Robin Cole, Owner Personal Pilates:- Certified Pilates Instructor Peak Pilates
- Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200)
- Certified Reiki Master Practioner
- Certified Thai Yoga Massage Practioner
My love for fitness began in college and helped keep my sanity as I became a CPA and worked for over 7 years in public accounting. After having a daughter and a set of twin boys I knew I needed a fitness program to get rid of my “body by baby” and to calm my frazzled mind. I started taking Pilates and Yoga classes and couldn’t believe how much leaner and stronger my body became and how much calmer and centered I felt. I was so excited and impressed with my transformation that I wanted to share these mind, body, and spirit modalities with others. This led me to become a certified Pilates instructor through Peak Pilates and to become a certified Yoga instructor through YogaWorks.
My fascination continued into other mind, body, and spirit modalities leading me to become a certified Reiki Master Practioner and a certified Thai Yoga Massage Practioner.
One of the challenges that I found both in corporate Olga has studied Yoga philosophy, literature, and history extensively - under the guidance and direction of Georg Feuerstein, and notable scholars, Paul Muller-Ortega and Douglas Brooks. She continues to advance her knowledge of Yoga by studying with respected teachers, primarily in the Anusara Yoga® tradition, and most especially with its founder - Master Teacher, John Friend. Olga is a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher at the Experienced Level (E-RYT), and frequently lectures in yoga philosophy and literature for a number of teacher training programs, in addition to practicing and teaching Reiki. She currently serves on the Curriculum Committee for Anusara Yoga®. ____________________________________________
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Dr. Olga Rodriguez Rasmussen, D.Min (E-RYT 200)
- Doctorate in Spirituality and Education
- Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 200)
- Certified Reiki Master Teacher
- Curriculum Committee member Anusara Yoga®
- Only certified Anusara Yoga® teacher in Loudoun,
County, VA
- Reconnective Healing® practioner
Dr. Olga Rodriguez Rasmussen, D.Min (E-RYT 200) received her doctorate in spirituality and education from United Theological Seminary in Minnesota. For over twenty-three years, Olga worked in campus ministry and taught religious studies in a number of institutions including St. Louis University, Washington University, De Sales School of Theology, Convent of the Visitation School, in Minnesota, and most recently as Chair of the Religion Department at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, in Washington, DC. During those years, Olga frequently lectured on spirituality and ethics and facilitated retreats for both adults, and adolescents on a regular basis. She also published a number of articles in various areas of expertise
Lou Ann Lacny, Instructor
Certified Pilates Instructor through Peak Pilates
Lou Ann has been teaching Pilates for over 3 years. A former elementary school teacher, she earned her B.S. from Penn State and her M.Ed. from George Mason. She attended her first Pilates class in 2000 and immediately knew that this was different than any other form of exercise she had done. The more she practiced the Pilates method, learned about the life and work of Joseph Pilates and saw the changes in her own body, the more she wanted to train as an instructor and share the classical method with others. In 2004 Lou Ann completed her training and certification with Peak Pilates. In 2006 she co-founded Ashburn's first Pilates studio. Currently she is teaching private lessons in her home studio in Ashburn Village and at Personal Pilates in Lansdowne. Lou Ann believes that everyone can benefit from Pilates exercise, regardless of age or fitness level. She also believes that fitness goals can best be achieved in an environment that is safe, fun and supportive. Lou Ann lives with her husband and three children in Ashburn.
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AJ McIntyre, Instructor
Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT)
AJ McIntyre, Anusara-Inspired, RYT, brings a sense of energy and inspiration to all of her classes, encouraging her students to find their inner child and invite a sense of play into their practice. A former high school teacher, AJ found teaching yoga as her true calling, and enjoys learning from her students everyday. She is a graduate of the Willow Street Yoga Center Anusara Teacher Training, and continues to be inspired by her primary teachers Suzie Hurley, Kate Miller, Jordan Bloom, Desiree Rumbaugh and John Friend. When not on the mat, you can find AJ knitting in a corner, or kayaking down a whitewater river.
