
Pilates & Fitness Teacher, Usui Reiki Master
Turks and Caicos Islands

Pilates & Fitness Teacher, Usui Reiki Master
Turks and Caicos Islands
A Turks & Caicos Islands resident since 2005, I have 20+ years of fitness and Pilates teaching experience and am recognized as one of the top Pilates trainers in the world. I am also a Usui Reiki Master who does Reiki training and treatments in person and via distance. My academic background as a Philosophy Professor also serves me well as a copywriter and copy editor for both print and on line media.
I have been mentioned in Hello Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine, Pilates at About.com, Pilates Style Magazine, and the Times UK.
Certified in Fitness Training, Pilates, Gait Training, Pilates for Osteoporosis, & Pilates for Golf, I am currently the Resident Pilates & Fitness teacher at the award winning Como Shambhala Spa at Parrot Cay Resort, known as the most exclusive resort in the world.
I also create and sell Pilates ebooks and podcast mp3 on line, for those who cannot make it to see me in the Caribbean.
I have extensive experience working with
neck, back, and joint pain (disk herniations, spinal surgeries, stenosis, scoliosis, joint replacements, frozen shoulders, rotator cuff injury )
osteo & rheumatoid arthritis
osteoporosis
spinal cord injury (including paraplegia)
mastectomy
abdominal surgeries
Parkinson's Disease
MS
cerebral palsy
muscular dystrophies
Fibromyalgia
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
Writer of SEO articles for client website content.
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
December 2007 — Present (2 years )
Resident Pilates and Fitness Instructor at an award winning luxury resort spa with extremely high profile high income clientele. Daily complementary Pilates group classes for guests including Pilates mat, bands, rings, rollers, and ball and Private Pilates group mat and small equipment classes. Pilates equipment prvates including specific 90 minute Pilates Rehab sessions. Personal training sessions in gym including free weights, ball and bosu, and weight machines. Certified Balinese fitness instructor Putu Erlambang in Pilates mat and appartus through Pilates PhysicalMind Institute so he could teach at the Como Shambhala Estate in Bali. Pilates with Lynda Lippin at Parrot Cay was written up in Hello Magazine as a Top Spa Treatment, and in Pilates Style Magazine.
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
Book reviews, music reviews, opinion pieces.
(Privately Held; Hospitality industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
Same as for Parrot Cay. This is our corporate head office for all COMO properties.
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
2006 — Present (3 years )
Reiki healing and training/certification both hands on and distance.
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
2000 — 2009 (9 years )
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years )
Private, semi-private, and group classes on mat and Pilates equipment, including light weights, swiss balls, bands, and foam rollers. Reiki healing and training classes. Also structured Physical Therapy solo, semi-private, and home exercise programs for patients with a variety of diagnoses, including but not limited to disk herniations, MS, rheumatoid and osteo arthritis, rotator cuff injuries, brachial plexus injuries. Certified over 15 individuals in Pilates Mat through PhysicalMind Institute teacher certification programs. Assisted in government Health & Fitness Initiative and currently am teaching Pilates mat classes at Parrot Cay Resort.
Pilates Instructor & Teacher Trainer 1993 — 2005
Certified Personal Trainer , Fitness, Exercise, Personal Training , 1999 — 2000
MA , Philosophy , 1988 — 1993
Completed all PhD requirements except dissertation defense as I had already opened my first Pilates studio!
BA , Philosophy , 1984 — 1988
Began to take Pilates sessions at Student Government funded Pilates Studio at Purchase in 1987.
health, fitness, pilates, reiki, energy healing, books, music, movies, fishing, snorkeling, knitting, crochet, internet marketing
Pilates PhysicalMind Institute, Shibumi Reiki Association, American Council on Exercise,
Best of Philly 2003 Pilates Studio