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Jared Kaplan, Arrive Founder, Pilates & Personal Trainer

Jared is sought after as a teacher, trainer, presenter, and entrepreneur. He is also an accomplished dancer and Pilates instructor.

Jared has been featured in advanced workshops internationally (China, Mexico), as well as across the USA and he continues to advance his personal studies with the brightest minds in movement and rehabilitation, including Jean-Claude West, Mark Comerford, Madeline Black, Dr. Guy Voyer, Gil Hedley, and Paul Chek.

Jared founded Arrive with the aim to provide business and personal wellness to the wellness provider.

Why Jared Started Arrive

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Christina Carchidi

Pilates, Personal Trainer

Christina is a movement professional with over 30 years of dance experience who began her fitness as a professional dancer. She studied Pilates to help with her dance technique and saw the amazing changes in both her body and dancing.

Christina moved to NYC after graduating from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, with a B.F.A. in dance in 2000, studied at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and performed for various musical artists.

Certifications: Christina attained her comprehensive Pilates certification from Core Pilates NYC in 2008, then received her 200-hour RYT from Studio Anya and personal training certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She continues to study yoga, anti-gravity, and Thai bodywork. Professionally, Christina was a Pilates manager for Equinox and has worked for NYSC, David Barton, and Type A Training.

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Kim Goss, Pilates

Kim is a motivated, highly skilled Pilates instructor with over seventeen years of experience. She attributes her love of movement to her many years as a dancer. Kim has extensive knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics, and kinesiology, and has worked with clients of all ages--many of whom have severe injuries, are pre or post surgery, have postural imbalances, or other orthopedic conditions. She is adept at assessing the individualized needs of a client and developing sessions that facilitate rehabilitation. Her teaching combines the choreography of Pilates with other principles of movement, muscular re-patterning, and an emphasis on proper bone alignment, to encourage healthier body function.

Nicole Nerup, Pilates

Nicole holds a BA in English and a BFA in Dance from The Ailey School at Fordham University. She is a fully certified Apparatus and Mat Pilates Instructor under Lawson Harris of The Lab.

Nicole has worked with clients ranging from the graduate student in her twenties with back pain and posture issues, to the banker-skier with a previous ACL surgery, to the business owner with a previous hip replacement and abdominal surgery, to the young woman looking to tone her abs and arms, and more. She has a detailed eye for proper form and values clear cueing.

She loves empowering clients who want to learn more about their bodies through their Pilates practice to move through life with joy and ease.

Yera Kim, Pilates

Nicknamed the "Pilates General," Yera's serious commitment and exceptional dedication show in the results clients feel after training with her. Integrating psychology and movement, she excels in mapping out a plan of action that transmits benefits not only within your session but to your life. In thorough workouts, Yera's attentive eye helps you move forward at your level and work with any limitations. Her precise, goal-driven style keeps clients working hard within their personal practice.

Certifications: Pilates - Balanced Body, Youth & Adult Mental Health First Aid, BA in History and Creative Writing - Seoul Women's University (Korea), studies in modern pain management, breathing for therapy, applied movement science, scoliosis and advanced spinal motion, and Mind-Body Integration techniques.

Available languages: English and Korean.

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Alaina Mallory, Pilates

Alaina is a native New Yorker and has always had a fascination with the science of anatomy and physiology. She is certified in comprehensive Pilates by Body Arts and Science International. Alaina was drawn to the level of athleticism involved in Pilates. The gains of increased body awareness, flexibility, strength, and the reduction of low back pain have motivated her to make Pilates and movement a way of life.

Alaina continues to further her knowledge through workshops and certifications including Myofascial Slings, The Rewiring Feet and Hips, and Integrated Movement. Studying the latest research in the field of movement means improved results for her and her clients.

While working with Alaina you will learn to respect where your body is today and work for a better tomorrow. Let’s get started!

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Kelsey Aloy, Pilates

Kelsey is a trained Broadway dancer & has been a fully certified Pilates trainer for over eight years. She holds her comprehensive Power Pilates certification on all apparatus & mat through Fitness Formula Club (FFC) under the direction of Liv Berger.

Clients appreciate her unique dance background, encouraging and patient approach, specific knowledge of the body, and true personalization of her sessions. Kelsey loves working with a wide range of clients of all ages, including people rehabilitating from an injury, athletes wanting variety in their cross-training, people wanting to feel better and find more balance/stability in their bodies, and people wanting to tone and find the best version of themselves through Pilates.

Elle Hetherington Pilates

Elle develops strategies to improve posture, prevent injury and optimize performance. With a BPT from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Certificate of Sports PT from La Trobe University, Elle possesses expert knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics. She integrates her extensive clinical experience and education to provide comprehensive injury assessments, accurate diagnoses, effective treatment, and long-term prevention programs.

Growing up in Australia, Elle had first-hand experience with a myriad of injuries from running, swimming, and netball. These injuries drove her to investigate the science behind human bodies, igniting her passion for physiotherapy. After working at leading sports medicine clinics in Melbourne, Elle relocated to New York City and applied her clinical physiotherapy skills to movement retraining and Pilates.

Whatever you need: rehabilitation, injury prevention, pre/post-natal, strength training, conditioning, Pilates, or cardio, Elle tailors each session to ensure you receive the safe and effective training you need.

Anita Naegeli

Pilates, Personal Trainer, Mobility Training

Anita refines her clients' movement skills and strengthens their bodies for optimal performance through sessions that combine Pilates, personal training, and Functional Range Conditioning (FRC). Devoted to ongoing education in her field, she is one of our most experienced and trusted practitioners. Anita is a skilled collaborator and often works with other practitioners to offer precise, passionate knowledge in both a giving and professional manner.

Anita's practice centers around those with specific performance and rehabilitation goals, as well as prenatal clients.

Certifications: Pilates - Kane School of Core Integration, Personal Training - NASM, Level 2 Kettlebell Instructor - RKC, FRC® Mobility Specialist (FRCms), Level 1 Kinstretch® Instructor, ELDOA, Pre/Postnatal Training, Restore Your Core® Method Training

Holly Lai, Pilates

Holly received her mat and apparatus certification through The Kane School in 2013 and has studied KMI Anatomy for Movement Professionals with Simone Lindner. Her Pilates sessions are fun, energetic, and motivating with a focus on form, mechanics, and mobility made possible by Holly's strong emphasis on strength originating from the center. Pilates has helped her preserve the longevity of her body making her active lifestyle and love of contact sports possible.

Holly loves challenging her mind and body through rock climbing, hiking, and mud runs. Holly also trains in external and internal martial arts, including Muay Thai and Ba Gua, and aerial arts like pole and silks/hammock.

Ron Tal, Pilates

Ron Tal is a Pilates instructor living in NYC. Trained at Pilates Academy International, he’s been teaching since 2014. He is also a Musical Theatre performer.

Jennifer Parker

Pilates, Yoga

Jennifer is a certified Yoga and Pilates teacher who has been teaching in NYC since 2014. Her classes are thoughtful, alignment-based, playful, energetic, and always influenced by the breath and poetry of moving meditations.

She has been teaching Pilates since 2016 and believes its balance of strength and flexibility is one of the best things one can do for their body! The precision and control of Pilates are vital, efficient, and unique; its focus on quality of movement – rather than reps performed – personally changed her life.

Passionate about her work, Jennifer’s goal is to challenge you on a physical and mental level without burnout. She will help you achieve self-awareness through a mind-body connection so that, at the end of the day, you leave the mat feeling that the work is relevant and creates a clear, measurable, difference in your life.

Jennifer believes that teaching is the art of assisting discovery. She does not believe in gurus: YOU are your own true teacher and she is grateful to assist on your journey!

Laura Cruz

Pilates, Personal Trainer, Movement Coach

Laura believes that being fit and healthy is rooted in the intentions you set: your movement practice can meet your needs with where you are at, every step of the way.

Laura guides workouts based on a fusion of Pilates, strength, and Functional Range Conditioning (FRC), channeling a mindful connection to your body that will nourish confidence and awareness in everything you do. She uses the concepts and the science of movement to help clients breathe more efficiently, lower pain levels, move more symmetrically and feel grounded in their bodies.

Specialties: Pre/Postnatal Pilates and Strength Training. Prehab + Post Rehab, Mobility Specialist

Joana Meneses

PIlates

Jo has been a New Yorker for the past 23 years, but is Azores-born and a self-proclaimed Karaoke Queen. She takes pride in being the first Azorean most people meet and likes the off-the-beaten-path paradise she was fortunate to be born in.

She is a 21-year full-time Fitness Pro who strives to combine movement in ways that complement all of her certifications to make you forget you're working.

Always grateful, and endlessly hungry for growth and new challenges, Jo invests in her craft by searching out and training with the best coaches, with the goal of passing along all that she has learned. She is all about balancing our power with our pause and welcomes the opportunity to help others find their own life's movement poetry.

Ernesto Palma Camacho, Pilates, Personal Trainer, Competitive Ballroom Dancer + Coach

Ernesto is a Pilates + Personal Trainer with over 9 years of experience helping Clients with day to day movements and reducing pain or discomfort by addressing their origin.

As a personal trainer, he use all of his tools to make you stronger and more agile, while helping you achieve the vision of yourself you desire when you look in the mirror.

With 20+ years as a Professional Dancer, (studied, modern, jazz, hip hop, 5 latin social dances, 3 american social dances, 15 competitive ballroom dances), he’s also a Professional ballroom dance competitor (coach-choreographer).

Specialties: Functional Anatomy Specialist, Pre-Post natal Pilates (he’s proud to support this hard and important work!)

Ria T. DiLullo

Pilates, Movement Coach

Ria is a native New Yorker, former athlete, current movement coach, and artist. Ria found their way to Pilates after leaving collegiate athletics (rowing and volleyball specifically) to recover from injuries, inflammation, and chronic pain over a decade ago. Ria found it so effective that she pursued a comprehensive certification in Pilates and has been teaching for 8+ years. Additionally, Ria specializes in holistic biomechanics via the Fajardo Method and is prenatal certified. In their free time, Ria can be found outdoors kayaking, hiking, and fire-building, or indoors cooking and enjoying podcasts.

Annie Ho

Personal Trainer

Annie Ho is an Exercise Physiologist, certified through the American College of Sports and Medicine (ACSM). She received her Bachelors of Science in Exercise Science from Georgia State University and has over 7 years of combined personal training and group fitness experience in corporate, commercial, and physical therapy settings.

Specialties: Olympic Weightlifting, Powerlifting, Kettlebells, Barbell training, TRX, FMS, pre/post rehab corrective exercise, strength & conditioning, weight/fat loss, Hypertrophy, Mobility, High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)

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Claudia Godi

Personal Trainer

Claudia Godi has 20 years of experience as a Health and Wellness Instructor.

Born in Florence, Italy, her passion for movement started with competitive gymnastics. She graduated from the University of Florence (ISEF) with a degree in Physical Education and worked as a personal trainer in Italy. She ran a post-rehabilitation center in Rome under the guidance of Luigi Salvino, DPT, a postural alignment and back-pain relief expert, and expanded her knowledge of movement through studies in GYROTONIC® and the Mezieres Method (AIFIMM).

These cumulative experiences gave Claudia a unique approach to workouts aimed at maintaining proper alignment so that movement becomes as ergonomic as possible.

Jonathan Munoz

Personal Trainer, Nutrition

In eleven years in the fitness industry, Jonathan has nurtured the ability to operate under different systems and frameworks to drive human performance.

From the beginning of his career coaching young athletes to now training CEOs, young professionals, and Broadway performers, Jonathan aims to optimize movement development and performance in a variety of disciplines.

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Ben Schultz

Personal Trainer

Ben Schultz is an NASM-certified personal trainer with over 25 years of experience working with and developing the physical body.

He got his start at the age of 15 when he began training in dance which eventually led him to a full professional dance career, ending with him as Principal Dancer for the Martha Graham Dance Company. As a result, he has a unique insight into how to train the body to achieve multiple results in strength, flexibility, and performance. He's also well versed in injury prevention, as well as how to train to accommodate for current injuries and other obstacles.

Alicia Ferriere, DPT FAFS PRC | Fortify PT

Physical Therapist

Alicia Ferriere (PT, DPT, FAFS, PRC) received her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Columbia University. She is recognized as a fellow of applied functional science and is certified by the Postural Restoration Institute. She is working towards a certification in women’s health.

Currently, Alicia works primarily with athletes and runners. She aims to educate women on pelvic health and return to exercise in the postpartum period.

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Brynn Fessette

Physical Therapist

Brynn Fessette is a Physical Therapist with over ten years of experience. She has specialized in working with runners and triathletes, but treats anything, really, and is always up for a challenge!

Brynn is a GIFT Fellow and has had a ton of continuing education with all types of soft tissue work, PRI training, and functional movement assessments.

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Dominic Farnan

Physical Therapist

Dominic graduated in 2006 from Trinity College Dublin, and continued his education there with a master’s degree in Sports and Exercise Medicine. He held a 5-year scholarship for academic excellence during his time in University in Dublin and has published research related to sports injuries.

He gained valuable experience evaluating and treating injuries in professional athletes at Leinster Rugby Club and in his own private clinic in Ireland. He has been licensed and practicing in New York since 2012. Dominic has extensive post-graduate training and experience in treatment of muscle, soft tissue and joint pain and in the assessment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries. His experience, positive attitude, and understanding of individual client’s problems gives excellent results.

Roberta Wein, PT CPI

Physical Therapy, Pilates

Roberta Wein, P.T. C.P.I., has integrated her dance background with 40 years as a Physical Therapist and 30 as a second-generation Pilates Instructor trained by Romana Krysnowska.

She is the former owner of PT and Pilates. Although she can incorporate diverse treatments as required for individual care, she specializes in applying Pilate-based Physical Therapy and uses CoreAlign, dance, and sports medicine to achieve optimal results.

Sonia Chhabra

Physical Therapist

Sonia is an experienced Physical Therapist, Posture Specialist, and Educator. After graduating from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, Sonia founded her clinical practice in NYC, which she has been operating for over 20 years.

Sonia integrates brain based approaches to healing, utilizing basic principles of neuroscience to achieve optimal and long lasting results. She partners with elite athletes, such as the USA Greco-Roman Olympic Wrestling Team, as well as individuals striving to move better and live healthier.

Sonia's practice philosophy is taking a global approach to identify and correct imbalances that cause joint pain, muscle stiffness, and overall movement restrictions. Her focus helps her clients save time and energy by providing clear solutions to eliminate pain, enhance performance, and increase vitality.

Eduardo Pereira is a physical therapist with over 20 years experience as a manual therapist and personal trainer.

Bryan Schuman

Massage Therapist, Personal Trainer

Bryan Schuman has over 25 years of experience helping people use their bodies better.

He started his career in movement as a professional modern dancer. After retiring from a performance career, his next career took him to personal training which sparked a passion to work with people from all walks of life, helping them understand how to get the most from their training. Since completing his studies as a massage therapist, he has worked to educate his clients in all aspects of how to get the most out of their bodies.

Certifications: Bryan holds a B.A. in Dance from the University of Iowa, is an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, a level 1 Precision Nutrition Certified Coach, and is a New York State Licensed Massage Therapist.

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Victoria Lewandowski

Massage Therapist, Pilates

Since 2007, Victoria has worked with doctors, surgeons, PTs, and chiropractors to provide progressive therapeutic healthcare via massage, rehabilitative Pilates, and other forms of evidence-based physical therapy exercise. Her expansive manual and exercise therapy toolbox contains skilled approaches to ensure quality everyday life activities, including those with orthopedic issues, sports injuries, weekend warrior burnout, pre/postnatal matters, and pre/post-surgical cases.

Education & Certifications: Victoria graduated from Baruch College, Swedish Institute: College of Health Sciences, and Kingsborough Community College. She is currently licensed in NYS as a Massage Therapist (LMT) and Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) and has an international certification in Rehabilitative Pilates Instruction. Specialties include Medical Massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Prenatal Massage, Stretching, Cupping, Myofascial Release, Gait and Balance training, Therapeutic Exercise, and Rehabilitative Pilates.

Joe Barthelemy

Massage Therapist, Personal Trainer

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Jan Kosto

Massage Therapist

Jan graduated from Swedish Institute and is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association.

Jan has been a Massage Therapist for the past 10 years and is very passionate about helping people. He specializes in Swedish, Deep Tissue, Craniosacral, Reflexology, Relaxing and Sport massages as well as Trigger Point Therapy.

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Christy Allen

Acupuncturist, Massage Therapist, Yoga Instructor

She studied massage and assisted anatomy at the Swedish Institute and graduated from Tri-State College of Acupuncture with her Master of Science degree. She has also volunteered offering yoga to clients affected by cancer at Gilda’s Club, massage for HIV/AIDS and hospice, and Therapy Dog work. She is grateful to be able to share the art of acupuncture and bodywork with her clients.