· Trainer Biography
o Colleen Wenrich, RN has been training people in fitness and wellness since 1981. Trained and certified directly by Romana Kryzanowska ( the protégé of Joseph Pilates) in classical authentic Pilates, Colleen has also helped to prepare many future Pilates teachers to enter Romana’s certification program .
o “From early on in my nursing career I’ve known that most illness can be effected or prevented by awareness and caring for our bodies, minds, and spirits. I started to help promote this awareness with Biofeedback training for my patients to help them manage control over pain, stress, & high blood pressure. I also learned from my own life that physical movement, dance & exercise, in addition to enabling me to participate in a fuller life, also made me feel joy.”
o “Later on I became fascinated with how applying the work of Joseph Pilates was a precise tool to maximize not only physical, but also emotional & mental well-being. The work is beneficial to people in all conditions, from the infirm to the elite athlete. His work emphasizes awareness, precision, breath & flow of movement; all things that have meshed well with what I had learned up to that time. I have become completely dedicated to the study of his work ever since.”
o Colleen is also certified by the American College of Sports Medicine, ACE, AFAA, and the Association for Applied Psychophysiology, amongst others.
As of 2012, she has over 16,000 hours experience teaching Pilates.
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