About my practice

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My mind and body become more relaxed, sharp, and confident the more that I practice Pilates. I enjoy sharing this passion with the community in and around Middleburg.

Do you want to come to a fun and upbeat exercise studio that will work your entire body every time, but do not want to work so hard that your muscles are extremely fatigued? I will provide that for you. Pilates works all muscles with low impact exercises and strengthens the core to help stabilize your whole body.

I am excited to give you a fulfilling and transformative experience with the dynamic, elegant machine that is a Pilates reformer. I have had the privilege of training with the helpful and creative owner of Carriage House Pilates & Wellness in Winchester, VA, to become certified (450-hour comprehensive training program) and help create classes that leave you feeling good.

Classes will be offered to beginner, intermediate, and advanced level students privately and in groups.

French:

I received all As in Beginner and Intermediate French classes for six years. Two of those years were completed in college at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where I double-majored in the Honors College in French and Francophone Studies and Psychology.

I am continuing my French education to receive my bachelor’s in French in Business.

The range at which I tutor is anywhere from someone who is brand new to the language to someone within the intermediate level, around the sophomore level of college French courses.

How Sessions Work:

We will work with your school’s curriculum to help develop your skills if you are enrolled in French classes. The best way we learn French for fun, or for speaking purposes/practicality of knowing the language, is to practice speaking back and forth in a safe space, where it will be better during a session to “mess up” more than it will to be perfect in speech. I create vocabulary modules, practice sentences with new words, and readings in the language, based on the level that the student is currently speaking and writing. We will practice slowly learning and remembering all important verbs and tenses.

I am scheduling private sessions with one or multiple people, as well as classes where I teach in a classroom style.

I can help you or your child with grammar, speaking, culture of France, vocabulary, etc!

Book French tutoring now: 703-402-4750