Summer Broyhill
Certification
I began my Pilates journey studying under Sean Gallagher and Kim Shemer-Kurtzman at The New York Pilates Studio in 2008. I certified in Mat and Barre in 2012 and began teaching at Physique 57, NYC and elsewhere. I received my Advanced Mat Certification from Core Pilates, NYC and my 500-hour Comprehensive Certification in all apparatus from Balanced Pilates, NYC under the direction of Anna Howington. I am also certified in Yoga and Barre and am studying to become a Somatic Movement specialist.
Education
- Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the Old Globe/ University of San Diego
- Bachelor of Music in Music Theatre from Florida State University
- Barre Instructor, 200-hour training at Physique 57, NYC
- Pilates Instructor, 500-hour comprehensive certification from Balanced Pilates, NYC
- Advanced Mat Pilates Instructor, certification from Core Pilates, NYC
- Hatha/ Vinyasa Yoga Instructor, 200-hour certification from Prana Yoga Center, La Jolla
- Somatic Movement, Laban, and Bartenieff Mentorship with Amanda Penaloza-Banks, San Diego
Teaching experience
Since 2012
What can a client expect from your class?
I teach a highly hands-on class with an emphasis on personal corrections, anatomical cues, and kinesthetic awareness. I love to encourage a playful and lighthearted atmosphere in which clients feel safe to connect deeply and holistically with their own bodies and I love to help clients recovering from injuries or managing conditions to regain a sense of empowerment and agency. My goal is that clients receive the nuanced attention of a private lesson and the energy of a group setting all at the same time.
What do you find most inspiring about your mentor or Joseph Pilates?
Joseph Pilates developed his first apparatus while working in a hospital during World War I in order to help rehabilitate patients with injuries, and nearly a century later I found the Pilates method healing me after my own injury. I was dancing in a Broadway show in 2008 when I tore my hamstring and worried that my whole life and career would be completely derailed. When I began working with Pilates' system as part of my physical therapy, I felt like I became a better dancer than I had been before the injury, and I felt closer to my body and filled with gratitude for all its capability. He gave me that gift years after his death and his method continues to inspire me.