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She has been in private practice since 1985. Her love of dance, her fascination with anatomy and movement, and her sincere interest and talent in helping others through problem-solving is what brought her to chiropractic and continues to motivate her today. Dr. Alden uses a team approach with the patient in providing care. Patient education is essential in solving problems and getting people better. The more you know what caused the injury and how to correct or strengthen the area, the faster the healing rate tends to be. She sees her role as an investigator of problems, a provider of care, and as an educator. Your role is taking responsibility in your own health care by following recommendations and making necessary changes to encourage maximum healing rates or minimizing further injury. When she finds your needs are best served by other practitioners, appropriate referrals are made. Over the course of her career Dr. Alden has acquired extensive experience and education in sports chiropractic, ergonomics and injury prevention, exercise rehabilitation, biomechanical assessment, and worker's compensation issues. She works with the UC-Berkeley Women's Tennis Team and with various individual athletes who are referred to her from the Cal athletic department. She has treated professional athletes at the 2000 US Olympic Trials, the 2001 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, and the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Lisbon, Portugal. In the past she served as a state appointed Qualified Medical Evaluator for the worker's compensation Industrial Medical Council. As an Injury Prevention Specialist for over ten years, both independently and with Future Industrial Technologies, she has trained thousands of employees in a wide variety of job activities on how to performs their jobs more safely.
Jörg's professional experience extends into many areas. In addition to his work as a Pilates instructor and personal trainer, he has danced professionally, worked as a nurse in Germany and Switzerland, and has served as A.I. Stretching Technician for the 2000 Olympic Trials. Jörg's specialty is sports conditioning. He has worked with many professional athletes including Olympic boxing gold medalist Andre Ward, three-time track and field Olympian Regina Jacobs, NFL kicker Doug Briond, aerial dance pioneer Terry Sendgraff, and U.S. junior champion figure skater Justin Dillon. Jörg is the founder of Pro-Function, a company specializing in Pilates and strength and conditioning coaching. He is co-founder of The Working Body and is a co-founder of Integrated Teacher Training, a Pilates certification and continuing-education program.
Brian is a Level 2 Certified Poliquin Strength and Conditioning Coach, a Biosignature Practitioner, (http://charlespoliquin.com/Health/bio-sig-mod.php), a Level 2 CHEK Practitioner and holds an NASM Personal Trainer Certification. He has practical knowledge on Fat Loss, lean mass gain, optimizing body composition, nutritional evaluation and supplementation, Strongman Training, Athletic training as well as increasing strength and flexibility. Brian continues his education yearly by attending courses around the country, learning the newest research and techniques on training and nutrition. He believes that to be the best, you have to learn from the best and apply that knowledge. He is passionate about helping change the lives of others through fitness and nutrition and loves working with people of all ages and abilities. He enjoys snowboarding, wake boarding and extreme sports.
Lytle uses three methods of massage, Swedish, Shiatsu and Reflexology. She has a massage chair that she can take out into offices to relieve stress in the workplace and uses a botanical based massage lotion that is unscented and absorbs very well into the skin. Lytle is affiliated with the American Specialties Health Networks, which provides a 25% discount to people who have signed up with an adjunct of their health insurance called "Alternative Health Plan". Many of the major health companies are included in this program.
Khalid Chaney
Specialties: Helping client to increase awareness, strengthen core muscles, gain ease and enjoyment of movement, become more flexible and have relief from pain and tension. Experience:
Phone: 510-978-1106, Email: lnrdtn@yahoo.com Mario Gaytan
To see more about Mario's philosophy and success stories, visit http://www.oaklandpersonaltraining.com/
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Janice Alden, D.C., C.C.S.P.
Jörg Chabowski, ACSM,is originally from Germany, where he earned his Nursing degree in 1984 from the Wilhelms University in Muenster. He holds certifications in the Pilates Method from the Physical Mind Institute; Health and Fitness Health Instruction by the American College of Sports Medicine; Active Isolated Stretching Technique from M.P.I. New York; Spinning Instruction from Mad Dog; and VO2 Max Testing from Saul Blau, M.S. & Herman Falsetti, M.D.is the owner of Alden Chiropractic, Inc. 
Don Lawson, CSCS is a native of the Bay Area. His athletic achievements include National and International competition in Team Handball and as a decathlete in Track and Field. He has been working in the fitness industry since 1988 as a personal trainer and Fitness Director. He began his career at Cal State University Hayward where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology and Athletic Training. He has recently completed over 200 hours of training in Applied Kinesiology concepts. 
Brian Leung
Barbara Lytlehas been working as a massage therapist for the last sixteen years in Oakland and Alameda. She received her training at the National Holistic Institute in Emeryville and specializes in senior citizens as she has been trained to go into senior residence home to help people. 
Leonore Deatonhas had a Private Pilates practice at The Working Body for 6 years. She also is a Shiatsu Massage Practitioner. Leonore has extensive experience with Modern dance/Performance as well as Yoga. She works to encourage others to live in their bodies in a conscious, loving and playful way!
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zengila@yahoo.com Lila's extensive background in yoga and dance and her global travels (Africa, Brazil,) in search of a "movement language" have inspired her to teach and share her love of body-mind connection through the Joseph Pilates method of conditioning. She believes that inner "core" strength is the key to achieving physical goals and that through the philosophy of Pilates; concentration, breathing, centering, precision, efficiency and the fluid control of movement, a more satisfied life within the body (and world) can be reached. She is also a certified Personal Trainer. Specialties
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Lila Heller- Souza was Pilates certified and internationally trained in Salvador, Brazil under the tutelage of Jacqueline Borges. Lila graduated from Mills College in 2002 with a BA in Anthropology, Sociology and Dance.
Lenora has gained a reputation for successfully helping those with pain who feel that they have already tried everything (orthopedists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, etc.). Her focus is on finding the root cause of the pain/injury instead of just treating the symptoms. She is trained and experienced in restoring posture to relieve muscle tension and joint pain, and in finding a person's unique, individual nutritional needs. See www.HolisticPersonalTraining.net for more information, Education and Certifications:
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Veteran trainer Bambi has dedicated her time to helping people realize the life-altering rewards of being physically fit. It is her belief that true health and fitness is more than just looking good, but is the everyday joy that comes from feeling great and having the functional ability to fully participate in life. It is her passion to help people understand that fitness is a life-long commitment that should be constant, realistic and relative — not momentary impulses of the extreme. Known for creating a unique training experience, Bambi takes a personalized interest in her clients, providing guidance and support to help them reach their goals in ways that extend beyond their training session. She transforms a fitness training session into custom workout that allows the client the freedom to discover their own potential. Bambi believes that a balanced approach to fitness is a more efficient way to transform the body. She is dedicated to helping her clients gradually incorporate healthier habits into their lifestyle. She designs training programs that not only enhance physical fitness and sport performance but also improve one’s quality of life and well-being. She knows the importance of creating a fitness program that fits into your demanding schedule. Her energy, enthusiasm and passion will motivate you through the challenging sessions. She works with individuals and small groups by motivating them to feel inspired to make positive changes in their lives through the use of customized and stimulating fitness programs and manageable nutritional and lifestyle modifications. “I believe that an effective program should not only blend well into one's life, but enhance it greatly. In order for us to design this style of program, I take a personal interest in each of my clients as a whole person, not just a body. Together, we discuss habits and preferences when it comes to daily routine, nutrition, health and fitness goals in order to design a plan of action that will guide you from where you are to where you want to be.”
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Emily regularly invests in her continued professional education to deepen her working knowledge of functional anatomy and kinesiology, musculo-skeletal dysfunction and rehabilitation, strength and flexibility training and whole food nutrition. In her sessions with clients she draws from this broad spectrum of information by employing a range of skills, some of which include postural evaluation, manual techniques, muscle testing and nutritional assessment. In addition to her work as a personal trainer, Emily is also a freelance, professional, circus artist, who teaches a variety of group fitness classes. Certifications
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Natalie has been fascinated by the study of movement since she was five years old, when she took her first ballet class. She danced for 25 years, throughout the Bay Area and New York. In this time she has trained, performed professionally, as well as taught modern dance, ballet, and creative movement.. Although she has stopped dancing, Natalie continues to study the human body beyond the muscular skeletal and is currently working toward a Masters in Nursing. When not doing or teaching Pilates, Natalie enjoys playing in the kitchen with new recipes, yoga, and playing with her dogs.
www.urbanwildfitness.com 510-918-4280 Competitive, determined, intelligent, driven, focused, funny, energetic, outgoing, strong, motivated..... Those are some of the ways people describe Alison in all aspects of her life...Born and raised in Eugene, Oregon, she grew up running through the woods, waterskiing, playing soccer, softball, basketbal, and other organized sports. When she was 8 she began running local 5k road races, but it wasn't until high school that she found her true love and passion in track and field. Alison ran the 800 meters in 2:06 and pole-valulted 12'6 for her high school and on the Junior Olympic level, solidifyling herself as one of the top female athletes in her region. Growing up in Track Town USA, Alison dreamed of running track for the University of Oregon and her hometown crowd. Unfortunatley, Alison broke her back while pole-vaulting, ending her track and field career her freshman year in college. It was this event that led Alison to where she is today. She began training other athletes, helping them prepare for all levels of competition from middle school to professional athletics; giving them guidance with nutrition, cardiovascular, and strength training. While her passion will always be in athletics, she wanted to touch the lives of more people and began training more of the general population; helping people lose weight/gain weight, rehabilitate from injuries, overcome eating disorders through excercise, ensure healthy pregnancies, combat osteoporosis and other age related issues, and general health and fitness. Alison believes everyone is an athlete on some level and infuses her many years of training as an elite athlete into each and every workout. When Alison is not training both athletes and the general population clientele through private sessions, body sculpting classes, and her boot camp in the San Francisco bay area, Alison volunteers her time at local middle schools and high schools as a track ad field/cross country coach. In addition to this Alison founded a non-profit in Cost Rica. She trains a group of 35 aspiring young athletes ages 5-16 in a small rural town on the Caribbean coast of Cost Rica. Specialties: Sports Specific Training and Programming Cardiovascular Training Strength Training Injury Rehabilitation Injury Prevention Chronic Pain Management and Relief Nutrition PNF Stretching Myo-Facial Release through Rolling Pre/Post natal Youth and Older Populations Education: BA University of Oregon, Romance Languages 2005 Certifications: American Council on Excercise (ACE) Certified CPR Certified USA Track & Field Coach Experience 6 yrs Athlete Strength and Conditioning Specialist 4 yrs General population Personal Training 4 yrs Group Fitness Instructor 10 yrs Track & Field Coach 3 yrs Cross Country Coach 5 yrs Youth Soccer Coach Remaining loyal to her dance teachers in San Francisco for 28 years, Judy has solid dance experience in the style of modern jazz blues. She also practices yoga regularly. Her formal education is in psychology and educational psychology (B.A. UC Berkeley, M.A. CSUH). Judy also studied and worked in the field of Dance/Movement Therapy in the early 1980s. During her time working as a student counselor at UC Berkeley, Judy started taking on-campus Pilates mat classes in the 1990s and fell in love with the Pilates method of exercise. She became a regular in the class for years, and occasionally had private sessions with the instructor. Upon the instructors retirement from the university Pilates classes, fellow students and classmates of hers encouraged her to begin teaching so she decided to get her Pilates Mat certification. Judy received her Pilates mat certification through ITT Pilates and has been teaching the class twice weekly for the past five years. She has continued training through ITT, and became a certified Pilates personal trainer a couple of years ago. During her training, she did most of her observation, practice teaching & personal practice hours at The Working Body. In 2007 Judy joined TWB staff part-time. From her first visit to the studio, Judy was drawn into the warm, respectful & collaborative culture of The Working Body community. She continues to be impressed by the high standards and talent of all the trainers & practitioners here. Katie Ybarra has been teaching pilates for 12 years and has worked at The Working Body since it's opening in 2000. She has received her certification in The Ron Fletcher Technique of Body Contrology in 1999. Katie has experience working with ages ranging from 14 to 80;back injury including herniated and bulging discs, knee and hip replacement and scoliosis. In 2007 She certified as a strength trainer through National Academy of Sports Medicine as a compliment to Pilate's training and is currently working towards a certification in Yamuna Body Rolling. As a dancer, Katie has a great love and appreciation for the movement of the human body. Her strength lies in teaching people how to be "in there body" and return to and maintain a healthy, happy and active lifestyle.
Because of my personal interest in physical fitness, conditioning and nutrition, I decided to pursue the subject in college, where I earned a B.S. in Exercise Science fromm Minnesota State University of Moorhead. I then attended Saint Cloud State University, earning a M.S in Exercise Physiology. This allowed me to further my education in understanding how the body works and effective ways to train the body in order to realize various fitness goals. During graduate school, I completed two internships , one with the National Football League(NFL) and one with the National Collegiate Athletic Associations (NCAA). Each allowed me the opportunity to work with athletes in agility training and strength and conditioning workouts, ensuring they used proper techniques by coaching and explaining the benefits of a particular exercise to avoid injury. I hold a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) certification from the National Strength & Conditioning Association(NSCA). This is the same certification many professional teams and fitness clubs require. The NSCA requires you to complete tests lifting technique, nutrition, program planning and physiology. I also have a BLS from the American Heart Association(AHA). This is CPR/AED certification for fitness professionals. Overall, I have 5 years of personal training experience, working with a wide range of people. I specialized in strength training,body toning, fat loss, cardio endurance training and strength & conditioning. My clients have ranged in age from adolescent to 70+, all with varying levels of fitness and goals. I trained a high school tennis player for 2 years who went from being a top 100 player to a top 20 player. Some of my existing clients are women and me who are looking to tone up, shed a few pounds or just achieve a greater level of fitness. Two of my most dedicated clients have realized there goals of loosing pounds and inches , and along the way, decided to set new goals to further challenge themselves...goals they would have never dreamed of doing previously. One just completed hiking Half Dome at Yosemite, and the other completed a 75 mile bike ride around Lake Tahoe. The path to greater physical fitness takes hard work, consistency and perseverance. As your Personal Trainer, my job is to develop the right program for you, ensure you follow safe and effective approach to your training and to be your partner in achieving you goals and keeping you motivated, although the results that you will see will do that as well! In order to enjoy life to the fullest we need to have a healthy mind, body and spirit. Being in good physical shape enables us to feel self confident and can often give us the courage to stretch our limits and set new goals in life. The training programs that I develop for each client offer variety and unique and personalized based on each individuals needs,goals and current fitness level and physical condition. They are designed to help you achieve your goals and to empower you with knowledge. |
Lila Heller 
Lenora Lemke, is extremely successful at helping people increase their fitness levels, gain energy, lose weight, and especially good in helping them overcome their chronic health problems and to eliminate the need for medications. Lenora believes that there is never one right training method that will work for everybody. She thinks that each individual has his/her own unique, specific challenges and needs. She takes a broad, holistic approach in her evaluation and is careful to include all the things that may influence a person's health and wellness (nutrition, sleeping patterns, stress levels, psychology, etc.) and is excellent at identifying the roadblocks in order to help her clients prioritize their goals for success. 
Rodney McBride B.S., CSCS, CPT, CMT
Bambi Nguyen
Emily G. Park is a certified personal traier and Pilate's instructor who has been at The Working Body since 2005. Her mission is to assist people in developing their body awareness to help them maximize their efficiency, ease and enjoyment of movement. She has experience working with people of all ages and fitness levels , including people seeking support to make dietary and lifestyle changes and those who are rehabilitating injuries and or dealing with chronic pain. She is know as a sympathetic and personable trainer who encourages mindfulness and precision while remaining sensitive and responsive to each client's individual experience. Emily is passionate about facilitating her client's pursuit of their holistic health and fitness goals in order to help them improve their physical experience of daily life both at work and play.
Marisa Pugliano is a yoga practitioner, personal trainer and group instructor of the Pilates Method. She has been a resident instructor at The Working Body in Oakland since 2000. Her teaching and self-practice are most influenced by her two longtime teachers, Don Law- son and JinSung. She is a native of Pittsburgh, PA and is proud to call Oakland, CA her home. 
Natalie Rael began studying Pilates to compliment her own dance training and has had the honor of teaching movement from ages 3 to 90 years old. She received her BA from San Francisco State University in Sociology and her Pilates certification and Movement Medicine certification from Turning Point Studios in 2004. She specializes in rehabilitation and post-rehabilitation work with clients as well as performance conditioning, injury prevention, and pain management. Her goal is to help clients increase postural awareness, alignment , core stability/strength, flexibility, physical coordination, and shift old movement patterns that no longer serve them. 
Alison Roessler, Urban Wild Fitness Owner, Personal Trainer, and Instuctor
Judy Simons - Pilates Trainer 
Katie Ybarra 
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Prema Arhin is a Primary Care Provider, licensed by the State of California to practice Acupuncture. She is a nationally recognized Diplomat of Oriental Medicine by the NCCAOM. Prema completed her Masters Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Five Branches University with advance studies in Sports Medicine. She trained internationally at the Zhejiang College of TCM in Hangzhou, China. Prema focuses on the treatment of acute and chronic pain, stress relief, sports injury, and women's health. She is a certified Holistic Nutritional Consultant through the Global Institute for Alternative Medicine. She resides in Santa Cruz, California with her husband and baby boy.
