MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS

Certified classical Pilates experts dedicated to your practice.

Kim has been practicing Classical Pilates since 2012 and teaching since 2019. Her mentors Dorothee VandeWalle and April Tillman have been the most influential to her own practice and teaching. She continues learn and grow from her teachers through weekly private sessions and attending continuing education opportunities whenever possible. “I hope to always be learning in life and there is so much to learn and grow from in Pilates that a lifetime of opportunity exists if you are open to it.” - Kim

In August of 2019, she had the amazing opportunity to become the new owner of Urban Pilates. Soon after, in May of 2021, she earned the Metropolitan Authentic Training (MAT) certification through our sister studio Metropolitan Pilates in Seattle, WA under the direction of Master Teacher Dorothee Vandewalle.

Kim's infectious enthusiasm for Pilates movement will help you create a strong foundational Classical Pilates practice that will keep you moving and leave you feeling lifted, calm and clear headed.

During her free time she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, singing, listening to music and going for long walks around the neighborhood in search of a good cup of coffee.

Jacqueline began practicing Pilates in 2006 when she discovered it was the perfect workout for her, giving her strength, flexibility and better posture, and it complemented her running routine and life-long interest in fitness and nutrition. Growing up in the beautiful coastal city of Encinitas, California, she has always had an active and healthy lifestyle; traveling the world, running marathons, practicing yoga, hiking mountains, and walking countless city miles, with a little bit of the beach in between.

In 2013 she began a 700 + hour, year-long intensive apprentice program, working with Martt Lawrence at the Pilates Center of San Francisco and world renown instructor Dorothee Vandewalle at Metropolitan Pilates, Seattle. In 2014 Jacqueline earned her teaching certification from Dorothee and began teaching full time in San Francisco at various studios around the city. Since becoming certified, she has continued to deepen her knowledge of Pilates through workshops, conferences and private sessions with world-class Pilates instructors.

Jacqueline loves to teach Pilates to people of all levels and is an active supporter of those seeking healthy lifestyles.

Greg came to Portland from Boston with over 20 years in movement and fitness. He trained directly with Romana Kryzanowska in the '90s and taught at Smartbody Movement Studio and Summit Orthopedic Therapy—both rooted in Classical Pilates on authentic Gratz equipment.

He's also a certified Gyrotonic instructor and has worked with Juliu Horvath (creator of the Gyrotonic Expansion System) since 2001. Before Portland, he spent 16 years teaching movement studies at the University of Connecticut.

Greg's done a bit of everything: bodywork, coaching, acting, directing, choreography. He's performed on Broadway, the West End, and regional stages across the U.S., and founded Split Knuckle Theatre Company, which has toured 22 countries. He holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Missouri–Kansas City.

On the martial arts side, he holds black belts in two Aikido systems and trains in Filipino Martial Arts, Ground Escape Fighting, and Yang-style Tai Chi. He's also a Golden Gloves boxer, USA Boxing coach, and certified personal trainer.

Like a lot of people in this field, Greg got here through injury. That's shaped how he teaches—with empathy and an understanding that the body knows how to heal if you give it the right conditions. He's worked with everyone from elite athletes to people who just want to move through their day without pain.

His take: to understand life, you have to understand movement—in your body and in the world around you.

Having personally practiced Pilates for more than a decade, beginning after a difficult pregnancy, Jenn is a Certified Third Generation Authentic Pilates Instructor.

Jenn trained under Dorothee VandeWalle, an internationally-recognized Master Teacher who studied with Pilates’ protégé Romana Kryzanowska. Jenn’s program, based in Seattle, Washington, at Metropolitan Pilates, included multiple seminars, personal Pilates sessions, classroom instruction, and both practical and written tests. By the time she completed her program, Jenn had more than 1,000 hours of training and practice under her belt.

Jenn’s goal is to make the power of Pilates accessible to any body, at any level of fitness. Wherever you are today, in six months Jenn wants to see you stronger and more centered.

Jenn has a B.A. degree from Reed College and an M.B.A. from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management. When she’s not working her day job as a management consultant (or training for her next half marathon), she enjoys driving her Mustang, all things sci-fi, and volunteering at the Portland Japanese Garden.