhance a client’s workout when appropriate. The SmartSpine System, created by Marie Jose, includes several support pieces designed to help the body find its most productive positioning. By supporting the skeletal and joint system in alignment, the human body can be retrained to recruit the deep muscles while releasing the overactive muscles. Warmed or chilled to cater to a client’s needs, these products can help ease the biomechanical challenges of the spine during simple core exercises and also teach the body to recruit the use of deep abdominals.