Lauren Barker,
Owner & Instructor
Current Qualifications:
- Master Pilates Instructor, 3rd Generation
- NCPT (Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher)
- PCES (Pregnancy/Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist)
- NextGen (Training Active Girls for Health & Performance)
- NASM-CES (Corrective Exercise Specialist)
- NASM-VCS (Virtual Coaching Specialist)
- NASM-CPT (Personal Trainer)
- NASM-GFI (Group Fitness Instructor)
- NASM-CNC (Nutrition Coach)
- NASM-SFC (Stretching & Flexibility Coach)
- Successfully completed a comprehensive 500-hour contemporary Pilates training program
- Barre Above Pilates Certified
- CPR/AED
Previous Life:
- Certified High School English Teacher
- English B.A. with Poetry minor
- Composition & Rhetoric M.A. with focus in Women’s Studies & Victorian Literature
Who I work with
Pilates and corrective exercise work best when they meet you where you are, not where you think you should be. I work with clients in many seasons of life, including:
- Adults wanting to move better, build strength, and improve alignment.
- Active individuals looking for intelligent cross-training and injury prevention.
- Clients navigating pain, postural habits, or movement imbalances.
- Women experiencing body changes through postpartum, midlife, or beyond.
- Youth and teen clients developing strength, coordination, and body awareness.
- Anyone ready for a more thoughtful, individualized approach to movement.
You don’t have to be flexible, athletic, or experienced to begin. You just have to be willing to learn how your body works.
The long road to you...
One of my defining qualities is tenacity, right alongside curiosity. I love learning, experimenting, and diving deeply into anything that interests me. My friends may not have fully appreciated the time I learned how to peel a Thai water beetle just to try it, but they do appreciate that I’ve taken professional-level coffee training and can brew something
exceptional when they come over.
As an overachiever and lifelong perfectionist, I’ve spent plenty of seasons managing stress. After leaving a career as a high-school English teacher, I stepped into the equally intense world of parenting, and movement became my outlet. Running, cycling, CrossFit, Pilates, hiking… if it existed, I probably tried it (except swimming — I’m basically a cat).
Movement helped me do the big things in life, until it didn’t.
In 2016, chronic pain from running led to a series of surgeries, and I found myself deconditioned, often in pain, and disconnected from the body that had always felt strong and
capable.
Pilates entered my life as rehabilitation, but quickly became something more. I found a method that challenged both mind and body, one requiring focus, precision, and respect for how different every body is every single day.
When something truly works, I can’t help but share it. Two years into my own practice, I decided to become a teacher.
Today, I help clients of all ages. I work with kids building strong movement foundations to adults refining strength, alignment, and confidence; we navigate the challenges that show up along the way. My goal isn’t just to help people exercise; it’s to help them understand their bodies, move well, and feel capable again.
Because strength isn’t about perfection, it’s about learning how to work with your body, not against it.
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