Instructors

All instructors at Core Pilates Sausalito can design workout programs for a wide range of clients from prenatal/post-rehab, fitness enthusiasts, to elite athletes and dancers. The studio is handicap accessible.

Brooke Leary
Senior Instructor and Studio Owner
Pilates Academy International Certifying Instructor
Certified in STOTT PILATES™ and Polestar Pilates
The Center for Women's Fitness:
Certified Pregnancy Fitness and Postpartum Rehabilitation Specialist
Certified in Pink Ribbon Program
Certified CARDIOLATES® Instructor
brooke@corepilates-saus.com

Brooke Leary loves to move. Born and raised in the mountains of Colorado, Brooke grew up with the understanding that a healthy lifestyle begins with physical movement. The promise of new adventures in dance and outdoor activities lead her to the University of Oregon where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Dance. There Brooke discovered Pilates and found that this practice not only enhanced her dance training, but also embodied her lifestyle. After becoming certified through Polestar Pilates, Brooke moved to the Bay Area to continue her pursuit of Pilates and dance. Since then Brooke has had the opportunity to teach Pilates at a variety of studios, before finding her home at Core Pilates Sausalito. In addition to working with clients, Brooke has dedicated herself to becoming an Certifying Instructor through Pilates Academy International (PAI) in New York, NY. Through PAI, Brooke has taken her practice to a new level and continues to seek greater educational opportunities within the field. Brooke has attended the cadaver workshop at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and is also certified in CARDIOLATES® and The Center for Women’s Fitness program for Prenatal and Postpartum Pilates.

During her off-time Brooke enjoys spending every moment outside—from rock climbing to surfing, she takes her high energy and enthusiasm into everyday life. Brooke strives to bring this same energy, educated body awareness, and love of physical movement to each client.

Kendra Jordan
Instructor
PMA Gold Certified
MSC-CPT: Certified Personal Trainer
kendra@aol.com

Kendra first discovered Pilates as a competitive diver in college. After her collegiate diving career was finished, she continued her Pilates studies, completing a comprehensive year long classically-based program at Absolution in West Hollywood, CA.. Both of Kendra's master instructors were trained by Romana Kryzanowska, one of only a handful of remaining Pilates protégé's that trained with Mr. Pilates himself in the early part of the 20th century.

>Kendra holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Athletic Training, and was certified as an Athletic Trainer (a profession that deals with the prevention and care of athletic injuries) in 1999. She went on to receive her Master of Arts degree in Sport and Fitness Management from the University of San Francisco in 2003. After spending the last 7 years in Phoenix developing and running two successful Pilates and ballet-barre conditioning studios, Kendra returns to her native Marin county to continue her lifelong passion and love of kinesiology, physical fitness, and injury prevention, which has allowed her to develop a keen eye when working with her students.

Elizabeth M. Elder Groebe
Instructor
ITT Pilates Comprehensive Trainer Certified
The Center for Women's Fitness: Certified Pregnancy Fitness and Postpartum Rehabilitation Specialist
elizabeth@corepilates-saus.com

As a Marin native, Elizabeth is excited to be newly returned to the Bay Area and welcomed to the team at Core Pilates. Throughout her life, Elizabeth has always remained active, whether dancing Ballet in the studios or exploring the beautiful outdoors, running the lakes, biking the trails, or finding her center in yoga. Appreciating the joys of movement and the energy and strength it has afforded her in her life, Elizabeth, even at a very early age, had an interest in working with the body. Specifically, Elizabeth is interested in exploring ways to maximize the quality of the body’s health and function without the need for invasive medicines or surgical procedures. Pursuing a career in Physical Therapy, Elizabeth discovered Pilates, a key rehabilitative and therapeutic mind-body exercise that improves the quality and longevity of the body's functionality. Elizabeth has studied Human Anatomy & Kinesiology at SFSU and completed the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program at Columbia University, New York. Elizabeth has had the privilege of studying under the direction of Pilates Master instructor, Jean Sullivan, and received her Comprehensive Trainer certification from ITT Pilates at A Body of Work, San Francisco. Elizabeth is a thoughtful teacher who prefers to approach the body as a whole and enjoys directing movement in her clients in such a way that they are able to take home what they learn in the Pilates studio and incorporate it into their daily life.

Kerstin Stuart
Instructor
kerstin@corepilates-saus.com

With a background in performance and environmental art,  Kerstin had been teaching Pilates professionally for over 4 years.  She has worked in gyms, small studios and as part of a rehabilitation program with Physical Therapists.  Her training was thru Pacific Movement Center in Santa Cruz, Ca. with a strong focus on joint articulation.  She has also interned with Basi style Instructors in Mill Valley to bring more of a block method to her training.  A large part of her insight into the human body has come from her background as a dancer and dance teacher for the last 15 years.  She is currently training with dance pioneer Anna Halprin thru the Tamalpa Institute and holds a BA in dance from UCSB.  Her teaching style is a blend of concrete physical guidance as well as an invitation in the mystery of the body.

When not teaching, Kerstin can be found delving into nature, human nature, cooking, creating or resting!

Tammra Yamamoto
Instructor
Certified Balance Body University Instructor
Certified Pilates Method Alliance
The Center for Women's Fitness: Certified Pregnancy Fitness and Postpartum
Rehabilitation Specialist
tammra22@gmail.com

Tammra has been teaching Pilates since 2005, receiving her Pilates teacher training through Balanced Body University's program at Turning Point Studios in Walnut Creek, CA. She is Pilates Method Alliance certified and has additional specialties in Movement Medicine through Turning Point Studios with Nora St. John and Prenatal/Postpartum Pilates through Core Pilates Sausalito with Brooke Leary. She has continued her training with Pilates Master Instructors Lolita San Miguel, Rael Isacowitz, Tom McCook, Elizabeth Larkham and Alicia Ungaro. She is currently working on her Masters Certification through The Pilates Center in Boulder, Colorado with Amy Alpers.

Her broad spectrum of experience allows her to work with all kinds of clients, from the injured triathlete to the very pregnant woman, to the overworked office worker. She truly believes that movement promotes and maintains health and wellness and that Pilates is a great practice to bringing physical balance to the body.

A bay area native, when she is not teaching, she enjoys exploring our amazing state. Hiking, mountain biking, skiing and sailing are a few of her favorite activities.