Blossom Leilani Crawford

Blossom has been practicing and teaching Pilates for over 15 years. Her introduction to the Pilates method was in 1993 through Master teacher Kathleen Stanford Grant while she was a dance student at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Using Pilates, Blossom learned to heal and care for her back, thus easing her chronic back pain while at the same time maintaining a rigorous physical schedule.

From 1997 to 2007 Blossom was the teaching assistant to Mrs. Grant's Pilates mat class at Tisch. Inspired by Mrs. Grant's teaching, in addition to the benefits she was seeing in her body through her own Pilates practice, Blossom decided to pursue a Pilates teaching certification through private study with Romana Kryzanowska at Drago's Gym in New York. Since then, she has been teaching at studios throughout New York City and around the country. Blossom believes that there is joy in movement and in taking time to care for one 's body. That is her goal for each of her students.

Blossom is the owner and director of Bridge Pilates in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to her teaching assistant position at NYU, she also continues to teach mat classes at the Mark Morris Dance Center in downtown Brooklyn. As well, Blossom has been a concert dancer since the early 1990s, performing for several prominent choreographers in New York City.

Dylan Goodrich

Dylan Goodrich is a fully certified Pilates Instructor who studied at the Kane School of Core Integration under the founder, Kelly Kane, in New York City. Dylan was introduced to Pilates through her doctor as a way to heal her back and neck pain after a car accident in 1997. (She was in a car that was rear-ended by five other cars in a pile up accident!) With Pilates, she was able to rehabilitate her back, neck and shoulders while discovering that her posture was better than before the accident. Dylan feels this experience has made her sensitive to understanding clients working through limitations and pain.

Dylan's teaching in Pilates has focused on osteoporosis, scoliosis and postpartum Pilates. Dylan is co-creator of the postpartum guide "Get in Shape after Having a Baby." In addition, Dylan holds a B.A. in Anthropology from Sonoma State University and is a musician and actress.

Sasha Welsh

Sasha Welsh is a dancer and choreographer who began her study of Pilates in 1994 to help improve her technique and heal from injury. She is certified though one of the most comprehensive and traditional programs in the country, Body Precision (outside of Philadelphia), and has studied many different styles of Pilates, dance and yoga over the years. She is committed to finding the exercises that work best for each individual body and personality, and enjoys helping all types of Pilates students meet their goals: fitness clients, athletes and dancers, and individuals suffering from injury and or back/neck pain.

Sasha has taught Pilates at DeSales University and Swarthmore College, to the cast of Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria, and at Real Pilates in Tribeca, as well as other studios in New York. She currently studies with anatomist and dance conditioning expert Irene Dowd. She was certified by teachers who were trained at the Pilates Center of Boulder and continues to be inspired by the teaching of Amy Taylor Alpers and others from the Pilates Center community. Sasha is also a certified Cancer Exercise Specialist.

Frances Darnell

Frances is a certified Pilates instructor from the Kane School of Core Integration in New York. She was first introduced to Pilates at Sarah Lawrence College where she was studying dance and nutrition. She found that Pilates helped her stay connected to her body in her travels abroad to Cuba and New Zealand. As an athlete and dancer she has found that this practice has made her a stronger and more articulate mover. She is inspired to motivate and teach her clients to live a healthy and balanced lifestyle.

Frances appreciates the strengthening of the Pilates method, and continues to study under Bob Liekens at Power Pilates to reinforce this in her practice and teaching. Her philosophy in teaching is to share the joy of moving. Her goals for her clients are to strengthen, mobilize, and increase flexibility. Her Pilates teaching has focused on fitness training, post-partum, and scoliosis. Frances continues to perform dance in New York, as well as participate in half-marathons.

Tela Anderson

Tela has been involved in fitness her entire life. She started her gymnastics training at 4 and she was competing nationally by the age of 10. At the age of 13, Tela began to pursue Dance and proceeded to attend some of the most prestigious arts schools in the country, including North Carolina School of the Arts, Virginia School of the Arts, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. Tela traveled and performed all over the world during her career.

After retiring from Dance she decided to broaden her love of movement into a career in fitness. After receiving her certification in personal training and group fitness, Tela taught at various gyms including New York Sports Club and Crunch. She is currently a group fitness instructor at advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi. After injuring her knee Tela turned to Pilates for rehabilitation and instantly fell in love with the Pilates method. She received her certification from Core Pilates NYC. Tela is currently a teacher of teachers in the Pilates method.

Anna Kohulka

A native New Yorker, Anna Kohulka has recently returned to Brooklyn from Santa Fe, New Mexico. With years of Pilates teaching and training experience, Anna brings to Bridge Pilates a wide range of skills and interests. In 2004, Anna earned her full certification from master teacher Raymond Kurshals at Pilates Santa Fe, where she taught full time. She has continued to broaden her Pilates knowledge by training with teachers from various programs: The Pilates Center, Power Pilates, Michele Larson and Romana Kryzanowska.

In addition to her Pilates teaching and training, Anna is an avid runner and has competed in seven marathons, including the New York City, Seattle, San Diego and Reykjavik marathons.

Anna also has an M.S. in School Psychology, and an interest in pursuing further graduate studies in physical therapy. She feels that by continuing her own education in both Pilates and other health related sciences, she brings to the greater New York community a positive and reaffirming teaching experience for all levels and backgrounds. She offers to people a whole body approach, facilitating a better and clearer mind and healthy lifestyle.

Mariel Auerbach

Mariel completed her comprehensive classical certification at Power Pilates in New York City, and is trained in beginner, intermediate and advanced level mat and apparatus work. Mariel has been an athlete all her life. When she was younger she was a competitive horse back rider as well as a gymnast. After working in an office for a few years and suffering from scoliosis she realized something had to change. She decided to leave the corporate world and become a Pilates teacher.

She was introduced to Pilates by taking mat classes at a local studio in Brooklyn, and fell in love with the many positive changes it made to her body. From there, she continued on to apparatus work.

As well as teaching at Bridge Pilates, Mariel works at The Pilates Garage. She has also recently started her own pilates program at a physical therapy/rehabilitation office in Brooklyn. Here she uses her pilates background to help her clients start moving again.

Mariel continues to study at Power Pilates under Bob Liekens, and remains dedicated to furthering her knowledge of Pilates through workshops and daily practice.