TEACHERS

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Lisa Priebe, PMA- CPT

Lisa earned her bachelors degree in Exercise Science from Temple University and has worked in fitness and wellness since the late 80’s. She began her interest and study in Pilates in 2000. After training for the Boston Marathon in 2002, which left her plagued with injury, Lisa began to seek a greater knowledge of the work not only for her own body but for others as well. She entered the Fletcher Pilates® Comprehensive Program, formerly the Ron Fletcher Program of Study® and became a Qualified Teacher. She has also completed all requirements to be a certified PMA teacher. Most recently Lisa has been promoted by the Fletcher Pilates, Inc. to be a Fletcher Faculty.


Lisa has studies with Deborah Lessen, in NYC to gain a greater depth of the classical lineage of Pilates. She has also taken courses with Tom Myers – for additional anatomy study, Yamuna Zake – in Body Rolling a myofacial release technique, and Eric Franklin – a an anatomy and movement teacher. Lisa has most recently began studying with Madeline Black, an advanced movement teacher, through her online intensive courses.  Lisa is always seeking to expand her knowledge base to assist in her teaching. She holds Fletcher Pilates workshops and continuing education courses for those with the aspiration to teach and those currently doing so.


Lisa is the owner of every BODY Pilates and Health Options LLC – a fitness company providing fitness services to companies and universities in the Berks County area. She offers classes and private instruction at every BODY Pilates.

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Kathryn Marr, PT, DPT

Kathryn Marr, PT, DPT holds a Bachelors degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Scranton (1993) and a DPT from Arcadia University (2016). In 2002, she completed her Rehab based Pilates training at Polestar Pilates in Santa Cruz, California. At that time, she worked in a physical therapy center where Pilates was the primary tool used for rehabilitation of injuries.


For her, Rehab based Pilates is a refreshing way to look at rehabilitating the whole body, not “just an isolated shoulder or knee” issue. Pilates also provides a different way to look at alignment and how it affected injuries and the body.


Kathryn has worked in a variety of PT settings, but has specialized in outpatient orthopedics for most of her career. She joined the every BODY Pilates team in 2016, and has been trained in Fletcher Pilates® techniques.


Kathryn is doing online classes. Please contact us for more information.

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Karen Oxholm

Karen Oxholm has been an athlete her entire life, competing in a variety of sports at local and national levels.

Karen completed the Teacher Training Program with Lisa Priebe in the Summer? of 2018. This will be her fourth career following that of banker, school librarian/tennis coach, and mother.

She began Pilates workouts over five years ago. Karen instantly understood the value of implementing the movement principles at the onset, particularly as it related to the cross-training that she engaged in to improve her performance in sports.

Pilates improved her other regular activities, too, including weight training, tennis, golf, swimming and cycling.

Her experience is valuable to clients who are concerned about recovering from injuries and advancing in the aging process. She is especially knowledgeable about the rigors of athletes who wield racquets. She encourages all athletes to introduce Pilates into their routines early on.

You will find Karen in the studio at the front desk, teaching individual clients, leading or participating in classes, perfecting her own skills and sharing her enthusiasm for Pilates with others. 
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Jim Samanen

Jim’s interest in teaching Pilates is about regaining or increasing the ability to move by building strength with flexibility. There is a certain pleasure in throwing one’s body into an activity – getting the body to respond to rhythm, to race down a ski slope, to edge out an opponent at the finish line, to stretch for the return shot in tennis. It comes naturally in youth, but gets more difficult as adults focus on desk jobs and watching young people do the things they used to do. He had lettered in track in both high school and college. Jim used to ski the moguls, jog, play tennis and racquet ball and do aerobics. Bad knees, tight calves and hamstrings eventually brought an end to all of these activities. He was getting out of shape and not happy about it. And then he started doing Pilates in 2002 with Rachel Nace, and has worked with Lisa Priebe since 2009. He has also trained with Ron Fletcher and Pat Guyton.

He’s now stronger at 65 than he was ten or even twenty years ago and considerably more flexible. Jim is licensed in Fletcher Towelwork® and Pilates Matwork. He presently teaches Men’s Pilates at the studio.
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Bettina Becker

Bettina co-founded an award-winning dance company  in Germany, where she excelled as a performer and choreographer. Bettina saw The Franklin Method® as a natural approach to understanding the connection between mind and body. She began her Pilates certification program at Body Precision in Rosemont in 2002, and since has traveled the world to study with Pilates masters. She became a licensed massage therapist in 2014. She continues to study and now includes myofascial release, and cupping in her therapy to provide a holistic approach to treatment.


Bettina is doing online classes. Please contact us for more information.

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