The Pilates Barre Studio
MAKE TIME FOR YOUR BODY
The Pilates Barre Studio provides high quality fitness instruction to clients of all ages and fitness levels.
Unique Fusion of Pilates and Barre
Our studio prides itself in offering an authentic workout approach to its clients. Before work, daytime or evening, the studio offers a variety of classes and private sessions to accommodate your schedule.
You’ll Love Our Teachers
Kristen
Kelly
Harley
Olivia
Amy
Angela
Amelia
Caryl Scobbie
Monet Stunson
Peggy Gain
Rita Yablonsky
The Pilates Barre Team
Stephanie Manning
Kristen began dancing at the age of 3 and has not stopped since! Kristen graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Theater in May of 2019. She currently dances professional with MADCO (Modern American Dance Company) in St.Louis, Missouri. Kristen also teaches various styles of dance at Heavenly Rhythm Dance Studio. She is very excited to be teaching Barre at The Pilates Barre Studio and she can’t wait to see what the future holds!
Kelly became a certified Level 5 Romana’s Pilates teacher in August 2017 after training for nearly two years with at Pilates of West County in St. Louis. Throughout her apprenticeship she also trained with teachers in Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, and New York City, working with master teachers and on some of Joseph Pilates’ original equipment! Romana’s Pilates develops instructors using techniques and knowledge that is as close to the original teaching as is available anywhere in the world. Kelly is excited to bring that knowledge to her Edwardsville community. 
Harley’s passion for health and wellness has been longstanding. She played soccer at Vanderbilt University before transferring to North Carolina State University to pursue a degree in nutrition and to continue her soccer career. College athletics led her to the fitness industry- through a mixture of rehabilitation from many injuries and lots of meetings with the team dietitian, she knew that she wanted to choose a career that involved helping others be the healthiest version of themselves. As a recent graduate in May of 2018, she now has a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition Science. Her favorite ways to stay active are hiking and yoga. While searching for an exercise to fill the void of soccer, she was introduced to Barre and instantly fell in love with its challenging, but low-impact nature. She is a certified barre instructor through IBBFA’s Barre Certification Level 1. She plans to continue her education at St. Louis University to become a Registered Dietitian.
Olivia was born and raised in Southern Illinois. She has always loved to move her body by going on walks, bike rides, and swimming. She was in ballet and tap dancing at a young age and in grade school became a cheerleader. Her body began to form bad habits from constant stress on her body through cheering and tumbling all the way through her high school career. It was not until her sophomore year of college when she switched her major from criminal justice to Exercise Science that she found herself on a journey of health and wellness. Through her own fitness journey she found herself wanting to help others increase their overall health and well-being too. While she was working next door to the studio at a boutique, she realized she eventually needed a job related to her major- what better place than the Pilates Barre Studio! The rest is history, she fell in love with Pilates and barre instantly and within a year, a bachelors degree from SIUE in Exercise Science, and a lot of experience later, she became a certified group fitness instructor! She is currently teaching TRX barre classes and going through the Pilates Teacher Training Program. She is excited to see all that she can learn and the people’s lives that she can change through Pilates. She is a firm believer that it is never to late to start moving your body and the second that you start, you are guaranteed to see an increase in your quality of life!
Amy grew up being active in a plethora of sports and outdoor activities including golf, basketball, gymnastics, skiing, running and volleyball. Her passion and dedication to golf lead her to a golf scholarship at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. After suffering from a sports injury, Amy’s focus quickly turned to fitness.
Angela was born and raised in Southern Illinois where she grew up involved in many sports such as volleyball, golf, and basketball. Her love for athletics guided her to the University of Kentucky where she worked for the men’s basketball team throughout college. Illness and injury lead Angela to yoga, Pilates, and zumba due to her deep eagerness to heal through movement. A healthy lifestyle of eating more natural and clean also became a way of life during this time.
Amelia has grown up and worked in Edwardsville, Illinois. She has always had a discipline for getting in a morning run or workout before the start of her day. Her passion for fitness grew from playing field hockey in high school. She has placed in her age group for many running races completed her first marathon at the 2016 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, which earned her a Boston qualifying time. She began taking barre classes at the Pilates Barre Studio during her marathon training and has been actively participating since then. As a runner, she found that the barre classes not only strengthened her running muscles, but also improved her posture and overall alignment. She believes that the exercises provided through barre and pilates are necessary to keeping the body fit and healthy. She is a certified barre instructor through IBBFA’s Barre Certification Level 1. She is currently studying at SIUE to earn her Bachelors in Accountancy and will be graduating in December of 2017. She is very motivated to help others reach their fitness goals and maintain a healthy lifestyle through teaching barre.
In 2014, Caryl Scobbie set a New Year’s Resolution goal to regularly incorporate Pilates into her workout regimen, and has been taking classes at the studio ever since! Pilates has been the one workout that has not only changed her body, but has given her a new awareness of the bad habits she has developed in her every day movements and stances. Pilates is not a workout for her, it is a reward, and this is what drove her decision to become Pilates certified and enroll in the intermediate teaching program through The Pilates Center of Boulder, CO.
Peggy has been a fitness fanatic since she can remember. After a car accident, she had ruptured a disc in her lower back, but she was determined to avoid surgery and taught herself how to relieve the pain through her own studies of Pilates. After taking a few privates at The Pilates Barre Studio, she started her official Pilates training through The Core Center’s PMA approved comprehensive Pilates teacher training. She loves researching and expanding her knowledge on the benefits and practice of Pilates. Peggy is passionate about helping others reach their fitness goals, feel better about themselves, and work through current aches and pains. Peggy truly believes there is no reason to kill yourself to be fit and healthy. So, if you want to be worked out, feel the burn, but also feel amazing after, come see her!
Rita has been teaching and training individuals and groups in many disciplines since 1983. She has been trained by some of the top professionals in the industry such as Johnny Goldberg (founder of the Spinning® program), Beth Shaw (YogaFit®), Petra Kolber and Gin Miller (Reebok Master Trainers), and Les Mills (Body Pump®) to name a few. Rita has maintained a lifelong commitment to health and fitness. She is dedicated to helping others in their own personal pursuit of weight loss, increased fitness and overall health. To say she is dedicated to this industry is an understatement!
Stephanie Manning has been teaching for as long as she can remember. Injury rehabilitation and prevention is what led her to the Pilates practice, but her passion for health, well-being, and mobility is what permeates through her teaching. Stephanie is a Pilates Method Alliance trained teacher, under Mary J Brown of St. Louis, and a PMA® Certified Pilates Teacher. She continues to seek training and experience from a variety of professionals in the field. She has completed observations and classes at Pilates Aligned, in Denver, Colorado, under Cara Reeser, a second generation trained teacher and carrier of the Kathy Grant work. Stephanie is currently attending The Pilates Center of Boulder Colorado for an additional Pilates Certification.