Staff Spotlight: Yarrow King Doumby

Staff Spotlight: Yarrow King Doumby

Straight roads do not make skillful drivers – Paulo Coelho This isn’t just your average tale of how a small-town girl changed her life with a one-way ticket to the Caribbean. It’s the story of how our very own Yarrow King followed an adventurous and winding path of...
Staff Spotlight: Martha Ramirez

Staff Spotlight: Martha Ramirez

Martha Ramirez has been teaching at Body Works Pilates for 17 years. She even surprised herself a little when she did the math, “I remember Deb Mendoza telling me that she’d been working with Kyria for 10 years, and I thought ‘wow! That’s a long time! Who knows where...
Staff Spotlight: Claudia Casal

Staff Spotlight: Claudia Casal

Shakespeare’s words, “And though she be but little, she is fierce” well describe Claudia, a 2013 graduate of the Fletcher Pilates Program of Study and instructor at Body Works Pilates. Born in Tucson and raised in Nogalas, Arizona, Claudia, the youngest of five...
Staff Spotlight: Claire Hancock

Staff Spotlight: Claire Hancock

Raised by principal dancers and gifted teachers, mentored by Pilates masters and elders, Claire Hancock was never quite introduced to dance and Pilates – she was born into it. None of it is old hat. Claire doesn’t for a moment take for granted what she considers and...
Staff Spotlight: Sara Hammond

Staff Spotlight: Sara Hammond

A Body Works Pilates client for five years, Sara Hammond can be found in a COREtet three days a week. She grew up just outside of Columbus, Ohio but could be granted honorary Tucson Native status. She earned a BA in Journalism from the University of Arizona and...