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About Sharon

Sharon began studying Pilates as a dancer in college in 1992. In 1996, she graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography and moved to San Francisco where she began her career as a professional dancer and choreographer.

Three months later, Sharon was hit by a truck riding her bike. She fractured her tailbone and suffered neck and spinal injuries. She discovered that Pilates was the most effective tool in rehabilitating her injuries and was thus inspired to move back to San Francisco to receive her first certification in Pilates. Sharon trained under Madeline Black at "A Body of Work", through the PhysicalMind Institute.

Sharon's performing career took off shortly thereafter: from professional dancer and choreographer to jack of all circus trades. She became a trainer and performer with the San Francisco School of Circus Arts where she learned, taught and performed everything from trapeze, teeterboard, chinese pole, to web, trampoline, acrobatics, partner acrobatics and contortion. She also performed independently as "Amazing Inverta", for many charity events, corporate parties, nightclubs, the San Francisco Art's Commission and San Francisco's "In the Streets" festivals. Sharon has trained besides performers from Cirque du Soleil and tenth generation circus performers and she has also taught Salsa and Merengue at a variety of nightclubs in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay area. Needless to say, after her Pilates rehab, Sharon's performing was anything but dull. She went on to complete her certification on all the apparatus in Encinitas, California with Kathleen Murakami at Synergy Systems.

After ten years out West, Sharon moved back to the East coast and opened a studio in Amherst, NH and Hampton, NH, in between a hiatus in Florida where she assisted a chiropractor in opening his integrated Pilates and chiropractic office. In 2002, she received her First Degree Reiki certification and in 2008 she completed her Thai Yoga Massage certification.

During her 15 plus years of Pilates training and teaching, Sharon has worked with all ages, shapes and sizes. She has trained professional athletes, dancers, circus performers, golfers, marathon runners and tri-athletes. She has coaxed bodies through rehab in conjunction with physicians, chiropractors, orthopedic surgeons, acupuncturists, massage therapists and physical therapists. Sharon now works out of OMBE, in the heart of the back bay, directly across from Copley Square, in Boston. OMBE is an integrative health center, which synergizes Western and Eastern medicine to develop comprehensive treatment plans.The practitioners at OMBE combine their expertise and compassion to help each client discover their unique mind-body balance.



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