The Kinesia Team

Meet the team committed to helping you enjoy daily activities and sports with greater ease.

Our teachers are certified through Romana’s Pilates and have years of teaching experience. We are committed to teaching you personalized self-care exercises, so you can be at your personal best as you move through life.

Christl Marcontell

Christl Marcontell is a 2nd generation Pilates teacher and level 4 teacher trainer for Romana's Pilates. She came to Pilates as an aerial-dancer looking for ways to regain core strength post-pregnancy. She has lifelong involvement in contemporary and classical dance, dance theater and circus theater.

Christl is owner and director of Kinesia Pilates, established in 2004. She is a level 4 teacher trainer with Romana's Pilates and host to Romana's Pilates Teacher Training in Seattle.

Christl uses holistic terminology and imagery to help people form creative and healing connections with their body. She uses specific hands-on guidance and safety spots to help her clients learn more about their bodies and to build their mind-body connections.

As a teacher trainer she draws from her physical arts background to help apprentices understand the technique and dynamic energy of the exercises as taught to her by Romana Kryzanowska and the Romana’s Pilates community of master teachers.

Christl is also certified with MELT method and uses MELT method to help people get through stuck spots so they can move better.

Certifications

Romana’s Pilates: Level 4 Teacher Trainer

MELT 1: 2021

MELT 2: 2022

Jordan Colvard

Jordans first experience with Pilates was as a teenage pre-professional dancer trying to get stronger and prevent injuries. She continues to use Pilates for self-care while performing and working as a professional dancer in Seattle.

After a more serious injury she deepened her Pilates practice and completed the immersive training for Romana’s Pilates certification.

Jordan has a keen understanding of how to help people unlock their movement potential using clear language and precise hands-on guidance.

She loves helping people find trust and appreciation for their bodies through movement, and she strongly believes that movement has the capacity to heal and bring us inner and outer peace.

Romana’s Pilates 2018

Stephanie Allison

Certified Romana’s Pilates teacher

GAY Marcontell

Gay's journey to Pilates started when her daughter, Christl needed practice clients during her own training.

She discovered an interesting and varied practice that she knew she could use to explore her own body without becoming bored.

As a teacher, Gay's practice always includes elements of body awareness and mindfulness. This is a full-body approach to teaching that Gay feels is essential to living a long and rich life.

Gay is also a flatwater kayak enthusiast:

"Paddling is a terrific therapy for my upper body and the backwaters that I enjoy are good for my soul."

Certifications

Romana’s Pilates 2000

MELT level 1: 2022