Teachers
Alexis Marsh
Alexis Marsh comes to Pilates and personal training with a love of movement and expression. Since she was a child, Alexis has always enjoyed dancing and the performing arts. Alexis studied Ballet, Lyrical, Jazz, Hip-Hop and Musical Theater for over twenty years. She was awarded the American Academy of Ballet’s Silver Medal two consecutive years and was a featured dancer for the School of the Garden State Ballet.
When her passion for dance led to an injury, Alexis looked to Pilates to help her recover and keep her "dancer's body" while finally having the benefit of pain-free movement experience. After years of experience with mat Pilates, Alexis became mat certified in April 2007. She discovered the joy of teaching and sharing her practice with others and pursued her Comprehensive Training. In September 2012, Alexis achieved her Teacher Trainer certification. In 2014, Alexis made the final steps in pursuing her aspirational dream of owning a Pilates Studio and opened Delta Pilates in Scottsdale, Arizona. Alexis draws on her personal experiences to deepen her teaching practice and she uses a keen eye for body alignment to help her clients achieve their optimal results.
Alexis is a Pilates Method Alliance® Certified Personal Trainer. The PMA® is the only third-party certifying body and professional association for Pilates instructors. Alexis is a Level 1 MELT Method® instructor. She has completed the NASM® personal training course of study and specializes in total body cross-functional training, and is also TRX Suspension Certified.
Alexis specializes in special cases, including clients with pre-existing injuries, movement restrictions, pre- and post-natal, weight loss and management, and clients with an advanced age looking for a safe and effective workout. Alexis has extensive experience working with clients who have various forms of Dysautonomia, and has worked with PTs and doctors on best practices and a targeted routine to help manage symptoms. She also has experience with elite athletes ranging from NFL and MLB players to Olympic athletes to collegiate athletes to marathoners and triathletes looking to complement their current training regimen. Alexis has worked with many golfers looking to increase their potential on the course (and has coached several players who have then shot a hole-in-one!).
Outside of teaching, Alexis is quite the foodie and can always be found cooking nutritious and healthy recipes. Her personal mantra is "You can have it all, just not all at once," emphasizing moderation and a love for fitness. She spends her free time with her husband and their fur-kids.
Rebecca Beckler
Rebecca Beckler is a Fully Certified STOTT PILATES Advanced Level Instructor and a STOTT Pilates Instructor Trainer. She has been teaching Pilates since 2002 and loves sharing her Passion for Pilates. She is also a National Pilates Certification Program (NPCP) Certified Instructor and an American Council of Exercise (ACE) Personal Trainer. Rebecca is the Creator of the Pilates Suspension Method (PSM) and teaches her Training Courses Worldwide.
Lori Hock
Lori Hock is a California native, NCPT Certified Pilates Instructor, and graduate of UCLA with a BA in Theater Arts. Before launching her career in fitness and Pilates, Lori worked professionally as a dancer and actress both nationally and internationally.
Lori received her Classical Pilates certification in 1998–1999 in San Francisco under second-generation teacher Carol Appel. After relocating to Scottsdale, Arizona in 2001, she helped grow a highly successful Pilates program at the Desert Mountain golf community.
In 2008, Lori joined Life Time Fitness, where she managed one of the company’s top Pilates departments and later oversaw the West Region, encompassing 10 clubs across four states. She was also a Teacher Trainer for Peak Pilates and Life Time Academy, mentoring and developing new instructors and sharing her passion for quality, authentic Pilates training.
Lori currently teaches Classical Pilates and is excited to return to the work that has been such an important part of her life and career. She especially enjoys helping clients experience the strength, control, precision, and confidence that come from a dedicated Pilates practice, and she looks forward to once again sharing her experience and love of the Classical method with her clients.
Jeri Kirschner
Jeri Lynn Kirschner has been motivated by dance and fitness since the age of four. She has practiced pilates for more than 13 years. After rehabilitating from a knee injury, she discovered that dance and exercise could be merged to create effective and enlightening routines for both the dancer and non-dancer. Her enthusiasm and motivational ability led her to pursue a career teaching Pilates, personal training and barre. She enjoys working with all populations and believes that mind/body fitness modalities are key movement methods to building strength, agility, and balance and enjoying a long, healthy life.
Jeri holds a B.A. in Communications from California State University, Northridge and a Certificate in Fitness Instruction from UCLA Extension. She has been a Peak Pilates® Level 2 Certified instructor since 2017. Jeri has also completed the Pink Ribbon Program, Inc. ® and is now certified as a post-rehabilitative breast cancer exercise specialist.
Teri Neumann
Teri has always valued fitness in her own life, and finds it extremely rewarding to help others achieve a balanced and fit lifestyle. While she enjoys working with people at all levels of fitness, she especially finds herself drawn to those who are novices to making a decision to get, and stay, healthy.
After being in administration for several years, Teri returned to school at Arizona State University and graduated Magna cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology in 2009. While performing ultrasounds in a local hospital, she realized her passion was to be proactive in helping people live healthier lifestyles to avoid chronic illness and disease. It was then that Teri decided to pursue becoming an NASM – CPT certified personal trainer and Peak Pilates Comprehensive Level II certified.
While Teri's personal exercise regimen had been mainly focused on resistance training, she found the balance she had been missing when she took her first Pilates class. She immediately developed a passion for the practice, and soon after it became very evident that Pilates was the best way for her to reach out and help others achieve the strength, stamina, stability, and stretch that is so important to a balanced body.