Ariel Lehaitre
Pilates Instructor 408-656-3156
Physical Therapist & Dancer
A highly skilled physical therapist and life-long dancer, Ariel brings unique qualifications to her pilates instruction. With over 20 years of dance training in multiple dance forms, including classical ballet and 5 years as a professional salsa dancer, she has over 25 years of movement experience.
In her struggle with injury throughout her dance career Ariel has developed compassion and understanding for her clients. She is passionate about helping them achieve pain-free movement and their highest fitness goals. With the use of her physical therapy knowledge Ariel develops pilates-based programs to restore clients' muscle imbalances, motor control, strength, and functional mobility.
Ariel received her M.S. in Physical Therapy and B.S. in Clinical Exercise Physiology from Boston University with honors, and her Rehabilitation Pilates Professional Certification from Polestar Pilates. Her professional Pilates training includes 5 years at the Anderson and Kasakove Pilates Studio in New York and the Dance Medicine Department at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco. Ariel has been practicing the pilates method for 15 years and incorporating it in her physical therapy practice for 8 years.
Pilates Sante offers personalized programs for injury rehabilitation and fitness conditioning. • Initial thorough physical therapy evaluation
• Comfortable private studio setting
• Customized goals
• Individual home exercise program
• Complementary phone consultations
• Reimbursement from some insurance and flex plans
