Cindy Sawamura Salyards

Cindy has always enjoyed movement and athletics.  Drawn to holistic health and complementary medicine as a teenager she earned a degree in Exercise Science from Bethel University and continued her studies in Sports Medicine, Qigong, Thai massage, and Yoga.  Cindy took her first Pilates class when she was a personal trainer and was intrigued by the mind-body integration, focus on breath and the fluid moment of the exercises.  She has been teaching Pilates for 15 years and continues to be passionate about the intelligence and comprehensive exercises of the Pilates method. Cindy also is a certified yoga yoga instructor and has been teaching for 15  years. From advanced to beginning yoga, vinyasa, yin, or restorative she teaches from the heart to various levels and abilities.  She also teaches aqua fit and silver sneakers classes.  She teaches with enthusiasm and has a strong desire to help her students develop optimal health and vitality in their lives.   Cindy lives in Deephaven with her husband Michael, two daughters, Lily and Ellison, and a sheep-a-doodle named Bear.   She loves going for hikes, being outdoors and camping adventures with the family.