TRUE PILATES MAUI - Key Persons

Mabelle was a professional beach volleyball player in her 20's, who passed her expertise along as a volleyball coach for the Cities of Inglewood and Redondo Beach in Southern California. In 1980 after graduating from Bryman Medical school, she moved to Hawaii and put her sport expertise from college swim team into surfing and coaching swimming at the Maui Country Club for ten years. She also coached at Seabury Hall and Haleakala School, where she eventually became a Physical Education teacher and Athletic Director. During the early 80's she became a student of yoga and excelled as a 3rd series Ashtanga devotee. In her own words: "I always felt like something was missing, even with all that yoga, my body just wouldn't move in certain ways. Pilates changed everything. I only wish I had found it sooner. It would have made me such a better volleyball player…" In 1995 Mabelle started taking Pilates sessions, and was a devoted student of the practice until 2001 when she moved to Seattle to get certified as an Authentic™ Instructor. A move to New York followed where she trained with the master teacher, Romana Kryzanowska and graduated in June 2002. She taught mat classes at Maui Community College during several terms, at the Horseback Riding Center in Makawao, and finally returned to the Maui Country Club. She currently teaches Pilates Mat Class twice a week. Additionally she teaches private Pilates Sessions on machines at True Pilates Maui. Mabelle brings to her students a lifetime of watching the subtleties of movement as well as a deep understanding of the Pilates principles as taught by Joe Pilates. She is fluent in Spanish, conversational French, has dabbled in Master's Swimming, Marathon running, tennis competition, soft sand running and is an expert surfer. She also recently picked up Pickleball. She currently teaches 2 Mat classes per week plus privates, duets and trios on machines.