INSTRUCTORS
BLOSSOM CRAWFORD
Blossom Leilani Crawford is the owner and director of Bridge Pilates in Brooklyn, New York. She is known for her playful and powerful teaching methods, which she developed during the seventeen years she worked with Pilates Elder Kathleen Stanford Grant. Kathy was one of only two people to receive her Pilates teaching certification from Joseph Pilates HIMSELF. Blossom's current work is a blend of her own considerable experience, Romana's more traditional set of training methods, and Kathy's flexible and demanding style. She is known for her ability to seamlessly integrate Pilates lineages as the situation demands, and for her insight into Kathy's work. The diverse stylistic approaches Blossom can access on the spot has made her a sought after Pilates instructor throughout the United States and abroad.
KELLI WORKMAN
Kelli Workman, an Arizona native, is a certified teacher of the Ron Fletcher Comprehensive Program of Study and has 20 years of experience teaching Pilates. Kelli is also a performing artist with over 25 years of experience as a director, choreographer and performer. Having supported and coached clients’ bodies over many years allows Kelli to recognize and respond to different movement patterns and learning styles quickly.
Kelli’s personable, focused and comprehensive approach translates through breathwork, apparatus and Matwork as she continues to cultivate her mastery of teaching techniques AND physical cues. Pilates is not only corrective and strengthening exercise but a mind/body approach to how we live our lives. Kelli is passionate about helping clients make connections that will have them moving through their day understanding THEIR optimal movement patterns.
MOLLY LOVELL
Molly is a second-generation classically trained Pilates instructor who combines foundational Pilates with a contemporary approach. As a life-long athlete from soccer to gymnastics, kickboxing to weightlifting, she’s seen her fair share of injuries. Molly fuses her personal and professional knowledge of rehabilitation with a keen eye for movement to create an individual experience for her clients. “My approach is always, how can Pilates best serve the body in front of me?” Molly is also a Level 4 certified MELT Method instructor.
SAM WILDBORE
Originally from the UK Sam found her way to Pilates in 2016 whilst living in Miami. She was initially attracted to the method as an effective form of exercise and the welcoming community. On a deeper level she discovered the movement patterns improved her health, helped her manage her Type 1 Diabetes and offset some of effects of rheumatoid arthritis.
Classically trained, through Core Pilates NYC and Classical Pilates Education, she likes to weave in modern twists and turns. Her passion for Pilates has grown to the extent that her husband complains she talks about nothing else. Furthering her knowledge, satisfying her curiosity and the desire to improve client sessions means she takes as many workshops as she can.
Tina Jackson
Tina Jackson is a multi-hyphenated talent: a classically trained professional dancer, fitness model, fashion stylist, creative, and movement curator who seeks truth and wisdom through intentional movement and breath. She spent her youth passionately exploring nature and training intensely in dance. At the age of 16, Tina found love for both Yoga and Pilates, which cultivated a foundation of spirituality in her life.
Her Pilates Certification with Romana's Classical Program provided her with over 900 hours of practice in the Pilates system. Tina has also received her 200 HR Yoga certification through Satya Yoga Cooperative along with her certification in Biofield Breath work with Nicholas Pratley. Her work has been instrumental in bringing about deep change in various wellness communities. Her classes and private sessions invoke a sense of liberation, authenticity, faith, courage, and creative expression. In this way, she is part of a global revival, ushering in a 21st century renaissance that connects people back to who they are called to be..
YUKO KODAMA
My background is in Ashtanga yoga. I have been teaching and practicing for over 25 years. Age and injury brought me to Pilates ten years ago. I enjoy helping people feel grounded and strong in their bodies using breath, intuition and understanding of anatomy.
My approach to Pilates tends to be mindful and I look for symmetry and balance in energy and strength in my clients.