I did a series of ten semi-private (one other student) classes with Karen during my second pregnancy. She gave me so much wonderful guidance on how to strengthen and soothe the muscles needed to support my changing body, and to help me through labor. My second labor and recovery were orders of magnitude easier than my first, and I owe a lot of that to Karens guidance and expertise. I am now looking forward to meeting with Karen for a series of post-partum classes. I cant recommend her enough!

Karen is a wonderful teacher who fully understands the pre-and post-partum body. Being pregnant for the first time, Karen always had good suggestions to relieve pain, was open to alter exercises in order to make them more comfortable and appropriate to my level. She also was open to spread her knowledge and experience by offering to teach our husbands some message techniques to alleviate pain and discomfort.

Ive been seeing Karen for pilates and therapeutic exercise for about 10 years. When I started, I had a history of periodic bouts of back spasms that would typically last for a couple of weeks each time. For the past several years this problem has ceased to exist, I assume because of the core strengthening effect of the exercises. In fact, as Ive aged, my back problems probably would have worsened; instead Im actually in better shape in this regard than I was 10 years ago.