Martha Stichweh, Leslie St. Amant, & Kelsey Watson Reid

Pilates Hilton Head

1000 William Hilton Pkwy., E-2 Hilton Head Island, SC 29928

(843) 715-4545 www.pilateshiltonhead.com

Martha Stichweh Owner/Instructor

The first time Martha Stichweh crossed the island bridge in 1969 and smelled the pluff mud, she knew she was home. She can now say she has been in paradise for 54 years and has no intention of going anywhere else.

Martha found Pilates during a painful bout of hip bursitis in 2009 and fell in love with the practice, embarking several months later, on a year-long study to become a Pilates instructor. She has been teaching Pilates on the island ever since. Martha studied under Balanced Body’s worldrenowned Master Instructor Jennifer Gianni of Fusion Pilates in Asheville, N.C., receiving certification in Balanced Body’s Comprehensive Program covering all apparatuses. She has also been certified in the SmartSpine Wellness System with Master Instructor and SmartSpine Wellness System Creator Marie-José Blom and continues to learn through continuing education courses and workshops. Martha loves to see the changes in her clients and hear how happy they are to have found Pilates.

Leslie St. Amant Instructor

Leslie Amant is a certified STOTT Pilates instructor as well as a Total Barre™ instructor. She has a gymnastics dance, and kinesiology background from the College of William and Mary. She incorporates all into her Pilates equipment classes. She has trained with STOTT instructors Lolita San Miguel Kathy and Kimberly Corp, and CC Martin. Since 2003, she has been teaching Pilates for Breast Cancer, Pilates for Golf, and Reformer and Mat. In 2008, she became a cancer exercise trainer and chronic disease specialist.

When she isn’t working or running, she is drinking coffee, playing golf, or walking her dog Bailey on the beach with her husband and grown children while thinking of new routines for her clients. She is excited and honored to be a part of the Pilates Hilton Head team.

Kelsey Watson Reid is a proud Hilton Head local, born and raised on the island. She studied hotel, restaurant and tourism management at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, and following graduation returned home to a job in the restaurant business. She has worked in many areas of the service industry in the years since, including a walking food tour, before starting her journey with Pilates. Kelsey joined the Pilates Hilton Head studio in its opening week and instantly fell in love with Pilates. Shortly after, she began embarking on her instructor training. She studied under Amy Dowling of Fusion Pilates and Jennifer Gianni, Balanced Body Master Instructor and owner of Fusion Pilates in Asheville, N.C. Kelsey truly believes that everyone could benefit from having Pilates in their life. When she’s not in the studio, she loves being with her husband and dogs, family and friends, and enjoying Hilton Head Island.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (843) 715-4545 or email Info@ PilatesHiltonHead.com.

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