Charisse
Charisse is a native of Kansas City, MO. She moved to NYC in 1998 to study with Alvin Ailey at The Ailey School. Throughout her professional dance career, she discovered the benefits of Pilates and became certified in 2008 through The Physical Mind Institute and The Lab with Lawson Harris in Dumbo, Brooklyn.
She has spent the last 15 yrs in NYC fine tuning her teaching style while working with clients of all walks of life, in different chapters of their lives. Now, she has made the leap to living upstate, and joined The Pilates Principle's team in 2023!
She loves to help clients become stronger, more knowledgeable about their own bodies, and teaches methods that help her clients maintain their desired goals.
Charisse has always been passionate about movement and self expression. She is now an actress and drummer along with being certified through IIN as a Holistic Health Coach. She feels that Pilates has been the ultimate injury prevention method and philosophy that has kept not only her body strong, but her mind sharp as well.
Charisse hold certifications in pre/postnatal Pilates, The Garuda Method, IIN, and she is a Cancer Exercise Specialist. Along with her holistic approach to movement and teaching, she continues to draw inspiration to these methods: Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Method, The Garuda Method, Lesley Powell, Kathy Grant and of course Joseph Pilates!