About Our Founder

Stephanie Berard is an internationally certified master trainer and rehabilitation practitioner. She did her training with Polestar Education, the leader in Pilates training and education. She has obtained the highest level of Pilates training available. She has a patent on her unique training system, Chi Kinetics. In addition, Stephanie is a Nationally Certified Athletic Trainer, Nationally Certified Massage Therapist, Tai Chi Instructor, Emergency Medical Technician, certified in Yamuna Body Rolling, a certified Yogilates Instructor and a certified hypnotherapist.

Stephanie is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz with a BA degree emphasizing Sports Psychology. She was the assistant Athletic Trainer for U.C.S.C. for 5 years and has been working in the field of sports medicine for 15 years using Pilates revolutionary techniques with manual therapy in the conditioning, training and rehabilitation of her clients. Click here if you’d like to see a demonstration. For a performance of Chi Kinetics, click here.