Carla Boling

My name is Carla F. Boling. I was born in St. Petersburg Florida. I am married to Dana and I have two adult daughters Celina and Alana. I was overweight and unfit for most of my adult life. Finally one day I looked in the mirror and realized that if I did not do something to change that I would end up with one of the "lifestyle induced" diseases that most of my family had. That is when my life changed for the better. I began my journey to a healthy life. I lost weight and became more toned. As I began enjoying the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, I wanted to share what I had learned with others. That is when I got my first certification to teach group fitness from AFAA. Pilates was just becoming popular in the Atlanta area in 2001, so a friend and I took a certification from Fitour. We were the first instructors of Pilates in the Gainesville area. Back then people in this area did not know what Pilates was. So we did our best to educate them about this wonderful form of exercise. In 2002, I decided that I would like to do some one on one instruction so I became a certified personal trainer through AFAA. Then just recently I took some training from June Kahn and Marjolein Brugman in Atlanta on the Pilates reformer. Now most of my training is personal training and reformer instruction at The Body Sanctuary, Inc. in Gainesville, GA. I love every facet of my work. It is such a privelege to be doing what I love.