Michelle Pollard, RYT-200
A fitness enthusiast for many years, Michelle turned to yoga and Pilates to heal injuries from high impact exercise. She immediately fell in love with Pilates and yoga. In 2008 she began training with Power Pilates in mat and apparatus. In 2012 she completed her 200-hr yoga certification at Yoga Mandali with Gopi Kunnicut. She continues to take workshops and trainings to improve her teaching skills in order to offer more effective classes and sessions. Michelle is fascinated by anatomy and alignment. She finds the human body an amazing vehicle.  It is capable of so much more than we give it credit for. There is nothing more rewarding for her than having a client express how yoga or Pilates has changed their life for the better. Michelle holds certifications on a variety of modalities including Group Fitness, Personal Trainer, SPIN, TRX. Her motto is ‘Movement Heals’. She is so excited to bring an option for healthy living to Downtown Schenectady.  
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Grace Scheffler
My fitness journey started in 2008 after the realization that if I didn't start actively taking care of my body it wovuld one day fail me. Through trying all different types of exercise I fell in love with fitness. In 2013 I graduated SUNY Cobleskill with a BA in Plant Science and AAS in Landscape Development and decided to pursue a career in fitness. A few years ago my father was suffering with 3 herniated disks. He tried everything  from cortisone shots, physical therapy, and acupuncture, nothing worked until he started taking pilates.  Though it was painful to start he is now able to do everything he did prior to his injury and more. Pilates not only realigned his body but changed his mind set towards exercise. I found my passion for pilates through the change of my father. I received my Pilates Mat I Certification through Power Pilates in February 2016. I also teach barre fitness, kickboxing, and am an ACE certified personal trainer.
Holly Luciano, RYT-200
Holly Luciano is a certified Yoga Alliance RYT-200 Vinyasa Yoga Instructor and Primary Instructor in the Barre Method. Holly's Yoga teacher training was completed in 2014 through Master Teacher and Rise Yoga and Movement Arts Center owner Justin Wolfer in his Skillful Action Teacher Training Program located in Saratoga, NY. Holly's Yoga training was completed with the support and regular teachings of Instructor and Owner of Hot Yoga Saratoga, Cindy Lunsford. Holly's Barre Method training was completed in 2015 through Pilates Master Tracey Mallett at Studio 13 in Beverly, MA. Holly's training was completed with the support and teachings of Instructor Andrea Spungen, classically trained in the Cecchetti Method of Ballet. In 2016. Holly attended the Barkan Method Level II/III Hot Yoga Teacher training program in Costa Rica and the Exhale Barre Method teacher training program for Modules 1 & 2. Holly's knowledge and experience of both practices helps her to bring safe, energetic and challenging instruction.
Jennifer Hughes, RYT-200
Jennifer is a medical Illustrator and a certified yoga and spin instructor. She found yoga when a back injury required a shift from competitive triathlon to a more healing form of movement. Her understanding of yoga as a total life changing modality didn't happen until she began her RYT-200 hour training. Jennifer graduated from Lauren Toolin's Yoga Vidya RYT-200 hour program in April of 2015 and is currently completing her RYT-500 hours. She loves her practice deeply and loves to share it with her students!
Kimberly Purdy
I began dancing when I was 7 years old taking lessons in ballet, tap, jazz and baton, but ballet has always been my first love. I continued lessons through high school and soon after received my certification with AFAA as a fitness instructor. In 2015, I competed in my first NPC Bikini Competition.  I placed 1st in the Masters category and 5th place in both the Novice and Open categories. An amazing experience that gave me the confidence I needed to start teaching Barre classes at Studio 4.  In 2015 I became certified in Piyo, and in 2016 completed the certification for Beginner & Intermediate Pilates Mat through Beacon Pilates.  I have lived in the Capital District all my life.  I was born in Schenectady and as a teen moved to Burnt Hills.  Graduated from Burnt Hills High School and then attended SCCC where I received my Associates degree in Business.  I currently reside in Scotia with my wonderful husband and 2 teenage children.
Sarah Higgins, RYT-200
Sarah's yoga practice started in high school, but became consistent six years ago when she found hot yoga. It helped strengthen so much more than her body. Through yoga, Sarah found emotional balance, mental strength, and confidence off the mat. She loves how yoga is a gateway to community, health and healing. Sarah completed her 200-hr yoga certification in 2016 with High Peaks Yoga and loves sharing the practice with others. An Adirondack native currently residing in Scotia, she lives with her wonderful husband and their three dogs.
Traci Peters
An Albany, N.Y. native, Traci earned a B.A. in dance from The State University of New York at Buffalo. It is there that she began her Pilates training. After graduating, she headed to New York City to pursue her dance career. While in New York, she danced with The Lexington Dance Collective, of which she was a founding member, and Vanessa Paige Dance. She also produced, choreographed and performed her own work. As a professional dancer, Pilates and Yoga became a strong part of Traci’s way to stay injury free, and in 2006, she became a Certified Mat Instructor through Core Pilates NYC. After seeing the immediate benefits this work brought to her very broad range of clients, she became Comprehensively Certified through Power Pilates in 2008. In the two years to follow, she was fortunate enough to teach at Body Tonic in Brooklyn, N.Y., owned by Jennifer Deluca, trained by Joseph Pilates protégé, Romana Kryzanowska, and at Equinox Fitness, voted Best Gym in America by Fitness Magazine in 2010. In 2012, she was honored by being asked to be a part of Body Tonic’s Teacher Training. Now back in the Albany area, Traci teaches locally and in the Berkshires.. It is with delight that she brings her teaching skills, and absolute love for Pilates to Studio 4.