Jacklyn Green

I have a passion for working with people to help them find their greatest health, belief in their own abilities, and connectedness to our world. While I have spent my professional career as scientist, I have always been a mentor, coach, and leader of groups of people.  That has provided me with a wealth of experience in helping people find their own best way to accessing their own dreams and passion.  I have found that combining fitness and harnessing a client's curiosity and sense of wonder to be a winning combination for enjoyment and satisfaction in fitness activities.

After spending many years as a research scientist, I decided to turn my focus to becoming a fitness professional, so I could work with people to help them have better more healthy lives.   I completed my training and certifications to become a comprehensive Pilates instructor with the prestigious Body Arts and Science International (BASI) program, followed by passing the exams to become a Pilates Method Alliance Certified Pilates Instructor.   In addition, I worked with a master Reiki practitioner and become a Reiki practitioner.

I have a long term interest in the brain body connection and the ways that we can enhance our cognitive function and long term quality of life through fitness.  This brought me to Drums Alive!, an award winning international training program founded by Carrie Ekins, IDEA 2012 Program Director of the Year.  I joined her team one year ago as an advisor, but quickly become a master trainer in the full range of training programs from those for children, adults, and seniors.  The Drums Alive! program provides high intensity cardio, toning, and brain body connection activities that are fun and innovative through powerful, rhythmical, and musical programming.

In addition to working with established programs in the fitness industry, I have developed my own programs that I offer to individuals or groups that maximize fitness and our connection to the natural world.  One example of a program that I teach is Starlight Pilates in which I combine a wonderful toning Pilates mat workout under the nighttime sky.  Along with the Pilates workout, I tell them about the night sky, the stars, and our Universe.  I bring the greatness of the cosmos into the workout for a mind-blowing fitness experience that leaves people with greater flexibility in their bodies and their minds.  In another example, I have created a brain body workout in which we bring biology and the natural environment into the kinesthetic experience.  In the natural setting, such as a beach, park, natural preserve, we move through a flowing Pilates-based movement workout that combines observation, awareness, and storytelling about the location and nature that brings home the message of our connectedness with the natural world.  This blends my training as a Ph.D. scientist along with my training as a fitness professional into a unique experience that allows people to feel more in tune with the environment around them.  They gain in fitness and in knowledge - a combination that works for people who want more from fitness than just pumping iron.

When considering my entire career, I believe it shows a commitment to service, excellence, and working with people to help them gain healthier, more enjoyable lives.  I have not taken a traditional path to becoming a fitness professional, but I believe my years leading teams of engineers and scientists serves me well in working with clients with sensitivity, compassion, and calmness.  I am a keen observer and bring that to my fitness teaching to observe the whole person to gauge what will be best for the individual or group every time I am teaching.

I would love to bring my skills in Pilates, Reiki, brain-body fitness, Drums Alive! and my own nature-based fitness programs to the Fit Bodies Inc. experience.  I will provide tailored workouts for groups or individuals that will be fun, challenging, engaging, and novel, meeting the highest standards that are expected from qualified fitness professionals.