Staff:

 

Maxine Chappell – Pilates Equipment and Mat Instructor

Maxine has been involved in the fitness industry for 15 years. She has been a certified AFAA personal trainer for 12 years. She received her Pilates Mat and Equipment Certification in 2000 from the PhyscialMind Institute of New York. She enjoys working with clients to increase their personal awareness of what their body can do. Her goal is help motivate students to achieve functional fitness that is unique to their body types.

Maxine is married with three children and a wide variety of pets! She enjoys golf, being outdoors, good humor and bad jokes!

Arlyane Dahlin – Studio Manager

Arlyane has always had an awareness for an exercise system that will help you look and feel your very best. She was active in the Arlington Tennis Association both as an officer and a competitive player for many years. Arlyane furthered her commitment to fitness and body awareness by completing a duel degree in business and kinesiology from Dallas Baptist University. She recently left a corporate job of 21 years to redirect her attention to her love of fitness and community service. Her efforts focus on sharing her passion for core fitness through yoga, pilates and Nia dance with those of all ages. She carries the spirit of optimism and embraces the theory of a refreshing mind body workout. When she laughs her smile fills her face and the room!!

Arlyane has been married for 35 years and enjoys two children and three grandchildren. They all take part in her world of well-being and fitness.

Dale Estrabao, RYT – Owner, Nia, and Yoga Instructor

Dale has a passion for service leadership through body movement and expression. She believes that movement brings us to the present and allows us to express in ways words cannot. It provides a medium for hidden spirits to surface, confidence to expand, love to grow, and creativity to blossom. Through her Nia teaching Dale helps us understand that there is power in dance and power in dancing together. She brings a playful spirit to her classes and a commitment of holding all people with care, respect and admiration.

Dale has been an executive in the corporate world for more than 24 years. Her life was set on a new course when she participated in her first Nia class in October 2001, falling madly in love with the craft and its positive effect on people. Dale received her white belt Nia certification from Holly Curtis in January 2002 and her blue belt certification from Nia founder Carlos Rosas in August 2003. She has a degree in Physical Education from the State University of New York at Brockport.

She is a 250 hour certified yoga teacher instructor, specializing in Samatva Yoga.


 Terry Hendrickson - Pilates Equipment and Mat Instructor

Terry believes in playing hard for fun. Since childhood she has participated in several team sports and has competed in several triathlons. After being sidelined with a knee injury, she discovered Pilates. The non-impact exercises improved her flexibility, balance, agility, core strength and endurance, and as a result introduced her to a new career field. Terry continues to challenge herself, balancing family life (and raising three boys!) with her athletic endeavors. She strongly believes Pilates can enhance any athletic performance. With her confidence and abilities as a Stott Pilates™ instructor, Terry hopes to share her joy of play with her clients.

Tricia Houston – Nia Instructor

Tricia figure skated competitively growing up and has taken dance classes from childhood through college to enhance her skating. Expressive movement to music has always been her passion along with choreographing, polishing and performing routines.

Tricia’s first Nia class was in 1998 with Deb Kern to live music performed by Jana Stanfield. It was amazing! She has been doing Nia ever since. It has touched her life in such a positive way and brought her so much joy that she became certified in order to share it with others. Tricia received her white belt Nia certification from Holly Curtis in January 2002.

Tricia’s goal is to share the joy of Nia. Nia frees your mind because you are so focused on the music and movement, it frees your body to move in ways that make you feel healthy and alive, and it frees your spirit to dance the way you feel, and to dance as though no one is looking.

Jenni Hulet - Prenatal Yoga Instructor

Jenni is a 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), and has enjoyed teaching in the Southlake area for the past four years.  She has also received specialized yoga certifications and training to work with individuals living with Multiple Sclerosis, as well as individuals living with and recovering from Eating Disorders.  Her teaching style is gentle and light with a strong emphasis on the fundamentals of technique and the therapeutic benefits of yoga.

Jenni has extensive training and experience in teaching Pre-natal and Post-natal Yoga, and has enjoyed sharing a part in the pregnancies with many women in the Southlake area.  She is passionate about birth and motherhood and has been privileged to work with several midwives and birth centers in the DFW area.  Jenni is certified in and offers the Mamaste Yoga program for both the prenatal and post-natal needs of women.  Mamaste Yoga™ salutes the mother in all of us, celebrates the miracle of childbirth and nurtures the child by nurturing the mother. 

Jenni  has been married for 11 years and has had two wonderful natural births resulting in two naturally crazy boys (seven and nine years old). Growing up as a missionary kid, living overseas, and having a mother who lives with Multiple Sclerosis has greatly shaped Jenni’s approach to her life and her teaching.  She can frequently be found sharing a coffee with many a story to tell.

Elizabeth Koenn, Yoga and Pilates Instructor

“Eli” served as a collegiate soccer and softball coach at the Division III Level for 12 years, and began practicing Power Yoga in 1998.  She received her yoga certification through YogaFit in 2002.  She began teaching Pilates Mat in 2003 and received certification in Mat and Reformer from STOTT Pilates in 2006.  As a collegiate athlete in soccer and softball, Eli received 1st Team All Conference recognition every year she played.  She also received All Region recognition in softball in 1991 and in soccer in 1993.  She was named Softball Coach of the Year for the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1999 and 2001.  Eli holds a B.A. from Scripps College in Claremont, CA and has a Master’s Degree in Physical Education from Azusa Pacific University. 

Eli is married with two daughters and two dogs.  She enjoys expanding her knowledge in body-mind fitness.

Melanie Murray – Yoga and Pilates Mat Instructor

Melanie Murray MA, MFA, is a certified Yoga teacher through the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, CA and a certified Pilates teacher through Stott Pilates in Toronto, Canada. Melanie has been teaching Yoga for twelve years and Pilates for five years. She has a Masters in Fine Arts in Modern Dance from TCU and has taught ballet and modern dance for twenty years in professional schools and college. Melanie was a professional ballet dancer in California and New York. Melanie does chakra energy work, meditation and pranayama which she incorporates in the teaching of Yoga. She teaches a flow (vinyasa) style of Hatha Yoga with a strong focus on proper body alignment and breath.


Melanie has a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. She is currently practicing and developing her Energy Healing craft.

Janie Newell, Pilates Instructor

Janie worked for 20 years with Fortune 500 companies in Project Management within the Information Technology industry.  She was forever changed when she was introduced to the Pilates Method in 2001.  Practicing the work of Joseph Pilates brought to her a whole new outlook on her physical and mental health.  This in turn put her in a place of tranquility with the mind/body connection.  Because of this Janie recognized the desire within herself to pass this wonderful process on to others, so she pursued her Pilates Mat Certification in 2003 from the PhysicalMind Institute of New York. 

In 2006, Janie continued her education of Pilates and received another Pilates Mat certification from Power Pilates of New York.  She is currently working on her equipment certification also through Power Pilates.  Her passion for Pilates is so strong that she would like to be able to help individuals who are open to the ideas that Joseph Pilates intended to help bring them into a healthy mind/body state while having to pursue the every day to day challenges.  Janie believes that she can passionately pass this method on to others with the highest quality and respect this process deserves.  Her main objective is to empower her clients to give them the awareness and ability to find their own inner strength.   

Pilates is not the only passion that Janie has, she is also a parent volunteer for the Carroll School District as well as the Children’s Ministries at her church.  She has been married for 11 years and has 2 children.  While thriving to live a healthy lifestyle the family is very active in soccer, golf and dance activities. 

She looks forward to sharing the “Pilates experience” with you!  The work that is Pilates and the body that is the end result will be a rewarding experience for all!

Debby Riordan, RYT - Yoga Instructor

As a young girl, Debby realized that she always "felt better" after her dance classes, but it wasn't until many years later through her yoga practice that she was truly able to appreciate and recognize the mind-body-spirit connection.  A journey into her own spirituality over the last few years led her more deeply into yoga and meditation, and gave rise to a yearning to teach and share these practices with others usually through Vinyasa style classes which link life’s breath to movement.

Debby has her Masters Degree in Developmental Psychology and enjoyed a career as a Marketing Research consultant for many years.  She has been married to Steve since 1989 and loves and cherishes four children.  After 11 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, Debby and family relocated to the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2005. 

Debby earned her 200-hour certification through Purple Lotus in Plano, and is a registered 200-hour level teacher with Yoga Alliance.

Noelle Rodgers - Yoga Instructor

Noelle began her journey into yoga in 1998, and in 2001 she fell in love with power vinyasa yoga.  The gracefully woven together poses gave her a challenging workout and cultivated a long sought-after inner peace.  Noelle hopes that through her classes you will find strength and develop a peace of mind that will last long after the class.  Be prepared to sweat and to let go into the present moment.  Noelle has attended teacher trainings with both Baron Baptiste and Shiva Rea and is working toward her 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification.  Locally she has practiced with Liz Edwards and Jessica Young.

 Gary Waitt, Yoga Instructor

Gary is a Black Belt in Karate, and has been a student of yoga for three years, integrating many types and aspects of Hatha yoga into his personal daily practice.  Yoga, as well as his personal studies, research and experience in confronting the challenges of time and aging, have formed the foundation for the Rejuvenate: Growing Younger" classes. Gary is a professional motivational speaker and trainer, and is currently in a yoga teacher certification program which he intends to complete in the next 10 months.

Diane Wheatley, RYT - Pilates and Yoga Instructor

Diane's enthusiasm for teaching shines through with every class. Her teaching takes you on a journey into the body and mind bringing in a new sense of awareness. You'll have fun, work hard and discover muscles as you go. "My biggest joy is when a student finds their own 'aha' moment."  Diane is continuing her studies with N2Yoga to complete her 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher certification, adding to her existing Yoga Certifications with Mamaste Yoga(tm) and Let's Play Yoga (tm) Diane is also certified to teach Pilates mat and the full equipment in her personal training sessions, through Pilates Unlimited.

Jennifer Worthy - Dance Instructor

Jennifer Worthy has been a dancer for over 15 years and has been teaching dance and yoga for over 5 years. She has studied ballet, jazz, modern, hip-hop and ballroom with several teachers in the D/FW area. She is certified in Hatha Yoga and has an Associates Degree in Arts. 

Jennifer has taught and choreographed locally at Royale Ballet, Studio 7 West, Northlake and Brookhaven College, Equal 2 None Records, Bigger Entertainment, and Urban America Television Network, just to name a few. She has also been in the professional companies: N-2-It and City Jazz. 

Jennifer’s goal is to share her love for the art of dance and fitness and to help spread the appreciation and passion for such powerful art forms that help increase confidence, fitness, flexibility, and networking opportunities.