Our Instructors
Jennifer Gianni
Jennifer grew up in Columbia, South Carolina, where she was active in dance and athletics. At the age of thirteen, she began working out with her mother at The Firm's™ headquarters in Columbia. Jennifer was lucky enough to have witnessed the filming of The Firm's™ very first video, and it was here that she first fell in love with the exercise field and began to see it as a lifestyle and career for herself.
Jennifer (then Peluso) kept working out at The Firm™ and became a teacher there at the age of eighteen. She soon became involved with the making of their videos and took part as a cast member, choreographer and lead in several of their very best workout tapes.
In time, Jennifer began to feel that her overall exercise plan was too narrow in scope. She spent the next seven years getting the highest quality training available in Pilates, Yoga and Gyrotonic® from the most respected names in the business, including Romana Kryzanowska, Juliu Horvath and Bryan Kest.
Once she had the building blocks from all of these different disciplines, Jennifer began formulating her own method by infusing the most effective components from each discipline and adding her own original content. This Body/Mind approach became her passion, and the outcome is Jennifer Gianni's Fusion Pilates Method.
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Kelly Robinson
Kelly Robinson was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina and has been involved with the Pilates method for the past five years. She instantly fell in love with the concepts of the method, so much in fact that she re-directed her career path so she could share the method with others. She has completed an intense and highly respected 600 plus hour Pilates Certification taught by second generation classical Pilates masters Marianne Adams and Rebecca Quin at Appalachian State University. Kelly is constantly refining her work and is involved in many continuing education programs. She begins her Pre and Post Natal teacher training in 2007 and will begin working on her Gyrotonic® and Gyrokinesis® Certification in early 2008.
Meg Staley
Meg Staley moved to Asheville in the spring of 2007 from Columbia South Carolina. While exploring the art of yoga Meg became interested in Pilates and began practicing more than six years ago. She is mat certified and teaches Pilates mat at all levels. In October 2006 Meg was certified as a Pink Ribbon Pilates Instructor at Pilates on 5th, NYC enabling her to work with women who are recovering from breast cancer. This is a very special program and she is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with this group of women. In addition to Pilates, on-core and Pink Ribbon Pilates, Meg is a certified children's yoga instructor. Her formal education was conducted at Appalachian State University and Virginia Tech but also considers her NOLS courses and life's travels to be equally important. Meg enjoys spending time in the mountains with her children Isabelle and Eli and their dog Violet.