Pilates & Yoga

Gyl Elliott

Gyl Elliott has taught yoga in the San Gabriel valley for the last five years. She received her yoga certification in 2003 from Sajni Center for Yoga based in Bangalore, India. In 2005, she received her Structural Yoga Therapy certificate from Mukunda Stiles' Yoga Therapy Center. She is also a certified massage therapist, and is currently attending graduate school in Buddhist Studies. Gyl teaches an integrated yoga practice of breathing, body exercises, and meditation.

Kinga Night

Kinga Night was born in Budapest, Hungary, and quickly found her passion in sports. At 11 years old she began competing as a rhythmic gymnast internationally. While attending a high school for professional athletes, Kinga also began a career in dance, and held featured roles in numerous theatrical productions, including CATS.

She majored in Rhythmic Gymnastics at the University of Physical Education in Budapest, and coached her own rhythmic gymnastics team before leaving for the United States in 1990 to further her education and career.

Upon arrival in New York, she immediately auditioned and received a dance scholarship to the renowned STEPS studio in NYC. Her performing career eventually led to appearances on stage and television in more than 30 countries.

In 1998 she returned to physical fitness. She became a member of AFAA, and taught numerous fitness formats before falling in love with Pilates. After several years of study, she received comprehensive Pilates certification and has been teaching the method full-time since 2002.

Jessica / Hsiu-Ping Wang

Jessica received two Master of Art degrees in dance from the University of Californian, Los Angeles. She has been working as a dancer, choreographer, producer and educator in both the fields of dance & performing arts, with a specialization in movement education.

Jessica has been training to dance since childhood and began practicing Pilates soon after her daughter was born in 2000. She began an intensive study of Pilates because she realized that it was benefiting her lower back and hip tremendously not only by strengthening her core but also by reducing her pain which she had due to her lifetime of strenuous dance training. In addition, Jessica realized that Pilates improved her dance technique by helping her use the proper muscle groups and posture training. As a result she has incorporated the Pilates movement theory into her own physical practice and dance teaching. Today Jessica is certified by Physical & Mind Institute, and has finished her Master Instructor training through Balanced Body University & is PMA certified.

Jessica believes bodily movement has its own intelligence and movement education increase the intelligence to connect both body and mind together. People need to be trained to move in a proper way and obtain proper body posture/alignment to increase the healthy movement capacity.