TEACHERS
Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander is a compassionate and skilled life coach with over 20 years of experience in the healing and wellness industry. As a certified VITA™ sex, love, and relationship coach, massage therapist, craniosacral practitioner, meditation teacher, breathwork guide, and studio owner, she integrates modern neurobiology, somatic practices, and ancient wisdom to facilitate deep transformation.
Drawing from her own healing journey, Heidi’s approach fosters self-awareness, emotional healing, and personal empowerment. She guides clients in reconnecting with their inner fire and the wisdom within their bodies, using breathwork, trauma release, and Tantric practices to help them process emotions, release stuck energy, and step into lives rooted in authenticity, love, and liberation.
In addition to her coaching and healing work, Heidi is a certified GYROTONIC® teacher, pre-trainer, and GYROKINESIS® teacher. These movement methodologies emphasize fluidity, strength, and alignment, offering clients an integrative approach to physical well-being. Through these practices, she helps individuals build deeper body awareness, improve mobility, and enhance the mind-body connection.
Based on Orcas Island, Heidi is a lifelong learner, a lover of nature, a world traveler, and a dedicated tantric practitioner.
Lauren Weaver
Lauren began her Pilates journey through dance, studying under Marie-Jose Blom at Long Beach Dance Conditioning. She embarked on her own career teaching Pilates in 2003 after completing her comprehensive certification through Orange Coast College. Lauren initially taught Pilates for three years at Body Awareness Physical Therapy in San Clemente, California before moving to Orcas Island in 2006. She is certified through the National Pilates Certification Program and as a teacher-member of the Pilates Method Alliance. She has CECs through numerous training programs including Power Pilates, Balanced Body, and workshops under Tracey Mallet and Master Pilates Teacher Jillian Hessel. Lauren continues to further her training and knowledge at every opportunity through a wide variety of continuing education conferences and workshops. Lauren completed her yoga teacher training and certification in Prajna Yoga in 2018, and is deeply grateful to Djuna Mascall-Devereaux for her continued guidance along this path. This combination of proven methods and extensive training enable Lauren to integrate a balanced, specialized workout for each of her students. Lauren is dedicated to the Pilates Method and believes that with graceful encouragement everyone can achieve a deeper sense of connection and strength, and ultimately a better quality of life through a mind-body practice.
Melissa Rodriguez
Melissa is a Certified Comprehensive Balance Body Pilates instructor who has also completed the CoreAlign instructor training. She looks forward to bringing you a pilates program that builds a sustainable fitness, mobility and wellness program to your life. Melissa has spent the better part of her life helping others in a successful career serving her community. In an effort to reduce the stress in her life she wanted to start a practice that would bring her mind-body connection to the forefront, pilates was the answer. It was through her pilates journey that she found its ability to lengthen, strengthen and stabilize her body while energizing her mind. Melissa trained with Balance Body Master Instructor Lisa Graham and Arwen Brooke at Agile Monkey Studio in Santa Cruz, CA. Melissa also worked at Agile Monkey before moving to Orcas Island. As an instructor, Melissa is dedicated to the Pilates Method but is always adapting her teaching to her clients’ needs. Her teaching style is one of empowerment, encouraging students to learn their way into better fitness & an overall better life experience. Melissa offers Reformer and Mat classes as well as Private sessions.