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Laura Dixon's movement background began with ballet at the age of three, and has since grown to encompass the exercise systems of Pilates, GYROTONIC®, and GYROKINESIS®.
With a passion for dance and performing, Ms. Dixon earned her B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Following college, she performed with professional companies in Chicago and Detroit. In 2000, Ms. Dixon completed her Pilates certification through Body Balance, and soon thereafter pursued further education at Equilibrium, a Stott Pilates Teacher Training Center in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. In 2002, Ms. Dixon completed her GYROKINESIS® and GYROTONIC® Foundation Training with Master Trainer, Juergen Bamberger, and completed the certification process with Juliu Horvath, founder of the GYROTONIC Expansion System®.
Ms. Dixon opened Harmony Mind Body Fitness in 2002, in pursuit of creating a welcoming studio where clients of all ages and physical abilities could work to improve their mind body connection. Over the past four years, she has been fortunate to work with a wonderful clientele, and enjoys learning from them everyday.
A strong advocate of continuing education, Laura annually attends the Body Mind Spirit Conference in California, and has most recently completed various teaching workshops including: Survive & Thrive, Prenatal Pilates, Pilates for Arthritis, Eric Franklin’s “Release Your Shoulders, Liberate Your Neck” and “Pelvic Power”, Pilates & Women’s Health, Anatomy Trains, Pilates for Athletes, and Stott Pilates BOSU.
Harmony Mind Body Fitness is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance, a national organization dedicated to preserving the integrity of Joseph Pilates’ vision.
Whitney Cover - Pilates
Kelly Froehlich - Pilates
Tara Gillespie - Pilates
Jessica Swoyer Green
- Pilates, GYROKINESIS®, GYROTONIC® Apprentice
Brenna Monroe-Cook - Pilates
Jamila Sherife-Kekulah - Pilates
Katie Yohe - Apprentice Pilates Instructor
Lindsay Schwab - Apprentice Pilates Instructor
DeAwna McGinley - Studio Manager
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