MEET OUR FOUNDER
Stephanie Harrison
Stephanie is an ACE certified personal trainer and comprehensively certified Pilates Instructor through Balance Body. She is passionate about empowering client’s health through fitness. Her unique blend of expertise in personal training and Pilates creates a dynamic and engaging class, focusing on strength, mobility and total body engagement. You can expect her group classes to be a high energy, athletic flow that will sculpt every muscle.
Our Team
Mar Sepulveda
Mar is a comprehensively certified instructor who combines her expertise and experience to create a supportive and welcoming environment. Practicing Pilates through her pregnancy she fell in love with it’s transformative power, aiding in labor and recovery. Inspired, Mar now teaches other to help others achieve the same physical and emotional benefits. Her classes focus on functional movement, building mobility and strength while having fun and feeling your best in your body. Get ready to move, sweat and smile!
Amber Lazarus
Amber comes to Frame Pilates Nashville with more than 2 years of work as an instructor in the fitness industry. You can find Amber teaching reformer Pilates, along with Mat based fitness classes, indoor cycling, and HIIT cardio classes. Amber grew up as a competitive dancer and fell in love with Pilates as a client after she had her second child. After having left the world of dance to pursue her family and falling in love with Pilates it only felt right to join her love of teaching dance and doing Pilates. In 2021 Amber finished her Pilates training, started teaching, she hasn’t looked back.
You can expect Amber’s classes to be energetic, creative and you will leave with that Pilate’s muscle shake.
Hayden Hubbell
Hayden is originally from Oxford, Mississippi, and is a graduate of the University of Mississippi. She spent four years dancing at the collegiate level as an Ole Miss Rebelette and later danced for one year as a Titans cheerleader in Nashville.
During her time at Ole Miss, Hayden became certified in Reformer Pilates and began teaching at Core Fitness Oxford. Pilates has been a part of her life since high school, and teaching quickly grew into a true passion. She loves sharing the strength, energy, and balance that Pilates provides and is excited to continue building that connection with others through her classes.
Her teaching style can be described as energizing, encouraging, and dynamic. Hayden strives to create classes that are both uplifting and challenging, helping clients leave feeling stronger, more confident, and inspired.
Carolina Styles
Caroline Styles has loved Pilates for almost 20 years, first discovering her passion while she was in middle school. She has been teaching for over six years and earned her comprehensive certification in 2019. Caroline specializes in pre and postnatal clients, offering classes that are athletic yet rooted in the fundamentals of Pilates. Her goal is to help each client feel strong, balanced, and connected in their body — she can’t wait to see you on the reformer!
Whitney Hooper
Whitney was raised in the Twin Cities and spent 19 years living in Phoenix, Arizona, before recently relocating to Nashville to begin an exciting new chapter. With 18 years of dance experience and a background as an NFL cheerleader for the Arizona Cardinals, movement and performance have always been central to her life.
She has been teaching Barre and Pilates for the past two years and brings over 12 years of experience in strength and resistance training. Whitney’s classes are fun, educational, and welcoming, with a focus on building strength, alignment, and confidence. She is passionate about fostering community and helping clients connect with their bodies in new ways through every session.
Virginia Estes
Virginia is originally from Birmingham, Alabama, and has been passionate about movement from a young age, growing up dancing and playing a variety of sports. She went on to focus her energy on volleyball, which she played at the collegiate level while attending school in Baltimore.
After completing nursing school, Virginia discovered Pilates in Houston and was immediately drawn to its blend of strength, control, and mindfulness. She went on to complete her comprehensive training in both Mat and Reformer Pilates at Duo Houston.
Her teaching style is energetic, athletic, and challenging, creating an environment that inspires clients to push themselves while building strength and confidence.
Marchella Leone
Marchella (Chell) is a comprehensively certified Pilates instructor with training in Mat, Reformer, Tower, and Cadillac. She is passionate about the way Pilates creates a true mind-body connection, helping people feel stronger, more grounded, and more confident.
Her teaching style can be described as athletic, inclusive, and intentional flow. Chell strives to design classes that challenge the body while nurturing the mind, with a strong focus on accessibility and empowerment. Her greatest joy as an instructor is seeing clients build confidence in themselves and fostering a sense of community within her classes.
Courtney Thompson
Courtney is a comprehensive pilates instructor with a passion for movement and health & wellness. Devoted to helping individuals move better, feel stronger, and more connected within their bodies, Courtney’s love for pilates and people are shown with ease in each of her classes. A classical teaching approach with a contemporary touch focused on technique and form allows for Courtney’s classes to challenge individuals’ mind and body, while staying true to the pilates method.
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