Dominique Lesperance

Dominique Lesperance, founder of Body In Motion Pilates, began her career in the fitness industry in 1992.

 

Originally certified in Pilates by the Physicalmind Institute of New York in 1998. In 2008 she earned her second comprehensive 500-hour, Pilates Certification with Rael Isacowitz, founder of Body Arts and Science International (BASI®) in Costa Mesa, California.

 

A member of the Pilates Method Alliance, she is also a certified Gyrotonic® teacher by Julio Horvath (creator of Gyrotonic®) as well as a TRX and Xtend Barre instructor. In 2015 she became a Level 1 Gymnastic Bodies Athlete, certified by the creator of GST, Christopher Sommer. A consummate movent junkie who, at the age of 41, discovered the sport of aerial and acrobatic arts and was instantly hooked. She completed her Level 1 Professional Aerial Pole Instructor training through Elevated at the Vertitude in Los Angeles in 2016 and continues to train in pole and aerial silks.

 

In the effort to always remain a student, Dominique continues her studies and has attended numerous conferences and workshops in her over 20 years of teaching Pilates and attained advanced education certificates in special populations and injuries over the years, included are a few;

 

She considers herself very fortunate to have had the opportunity to have studied with several first and second generation master Pilates teachers over the years, such as; Ron Fletcher, Lolita San Miguel, Deborah Lessen, Mari Windsor, Mary Bowen, Michelle Larsen, Kathy Corey, Elizabeth Larkham, Jillian Hessel, Alan Herdman and her mentor, Rael Isacowitz.

 

She is also a proud member of the prestigious BASI® Pilates faculty and has traveled throughout the US and China teaching BASI® Pilates courses, mentoring future Pilates teachers.