Movement for Every Body

Josie has been teaching Pilates for more than 20 years, bringing extensive experience in both mat and apparatus-based Pilates to her work at The Alignment Collective. She completed her Pilates Teacher Training Intensive in 2004 and earned her Comprehensive Pilates Certification through Ellie Herman Studios in San Francisco in 2006, with training across the full Pilates equipment and mat repertoire.

Over the course of her career, Josie has taught in studios throughout Oregon and California, working with clients in private sessions as well as group and duet reformer, equipment, mat, springboard, and adaptive movement classes. Her experience includes working with people navigating knee, hip, and back injuries, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, and limited mobility. Her teaching emphasizes strong foundations, thoughtful alignment, injury prevention, and movement that feels safe and sustainable.

Josie believes Pilates should help people become stronger and more confident in their bodies. Whether someone is stepping onto a reformer for the first time, returning to movement after an injury, or deepening an established practice, she encourages clients to listen to their bodies, understand how they move, and build strength without sacrificing stability or safety.

Her commitment to supporting people extends beyond the studio. Josie earned her Bachelor of Arts in Arts and Letters, magna cum laude, from Portland State University and completed Domestic/Sexual Assault Response Team (D/SART) certification in 2018. She has also volunteered with organizations supporting women and survivors in Oregon.

Josie brings together decades of movement experience, comprehensive Pilates training, and a genuine commitment to creating spaces where people feel supported as they become stronger, more capable, and more connected to their bodies.

Baby is an experienced Pilates instructor and RYT 500 whose approach brings together strength, mobility, mindfulness, and nervous-system-informed movement. Her Pilates education includes Merrithew® CORE™ and Total Barre® training, and her broader background includes restorative yoga, breathwork, mindfulness, somatic practices, and trauma-responsive movement.

She is currently completing an 800-hour IAYT-accredited Integrative Yoga Therapy Training, an advanced professional program focused on therapeutic and adaptive yoga, trauma-informed practice, neuroscience, mindfulness, yoga psychology, and individualized approaches to movement and wellbeing.

Baby has particular experience adapting movement for people navigating injuries, physical limitations, chronic stress, recovery, and different stages of life. Her classes are thoughtful and highly informed without feeling intimidating. She helps students understand not just how to move, but why—building strength, mobility, body awareness, and confidence while creating space for movement to be restorative, challenging, or sometimes a little of both.

At Alignment Collective, Baby teaches Pilates and yoga with the belief that movement doesn’t need to look a certain way to be meaningful. Her goal is to help people better understand their bodies, feel supported in them, and find ways to move that can serve them both inside and outside the studio.

Emily is a comprehensively trained Pilates instructor through Pilates Sports Center (PSC) with a teaching style rooted in precision, intentional movement, and a strong mind-body connection.

Her classes emphasize thoughtful form, breath, and controlled movement while creating an environment where clients can feel supported and more at ease in their bodies. Emily encourages people to approach movement with curiosity rather than judgment, building strength and confidence without losing sight of how movement actually feels.

Emily has a particular interest in somatic movement and nervous-system regulation, including the role movement can play in supporting people in addiction recovery. She values Pilates not only as a way to build physical strength, but as an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with the body, and develop greater awareness of how we move through the world.

She especially loves watching clients discover what their bodies are capable of and seeing their confidence, strength, and connection to movement grow over time.