FACULTY

Leslie Parker

Program Director & Course Creator

Leslie Parker is the director of the Mindful Movement Centre, Toronto. A former professional ballet dancer, she has been teaching yoga, Pilates, and body conditioning for more than a decade. She uses her extensive knowledge of different movement forms to teach functional movement, increase flexibility, and treat injury...

 

Georgia Burns

Teacher Trainer

Georgia has been teaching Pilates for over 15 years with a specialty in athletics, pre/post natal fitness and rehabilitation.She has been featured in Pilates Style magazine and has several videos on-line at PilatesAnytime. Georgia was interviewed by NOW magazine for her work in the "Best of Pilates" in Toronto…

Danielle Kroetsch

Teacher Trainer

Danielle comes to Pilates with over 15 years of classical ballet training solidly behind her. Having first discovered Pilates as an invaluable tool for improving her dance technique, she moved on to train as an instructor at both Body Harmonics and STOTT Pilates. Danielle brings her natural ability for imagery to class to make movements come alive for participants and awaken their body awareness…

 

Mark Archer

Guest Teacher

Mark Archer is a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Pilates Instructor and Strength and Conditioning teacher. Based in London, UK, he has worked in both the National Health Service and private practice. Mark is currently a clinician at London’s APPI (Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute), where he also delivers in-service training in ‘pain science’ …

Dominique Bulgin

Guest Teacher

 With a background in professional dance, her movement practice has evolved from performance settings to educational and clinical work with more therapeutic applications. She currently works at Living Pilates studio in London seeing a range of clients. Bringing her expertise from ...

 

Sam Booker

Functional Anatomy Course

Samantha Booker is an independent Registered Massage Therapist and an anatomy instructor at Ryerson University’s School of Performance. Her path to becoming an educator and RMT began with a BFA in dance from York University ...