Transform Your Fitness with BetterBody Pilates
Mission & Vision
Our Mission & Vision
Empowering Bodies, Uplifting Lives
Our mission at BetterBody Pilates is to empower individuals to improve their physical and mental well-being through personalized Pilates training, creating lasting positive transformations.
Inspiring a Healthier, Stronger World
Our vision is to inspire and enable individuals to embrace Pilates as a transformative practice, building stronger bodies, fostering mental well-being, and creating a healthier world.
MEET OUR
Instructors
MARICAR PRATT
Certified Physicalmind Instructor, Certified Personal Trainer (NASM), CES, CGFI, PES, CES, BCS, HIIT, TRX Since 2000
As a former certified massage therapist (certified through the Institute of Phsyco-Structual Balance in Santa Monica), I became interested in Pilates for its rehabilitative and strengthening qualities. I was exposed to the benefits of Pilates working in a physical therapy office, where I noticed the safe benefits and rapid improvements on post-surgical patients.
MICHAL MEODED
Certified Pilates Sports Center 2011 and Yoga certified 2015
Michal became interested in pilates after having her third child over 8 years ago. She started her first pilates session at Better Body Pilates and fell in love with it. She felt leaner, stronger, and more flexible. Around the fall of 2011, Michal began training to accomplish her teaching certificate at Pilates Sports Center in Encino. She was certified on all the apparatus such as: mat, reformer, Cadillac, and chair. Michal joined Better Body Pilates as a pilates instructor and began spreading her love and knowledge with others.
SARAH HOLMES
Pilates Certified, Physical Therapy Assistant. Teaching since 2010
Sarah has a Health Sciences degree from Loma Linda University and
completed her Physical Therapy Assistant license shortly thereafter. She received her Pilates certification from Pilates Sports Center in 2010. Her goal is to help my clients achieve wellness and balance of the body and mind through the practice of Pilates so they are able to stay healthy and enjoy life to the
fullest.
KYM DAMESWORTH PT
Doctorate in Physiotherapy, biomechanics specialist, Neurokinetic Therapy TM (NKT), Certified Pilates Instructor
Doctorate in Physiotherapy, and an honorary doctorate in Functional Biomechanics, Anatomy, plus other certificates from various studies and programs. She is a biomechanics specialist and also specializes in rehab post-abdominal reconstruction.
JENNIFER HOOKHAM
Yoga & Pilates Certified. Teaching since 2011
In 2005 she became a certified group exercise instructor through the American Council on Exercise, focusing on Pilates and yoga. Several years later she began to take reformer classes and fell completely in love with equipment based Pilates. She studied with World-renowned Maria Leone at Bodyline Studio in Beverly Hills and was certified by the Physical Mind Institute.
ALEXIS BIEDA
Certified Pilates Instructor
Alexis’s journey to becoming a Certified Pilates Instructor is rooted in her own experience of resilience and healing. After a hip injury disrupted her competitive dancer lifestyle, Alexis discovered Pilates as a means of recovery and physical therapy. Since then, she has embraced Pilates as a transformative practice for nurturing her mind, body, and soul. Alexis has been certified to teach using all Pilates equipment.