Pilates Instructors
CHERYL FOREHAND
- Education: MBA, MACC, B.A. Business Administration
- Certifications: AFAA Group Fitness Instructor, ACE Group Fitness Instructor, Balanced Body Barre, Comprehensive Pilates, Master BOSU Trainer
- Health and Fitness since 1988
- JCA since 2011
- Fun Fitness Fact: Cheryl is a Balanced Body Master instructor who travels the US and internationally to provide education and training for others to become instructors.
- Birthplace: Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Family: Husband, Mack, and four children
- Languages: English, some Spanish, some French
- Hobbies: Reading (Business and History Non-Fiction), traveling, attending the theater
- JCA Programs: Sit & Get Fit, Pilates, Barre Pump and Pilates
Reformer
GISELA REIS
- Education: I.D. Professional Dance Studies
- Certifications: NASM Personal Trainer, Balanced Body Comprehensive Pilates Trainer, Registered Yoga Teacher and AFAA Group Fitness Instructor
- Health and Fitness since 2006
- JCA since 2007
- Fun Fitness Fact: Gisela trained professional ballerinas for the Florida Ballet, and she was a fitness model for local companies.
- Athletic Background: Former professional contemporary dancer, former professional modern dancer
- Birthplace: Paredes, Portugal
- Family: Husband, Grant, and three children
- Languages: English, Portuguese, some Spanish
- Hobbies: Paddle boarding, SUP yoga, rock climbing, surfing and aerial/suspension yoga
- JCA Programs: Kickboxing, Yoga, Pilates, Barre Fitness, Baby Bear Ballet, Adult Ballet, Youth Gymnastics, Prenatal Yoga, Stroller Fit Moms and Pilates Reformer
SHIRLEY STEEL
- Education: I.D. Administrative Management
- Certifications: AFAA Certified Personal Trainer, AFAA Group Fitness Instructor, Balanced Body Pilates Reformer Trainer
- Health and Fitness since 2002
- JCA since 2008
- Fun Fitness Fact: Shirley has exercised on six continents and taught swimming for 25 years. She also dived the second Great Barrier Reef of Roatan and Cancun, Hawaii and Thailand.
- Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Family: Three children
- Languages: English, some Gaelic, some Spanish
- Hobbies: Travel, photography and brain games
- JCA Programs: Pilates and Pilates Reformer
SYLVIA LASSUS
- Education: B.A. Dance Science
- Certifications: Core Dynamics Comprehensive Pilates Trainer
- Health and Fitness since 2003
- JCA since 2015
- Fun Fitness Fact: Sylvia is a third generation Pilates method instructor, tracing her instructor lineage directly to the creator (Joseph Pilates>Eve Gentry>Michelle Larson>Sylvia Lassus).
- Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Family: One child
- Pets: One cat and two bunnies
- Languages: English, Spanish, some French, some Italian, some Portuguese
- Hobbies: Dancing, swimming and gardening
- JCA Programs: Pilates, Aqua Pilates and Pilates Reformer