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Catherine Robin Lim-Healy
Robin's personal mission, both as a pilates instructor and a physical therapist assistant, is to share the exciting moments of strength and discovery with everyone she touches. Her own personal, physical and spiritual development was so deeply affected by her practice of pilates that she was inspired to become a teacher.
After experiencing painful symptoms of a physical illness and a sedentary lifestyle, she sought exercise that was flexible with the day to day needs of her body. She found a wonderful and inspiring classically trained pilates instructor who started instilling a love not just for this method of exercise, but for the principles involved in a dedicated pilates practice.
As she began to grow and develop in her own practice and understanding of the method and its effects on each individual, Robin chose to transition from a career in marketing to become a pilates instructor and a physical therapist assistant. By combining her certification in pilates and her licensure in physical therapy, she has been able to empower people of various fitness levels, physical abilities and injuries.
Tina Foster
Bio Forthcoming
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Hands–On Massage & Wellness Center
was founded by Jason Garcia, Licensed Massage Therapy Instructor and Feldenkrais Method Awareness Through Movement teacher, and his wife Melanie, Physical Therapy Assistant with a B.A. in Holistic Health.
Their goal was to establish a center in which individuals could learn to reach optimal physical balance and maximize their bodies' healing ability. Through the use of Pilates, Yoga, Feldenkrais and manual therapy they have been able to help many individuals recover from pain associated with acute and chronic injuries. For ten years, Jason has brought his pain management expertise to a range of populations. He has worked with office employees and other professionals, tri-athletes/marathoners, pregnant mothers, geriatrics, oncology patients, weekend warriors, stroke survivors, and many more. Melanie has dedicated herself to helping post-surgery patients and geriatrics in their rehabilitation through her innovative physical therapy skills at many hospitals and clinics throughout the bay area. Together they share a passion for helping individuals achieve their treatment goals in their pain management of chronic and acute pain and increase their quality of life.
Christine Trost
In practice for fifteen years, Christine Trost is a graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Christine enjoys working with senior citizens, pre-natal, people with injuries including arthritis, back, neck, and headache pain. She has taught classes with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS) patients. Chris also enjoys instructing the senior residents at the San Francisco Towers skilled nursing facility in Aromatherapy, Yoga and breath awareness (pranayama).
Michelle Vauclair
Michelle was first introduced to yoga as a young child growing up in Georgia, thanks to her mom who taught hatha yoga. While living in Montreal, Quebec, she practiced on her own during and after the pregnancies of her two children. Upon moving to California, she became inspired to teach and share her great desire to be of service to others. Michelle holds several certificates and currently studies with Joe Naudzunas at the Iyengar Institute. She is the owner of Yoga Fun, a children's yoga program currently being taught as an after school enrichment program and the owner of Yoga Gratitude for adults, currently being taught to classroom teachers, staff and parents of the San Bruno Park School District. She also teaches families privately.
Committed to inspiring others to reach their highest potential, Michelle is offering beginning/intermediate level hatha yoga classes here at Hands On Wellness designed to meet the needs of each individual. Come and join Michelle for early morning classes and begin your day nurturing your spirit mind and body!
Claire Shaffer
Claire Shaffer has been teaching Yoga in the Bay Area since 2005. She is certified to teach both Ashtanga & Purusha Yoga. Claire also holds certifications in Pre & Post Natal yoga and Yoga Therapy. As a practitioner, Claire loves to get out of the city and reconnect with a sense of peace so easily found in nature. As a teacher, Claire is dedicated to helping her students reconnect with their truest selves & to a sense of peace within. Her classes are joyful explorations of the 8-Limbed system of classic Yoga.
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