WHO WE ARE
BONNIE MACHUCA
Owner, Master Trainer
Bonnie started her love for Pilates at SFSU as a dancer in 2000. She was pleasantly surprised how such a strange set of exercises improved her dancing ten-fold. Little did she know that 5 years and 3 knee surgeries later, Pilates would have the biggest impact in her life. She noticed her PT using Pilates equipment and exercises to rehabilitate her knee and continued to use the method to keep strong. She was then hooked, and has never looked back since.
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After years of studying, teaching and performing in the dance world, Amy discovered Pilates and found her second passion. She’s been teaching and learning the Pilates Method since 2009 after completing the 500 hr teacher training with Ellie Herman back when Precision Point Pilates used to be The Ellie Herman Studio.
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AMY DE LONG MARTIN
Pilates Trainer and Reiki Practitioner
ELISA OVRAHIM
Pilates Trainer
Elisa has dedicated her life to promoting good health and body awareness to the people in her community. Her classes aim to create a space that challenges students to tune into mind body connection while emphasizing on proper form for Classical and Contemporary Pilates exercises building core, overall body strength, and flexibility with focus to breath and movement. Elisa has been teaching Pilates for over 8 years.
CORIE ALTAFFER
Pilates Trainer
Corie Altaffer is a dancer and choreographer based in the Bay Area. Corie started practicing Pilates in college at the University of California, Irvine where she obtained a BA in Dance. She became certified in the Pilates Reformer in 2016, while living in San Antonio, TX. In 2019, she decided to deepen her knowledge and practice of the Pilates Method and is currently completing a comprehensive certification through Balanced Body at the Ellie Herman Studio in San Francisco.
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AMBER ALBERTY
Master Trainer
Amber has always been a mover! She started with tap, gymnastics and ballet at age five, and continued to dance through high school. As an undergraduate student Amber studied in France and Brazil, broadening her repertoire to include West African, Brazilian and Modern dance. Once in the Bay Area and drawing on her rich and eclectic training, Amber performed and taught Brazilian dance for several years.
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NADYA LATEEF
Pilates Trainer and Assistant
Nadya is a Berkeley native who began practicing Ballet at the age of four. Dance quickly became her greatest passion and self expression. This love of movement propelled her to explore a variety of dance and movement styles: from Yoga, to Krav Maga, Tai Chi, and Pilates, ultimately leading her to study dance at Cal State University Long Beach. While Pilates was always a part of the repertoire, it was not until the birth of her son in 2018, that movement and care of the body was no longer just a passion, but a career choice.
BROOK NOTARY
Pilates Trainer and Wellness Coach
I consider myself lucky to be in the business of making people healthier, leaner, stronger, more flexible, and happier. There is a powerful athlete in all of us and I believe that it is my job to cultivate that.
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The beauty of Pilates is that it has the power to transform people. Pilates can make over your body and change your mindset. I often hear clients say, “I don’t think I have it in me today. It’s been a rough week.” This is when I feel that I am most effective by integrating mind, body, and soul into every session...
