Instructors

Meet our instructors.

Our instructors bring a range of experience to the studio and share a commitment to personal attention. Get to know the people who will guide you through your classes and private sessions.

Owner

Cori Riggs

Cori has called this studio home since before she owned it. Pilates kept her free of the chronic back pain that followed a spinal fracture in a 2002 snowboarding accident. She wants every client to leave with the same sense of energy and ease she found here. She is a BASI-certified instructor with a specialization in women’s health, plus licensing in prenatal and postnatal Pilates and Pilates for Buff Bones®.

B.A. Sociology, Cal State Long Beach
Body Arts & Science International CTTC
Prenatal and Postnatal Pilates Specialist
Pilates for Buff Bones® licensing

Prenatal, postnatal, and Buff Bones

Owner

Jimmy Riggs

Jimmy has enjoyed hiking, swimming, surfing, and martial arts since childhood. After experiencing hip and lower-back pain in his twenties, he began Pilates, encouraged by the positive effect it had on Cori’s back injury. He later became a certified Foundation Training instructor in 2017 and completed Pilates training through Balanced Body. He teaches reformer classes and private sessions with an emphasis on coordination, balance, and decompression, as well as all Foundation Training at the studio.

Foundation Training Instructor, 2017
Balanced Body Pilates training

Instructor

Harmony Maldonado

Harmony began Pilates in 2009 after having a baby and enjoyed it so much that she decided to take the BASI comprehensive instructor course. A certified athletic trainer, she has worked with a wide range of clients, including athletes, older adults, and people who exercise to feel good. She enjoys combining Pilates with running, walking, swimming, and other outdoor activities.

Certified athletic trainer
Bachelor’s degree in Sport Sciences
Master’s degree in Physical Education/Outdoor Education

Instructor

Seth Miner

Seth studied at Power Pilates in New York under Bob Liekens and Susan Moran. He is also a personal trainer certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. After earning a BFA in Dance from North Carolina School of the Arts, he moved to New York to dance professionally and began a second career in fitness. His teaching draws on his experience in dance, yoga, and traditional fitness, helping clients feel better through movement.

Power Pilates training
NASM-certified personal trainer
BFA in Dance, North Carolina School of the Arts