Who are your instructors?

Certified Instructors
Ava Motter
Heather Arnett
Deborah Adams
Anne Bishop

Apprentice Instructors
Lisa Harb

Ava Motter
Certified: Physical Mind and Integrated Teacher Training and Pre/Post Natal Pilates Exercise Specialist

Ava holds multiple certifications, including Mat Certification through Physical Mind, and an Integrated Teacher Training (ITT) Certificate from Madeline Black in Mat and Apparatus. Ava has also recieved training in Active and Isolated Stretching. Most recently she received her Pre Post Natal Pilates Certificate from Carolyn Anthony's Center for Women's Fitness. Ava is committed to furthering her education to best serve her clients in Pilates.

 

 

 

 

 

Heather Arnett

Heather Arnett comes to Pilates with Anne with a Masters degree in Kinesiology and a whole lot of dance training.

As a BASI Certified Pilates Instructor who specializes in sport* specific training, Heather’s clients include Illinois Police Corps cadets, members of the Men’s Swim Team at the University of Utah, and her mom. Perhaps because she is also a group fitness instructor and personal trainer, Heather looks forward to working on more important movement skills like handstands, climbing ropes and falling down for fun. Under the direction of Peggy Hackney and Janice Meaden in 2006 Heather completed the Integrated Movement Studies program, a graduate level study of the function and expression of human movement behavior that has also been described by its directors as “adult day-care”.** Because of this certification, Heather holds the shiny title of Certified Laban Movement Analyst, which is just a fancy way of saying she’s pretty good at helping bodies move more efficiently, recover from injury and manage pain. Heather currently lives and teaches in San Francisco and is working on a dance project with Kelly Kemp and Company that will be performed at ODC in January 2011.

*sport-n., an activity or activities in which one specializes a significant amount of time
**visit www.imsmovement.com for more information

Deborah Adams
Studio Coordinator
Deborah Adams is a certified Pilates instructor through Pilates Academy International of New York City. Deborah has studied Pilates for the past eight years with Anne Bishop, Director of "Pilates with Anne." She has also studied Pilates with Rael Isacowitz from Basi Pilates, Kathy Corey at West Coast Pilates and John Garey of Stott Pilates.

Deborah has worked as a professional dancer, dance company director and instructor. As a performer Deborah danced with the Oakland Ballet and with Danny Buraczeski Dance Company of New York City. She founded and led the San Francisco Jazz Dance Company.

As an instructor Deborah has taught ballet and modern jazz at numerous institutions from the Princeton Ballet in New Jersey to Stanford University. She developed and instructed art education programs for the San Francisco Art Education Foundation and has directed her own dance centers in New York City and American Dance in Petaluma.

Deborah combines her knowledge of dance and Pilates enabling her clients to realize their goals through improving their posture, flexibility and strength. Her approach, coupled with the Pilates technique and gentle coaching, develops physical confidence in the client's daily activities.

Anne Bishop
Certified Instructor in Pilates Academy International, STOTT Pilates™, Pre/Post Natal Pilates Exercise Specialist and the Pink Ribbon Program

Anne Bishop has immense enthusiasm for Pilates and her clients. Her movement history begins with dance. She started studying Pilates in 2000 and received her certification in 2002 with Stott Pilates in Toronto, Canada.

Anne followed her passion for body awareness and the human form at San Francisco State University. There she studied biology, anatomy, and movement, receiving a Bachelors of Science in Physiology in 2005. In 2006 she joined the faculty at SFSU for a year, where she taught anatomy laboratory class in the Biology Department. Anne draws from her academic education and her passion for movement to create a uniquely well-rounded approach to Pilates. Keeping abreast of new developments and challenges has inspired Anne to further her training at the Pilates Academy International (PAI) in Manhattan, New York. In July 2006, Anne became a certifying instructor for PAI, training instructors of Pilates in California and throughout the world. Most recently through PAI Anne was hired to teach and certify future instructors in the field in Istanbul, Turkey. Anne’s love for travel has expanded her teaching locals to such places as in Jamaica and at the Balance Pilates Studio in the Dominican Republic. Anne is dedicated to continually expanding her education in the field and sharing her love of Pilates with clients. Anne recently became certified in the specialties in Pre- and Post-Natal Pilates and the Pink Ribbon Program, which helps breast cancer survivors post operatively. She inspires them to honor where they are in each session, and to move forward with playfulness, mindfulness, and great enthusiasm in their practice.

Currently, Anne is receiving her Master's at the Harvard Graduate School of Education to study the connection between learning movement and the brain.

Lisa Harb

Lisa’s love for Pilates began right here at Pilates With Anne where, under the direction of studio owner Anne Bishop, she has been a student for over six years. Lisa recently decided to turn her love for practicing into her enthusiasm for teaching and is currently an apprentice teacher trained through Pilates Academy International (PAI) of New York.

Lisa has also practiced yoga for over 20 years. In May 2010, she will become a Certified Power Yoga instructor through the Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga Institute.

Prior to teaching Pilates, Lisa earned a BA in English from San Francisco State University. She has professional experience in fundraising, public relations and marketing for several privately owned companies and non-profit organizations in the Bay Area.

As a mother of three young children, Lisa leads an active lifestyle and she brings all of her experience into her teaching style. As a Pilates instructor, Lisa combines her understanding of Pilates with her knowledge in yoga to help men and women of all fitness levels achieve their personal goals.