Training

My Teaching

I started studying Pilates in 1998 in Atlanta, GA before moving to New York City where I taught for several years for Power Pilates.  I moved to Charleston to open my studio to bring the exciting benefits of Pilates to the Charleston area. 

I have seen the benefits Pilates has had on many different types of clients.  I have taught teens to elderly men and women alike.  I have taught healthy clients as well as clients with back and neck pain, scoliosis, pregnancy, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, and various chronic joint and neuromuscular injuries.   I have seen in these clients the miraculous benefits of a committed Pilates practice. 

My Pilates Background

My Training

I am Beth Sterne, owner of Classical Pilates Studio since 2004.  I am a Pilates Method Alliance certified teacher and was initially certified by Power Pilates in New York City in 2003.  In NYC, I trained under Bob Liekens and Susan Moran-Perich (among many others), two of the most highly esteemed teachers in the Pilates profession.  I have put the time in to learn the Pilates method as it was intended by Joseph Pilates.  I logged over 600 apprenticeship hours and worked for 2 years under many of the most accomplished teachers in the business in NYC. 

My Practice

Pilates is a “practice,” which means it is my life’s work.  I continue to experience shifts in my own body and continue to grow mentally and physically each year that I teach. 

I am passionate and committed to continuing my education.  In addition to my foundational training under Bob Liekens, I have traveled all over the country to work with such leaders in the Pilates field as Mary Bowen, a Pilates Elder who studied with Joe himself for 6 years, Michelle Larsson, a protégé of Eve Gentry a Pilates Elder and a remarkably innovative teacher of movement, as well as many of the leading senior teachers who studied under Romana Kryzanowska. 

I have also been called to broaden my practice with the study of biomechanical principals of the body as brilliantly laid out by John Friend, the founder of Anusara yoga.  I have travelled throughout the country to study with John Friend himself as well as Desiree Rumbaugh, Martin Kirk, and many other leaders in the Anusara yoga community.