Our Team

Every Pilates instructor at Mind Body is an experienced, classically trained teacher, and they all teach to the same standards. Your instructor learns how your body moves, where it needs support, and what it is ready for, and meets you where you are. Together, you build an owner's manual for your body, one session at a time.

WQ Wendy Quitasol

Wendy Quitasol

Owner

Wendy leads Mind Body. She met Romana Kryzanowska in New York in the 1980s and was mentored by her, completing her training with Romana in 2000. A physical therapist by training, she brings a clinical understanding of the body and movement to classical Pilates.

Training and education

Pilates certifications

  • Certified Romana's Pilates Instructor
  • Certified, Pilates Method Alliance

Education

  • Master of Physical Therapy, Temple University
  • Bachelor of Science, Indiana University

Pilates Instructors

Our instructors trained in classical Pilates and continue to study, together and with teachers across the field.

BH Bonnie Heyman

Bonnie Heyman

Certified Pilates Instructor

Bonnie brings more than 20 years of experience to Mind Body. A dancer first, she earned her degree in dance at Adelphi University and later returned to teach there as adjunct faculty. She holds classical Pilates certifications from Power Pilates and Real Pilates in New York, where she went on to serve as lead teacher.

Training and education

Pilates training and teaching

  • Comprehensive classical certification, Power Pilates, New York, 2002
  • Certified, Real Pilates, New York, 2014
  • Former Lead Teacher, Real Pilates
  • Trained with Bob Liekens and Alycea Ungaro
  • Studied with Deborah Lessen, Kathryn Ross Nash, and Brooke Siler

Dance and fitness

  • Former Adjunct Faculty, Dance Program, Adelphi University
  • Dance training with May O'Donnell, Norman Walker, Tex Hightower, and Phil Black
  • Personal training with Bev Francis and Charles Glass for regional and national bodybuilding competitions
  • Spin and group fitness instructor

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, Dance, Adelphi University
MH Megan Hopkins

Megan Hopkins

Certified Romana's Pilates Instructor

Megan is a certified Romana's Pilates instructor with a background in psychology and dance, which she studied at Goucher College.

Training and education

Pilates certification

  • Certified Romana's Pilates Instructor

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, Psychology and Dance, Goucher College
KP Kristi Pier

Kristi Pier

Certified Romana's Pilates Instructor

Kristi is a certified Romana's Pilates instructor. She continues to deepen her understanding of body mechanics, and of how Pilates best supports each individual, by learning from Wendy and other instructors. Kristi also holds a master's degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Training and education

Pilates certification

  • Certified Romana's Pilates Instructor
  • Trained through the Romana's Pilates program, with more than 700 apprentice hours at its New York and Seattle studios and at Mind Body

Education

  • Master of Health Science, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University
SR Sarah Reed

Sarah Reed, FDN-P, MCS-P

Classical Pilates Instructor and Functional Health Practitioner

Sarah brings more than 20 years of experience in classical Pilates, movement, nutrition, and whole-person wellness. She studied under Romana Kryzanowska in 2003 and mentored with Wendy at Mind Body early in her career. Her background also includes yoga, nutrition, functional wellness, and strength training, which gives her a broad view of how movement, strength, recovery, and lifestyle work together at every stage of life.

Sarah is glad to be back at Mind Body, reconnecting with the community and working with familiar and new faces.

Training and credentials

Pilates training

  • Studied under Romana Kryzanowska, 2003
  • Mentored with Wendy Quitasol at Mind Body

Credentials

  • Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P)
  • MCS-P

Wellness

Our wellness classes build strength, balance, and confidence alongside your Pilates practice.

AP Andriana Pateris

Andriana Pateris

Wellness Instructor

Andriana brings a clinical background in orthopedics, sports medicine, and post-surgical rehabilitation, along with training in yoga therapy and manual therapy. She is certified in LSVT BIG and works with balance intervention for older adults.

Specialties and education

Specialties

  • Yoga therapy
  • Manual therapy
  • Certified, LSVT BIG
  • Orthopedics and spine
  • Sports medicine
  • Post-surgical rehabilitation
  • Geriatric balance intervention
  • Myofascial release

Education

  • Associate of Applied Science, Baltimore City Community College
  • Advanced courses: Shoulder, Knee and Spine, MET

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