Pleasure Point Pilates Instructors - Santa Cruz

Owner

Anna Lovato

Anna Lovato has been teaching movement since 1995. She holds three comprehensive Pilates Certifications one from Core Dynamics, one from Pilates Santa Fe and finally from Body Arts and Science International (BASI). Her most recent certifications include a Pre/Postnatal Pilates Specialist from the Center for Women's Fitness and an advanced Pilates Mentorship with Karen Clippinger.

While teaching Pilates, Anna recognized a need for hands on techniques and chose to study Traditional Thai Massage at the New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts and with Master Teacher Pichet Boonthume of Hang Dong, Thailand. While she no longer practices massage she often uses the techniques with her clients.

Her Pilates practice today is focused on rehabilitation, bodywork and personal fitness combined. What she loves most is those “light-bulb” moments when a client has that spark of understanding that ties the mind with the body to achieve precise form in movement. She strives to empower her clients, by providing them with the tools to take control of their physical selves and improve the quality of their own lives.

Senior Certified Pilates Instructor

Kristina Kincaid Glavis

Kristina Kincaid Glavis, a native Californian, grew up being outside. Whether hiking in the mountains, long-distance bicycling, running, or spending time in the Pacific, life has always been active. Continuously looking for a new way to challenge herself and maintain a healthy body, Pilates was a natural addition to her lifestyle. Beginning in 2007, she discovered the physical benefits of Pilates – flexibility, mobility, and strength. She was equally intrigued by the mind-body connection that Pilates cultivates.

Kristina holds her comprehensive Pilates certification through PhysicalMind Institute. Prior to moving to Santa Cruz, she worked alongside Physical Therapist in Atlanta, GA in Pilates based Physical Therapy studios.

Kristina truly enjoys introducing people to the Pilates method and working individually with each person to obtain a strong and healthy body as well as an enhanced awareness of the mind-body connection.

Senior Certified Pilates Instructor

Renee Menard

Renée's love of movement began at age 3. Her two Certfications in Pilates began in 2004, one from Pacific Movement Center and the other from BASI, Body Arts and Science International.

In addition to Pilates Renée has been teaching and performing dance since 1999. She is a certified Zumba Instructor and certified Xtend Barre Workout Instructor. You can often find her dancing, swimming and taking care of her new son Izayah.

Renée feels passionate about being able to help challenge and support her clients while they meet their fitness and wellness goals. As a Senoir Certified Instructor she works with all types of clients from athletes to the aging guiding them to feel strong, flexible and pain free! Her intagrative approach to the Pilates method can be applied to any movement or everyday activity, helping to reprogram patterns of chronic pain and stress in the body.

Certified Pilates Instructor

Aimee Fitzgerald

Aimee Fitzgerald has been an active part of the Santa Cruz fitness and wellness scene since moving here in 2005. Her background in dance and yoga led her to Pilates and she was ecstatic to discover the work accessed some hard-to-reach muscles in her own body that had been chronically tight and weak. She found it deeply satisfying to help others tap into the benefits of Pilates and was awarded her comprehensive Pilates certification by the Pacific Movement Center of Santa Cruz.

Aimee loves being a part of the Pleasure Point Community and when she’s not teaching you may find her studying at Verve coffee shop, surfing Pleasure Point or training for various triathlons, races and rides in the area.

Certified Pilates Instructor

Maria Gibeault

Maria Gibeault is a certified Pilates instructor through Body Arts and Science International (BASI). She manages her own back pain and scoliosis with a combination of Pilates and traditional fitness approaches. Her most current obsession is the TRX Suspension System, which she recently finished a course becoming a qualified trainer for.

Her goal is to provide a workout that is challenging, effective, personalized, and fun. She aims to have her clients walk out feeling strong and happy with an appreciation for the mind-body connection that Pilates requires and an inspiration to create balance in their own physical lives.

We're Hiring

Career Opportunities

Are you obsessed with bad posture, skeletal alignment, fixing bad physical habits and helping those in need of strength to overcome persistent pain? Then you're in the right profession and we want to talk to you about joining our team.

We are currently looking for the best qualified instructors and teachers in training for our Santa Cruz, California studio, located in the Pleasure Point neighborhood, right next to the beach.

If you think you make the cut, please email your resume with a cover letter describing why you'd be right for our studio. We'd love to hear from you.