Pamela Moody, MS - Dancing since the age of three, Pamela has been involved in fitness training since 1982 and has instructed clients in dance, aqua and aerobics classes and weight training prior to changing the focus of her work to non-traditional forms of strength and flexibility exercise. She first learned Pilates as a young dancer in the dance program at Point Park College. Pamela became a certified Pilates teacher of the Authentic Pilates Method® at the Pilates Studio of New York under the tutelage of Romana Kryzanowska in 1993 and opened her first studio in her hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she worked with a variety of clientele including dancers, athletes, fitness buffs and post-rehab clients. After moving to the Midwest in 1995, she opened the Integrated Body Studio which was the first studio in the St. Louis area to offer certified Pilates instruction. She has conducted workshops in Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Pennsylvania and taught the Mat Work for two years at Washington University. In 1999, she earned her Master's Degree in Kinesiology from SIU-Edwardsville. In addition to Pilates training, Pamela's other education includes hatha, Iyengar and Astanga yoga, tai chi, dance and movement theories of Laban, Feldenkrais and Alexander,BodyMind Centering (Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen), massage therapy and classes in physical therapy for dancers and athletes. She is a member of Laban/Bartenieff Movement Institute, the International Assn of Yoga Therapists, the Pilates Method Alliance, and IDEA. Her yoga training (over 25 years) has included instruction from Ana Forrest, Daren Friesen (Moksa Yoga Studio-Chicago), Gary Kraftsow (Viniyoga), Dean Lerner (Iyengar), Tias Little, Judith Lasater and studies at Beryl Bender Birch's Power Yoga Center, Jivamukti Yoga Center, Andrey Lappa and Juliu Horvath's GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS techniques at the Sal Anthony studio in New York City. She is certified in Yoga by Integrative Yoga Therapy under the tutelage of Joseph and Lilian Le Page and is a member of Yoga Alliance.
Pamela also has a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Business Administration from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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