About Me

Hi, I’m Sophie and I’m a certified modern pilates instructor and certified personal trainer. In my past life, I was a classically trained dancer and later a circus performer. I trained as an acrobat (specializing in tissu/aerial silks) for 12 years before retiring from performing in 2024. I’ve been practicing classical pilates (all modalities) for most of my life as a form of cross training, but fell in love with modern pilates because it gave me the intensity I was looking for while still being easy on the joints after years of dancing on concrete and a very serious shoulder injury.

I have always loved teaching, in multiple modalities. Prior to becoming a trainer, I worked as a math tutor and aerial coach for 6 years collectively. With all that said, being a “good” trainer did not come naturally to me. Starting out, I struggled to find myself on the mic. It took me a long time to figure out who I was as a trainer, until I realized it was the same as stepping on stage. I believe being authentic to yourself, finding your niche, and knowing your power as a trainer are the most important practices in developing yourself. These and, of course, knowing your stuff!

Throughout my years of teaching, I have always encouraged my clients to know WHY they do what they do. Why am I telling you to slow down, why is power effective in this exercise, why am I sequencing exercises this way, why am I limiting the range of motion, etc? But when I started I did not know the answers to these questions. I have devoted the last year and a half to deeply understanding not only the how but the WHY and want to pass this knowledge along to fellow trainers. 

A little about me as a trainer: I LOVE power (hence the name PWRhouse). If you want to learn about tempo change, I'm your girl! Though power is my niche, I also specialize in sequencing, pre/post natal training, and exercise modifcations/intensifications. Find all of these topics and more in my course list!