KAREN BROWNLEE
Karen is an ISSA (International Sports Sciences Association) certified Personal Trainer with specialization in Exercise for Older Adults and people with physical and other challenges. Karen’s goal is to help people live better in their bodies, no matter their age or set of challenges, by incorporating functional balance, strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular exercises to improve their well-being. Her optimistic philosophy is that you must start where you are and not where you were or where you want to be, and to set realistic, achievable goals.
CASSIE SCHINDLER
Cassie is a 40 (plus)-year practitioner of eastern meditation and a Certified Mindfulness Educator. She is the founder of The Alternate Path and provides consultation and facilitation of powerful, secular, mental and heartful fitness programs. A former Fortune 500 executive and healthy survivor of Multiple Sclerosis, Cassie knows personally the toxic impact of chronic stress on the nervous system. She delivers potent wellness programs & coaching to individuals, non-profits, community & corporate groups.
teresa maldonado marchok
Teresa is a licensed physical therapist and certified Pilates instructor. She is also the founder of BoneSmart Pilates®, a system of movement which guides people to move safely with conditions commonly seen with aging. Her system has a special emphasis on bone-safe and bone building movement for people with osteopenia or osteoporosis. Teresa’s integrated approach to the art and science of movement is a culmination of over 30 years of Pilates, physical therapy, and professional dance experience as a soloist with the Martha Graham Dance Company.