Linda Reiff

Pilates Instructor

Purposeful Pilates

Linda comes to Purposeful Pilates after a career as a dancer, choreographer and teacher in New York and Cincinnati. She has a Master's Degree in Dance Education and worked as a dance teaching artist in schools.   She discovered Pilates and became a certified Pilates teacher with Fletcher Pilates® in 2006. Linda owned Pilates Zone Inc. studios in Cincinnati and in East Lansing. For the past 18 years, she's taught Pilates equipment classes, private sessions and a variety of mat classes to all populations and levels of students.   Linda most recently trained as a Physical Therapist Assistant in order to gain more clinical knowledge and to develop her rehabilitation skills. She uses this knowledge when she works with Pilates clients who have orthopedic issues, as well as chronic pain and neurological conditions.   She also does continuing education in Pilates for myofascial work and functional anatomy so that she can help her clients as much as possible. Linda is also interested in somatic movement and therapy and is working on a certification for Body Mind Dancing ®.