About Us – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque Pilates and Fitness Studio

Total Body Wellness is the first and only full service fitness studio that teaches Pilates, Yoga, GYROTONIC® and Fitness in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque or in the surrounding areas. With the distinctive combination of these exercise disciplines along with their passion for total body health, Total Body Wellness is unique among those studios where Pilates and GYROTONIC® is offered.

Total Body Wellness is committed to teaching excellence. Our teachers are comprehensively trained needing to complete over 500 hours of study, observation and student teaching to get certified. All teachers regularly attend continuing education seminars to stay up to date with current changes in the industry.

Mission Statement

Our Mission at Total Body Wellness is to provide you with an honest, safe, knowledgeable, supportive, encouraging, non-intimidating experience in exercise, post-rehabilitation and life-style change that will enhance your quality of life and serve as a guide on your path to health, happiness, stress reduction and over all well-being.

Teacher Bios

Jeanette Harris (Owner)

Elyse Fahey

Marina Baden

Jennifer Street

Debby Anderson

Janice Garcia

Elaine Bogard

The Total Body Wellness Pilates & Fitness Studio

Jeanette Harris (Owner) • Pilates, Yoga, Licenced GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® instructor, Certified Personal Trainer and Lifestyle & Weight Management Consutlant, Reflexologist and Cranial Sacral Practitioner.

Jeanette, is the owner of Total Body Wellness Pilates and Fitness LLC. Previously an actor, dancer and choreographer, Jeanette has worked in the movement & Fitness Industry for over 25 years as a personal trainer, group exercise instructor, yoga instructor, wellness coach, Pilates Program Director, Fitness Director and Health Club Manager.

She is certified by the American Council on Exercise as a personal trainer and a Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant.. She holds a Pilates mat certification from the Physical Mind Institute and has completed a comprehensive Pilates teacher training in Pilates Studio & Equipment Technique Levels 1-5 through Core Dynamics Pilates in Santa Fe, NM. Jeanette is certified to teach Pilates by the Pilates Method Alliance and is licensed certified to teach the GYROTONIC® method through GYROTONIC® Headquarters in Miami, FL. She received her GYROTONIC® training at GYROTONIC® Santa Fe. Jeanette is also a licensed GYROKINESIS® instructor.
Jeanette is a certified Reflexologist and CranioSacral/SER Practitioner.

Jeanette is a member of the International Dance Exercise Association, The Pilates Method Alliance, the International Association of Yoga Therapists, a Visionary Board Member for the International Council on Active Aging. Jeanette sat on the Senior Advisory Board Member for the Albuquerque Department of Senior affairs for three years and is an Advisory board member for the CNM Fitness Technician program. She has also been a continuing education provider for the American Council on Exercise.

She has worked with men and women of all ages and fitness levels as well as people with special needs and injuries. Besides being a wife and mother to her two handsome boys, Jeanette considers helping people lead healthy, happy and pain free lives to be her calling.

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Elyse Fahey • Pilates, Licensed GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® instructor - Privates, Semi-privates and group classes

Elyse Fahey was born and raised in Albuquerque. She has been practicing Pilates, GYROTONIC®, and GYROKINESIS® for over seven years. In 2005 she received her full studio certification in Pilates at Momentum Studio from Aline Alexander, and her GYROTONIC®, and GYROKINESIS® license from Juliu Horvath in Bad Krozingen, Germany. A dancer and choreographer with a diverse movement background, Elyse has studied ballet, jazz, modern, improvisation, African dance, flamenco, American Arabic tribal fusion belly dance, hip hop, and martial arts. She recently moved back to Albuquerque from New York City, where she studied dance with Merce Cunningham, Doug Varone and Dancers, Peggy Baker, and Irene Dowd. In New York, she received further training in GYROTONIC®, and GYROKINESIS® from master trainers Sebastian Plattenberg, Chantal Deeble, and Jennifer Daly. She has taught Pilates, the GYROTONIC®, and GYROKINESIS® methods at Momentum Studio in Albuquerque and at Pilates on Fifth in Manhattan.

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Marina Baden • Yoga

Marina loves to teach and her students know it!

She dedicated the last 20 years of her life to teaching and training as a dancer and choreographer. Before accepting a full scholarship in 1987 to Mill’s College where she earned her Master’s degree, Marina taught at the University of New Mexico in the dance/theater department and performed with Danzantes, an Albuquerque based modern dance company.

During the course of completing her graduate work Marina taught and performed in various venues throughout the San Francisco Bay area. Her yoga practice was always personal and private: a practice which supplemented her already demanding dance/teaching demands. When she befriended Rodney Yee she realized that their mutual dance back-rounds sparked a strong interest, and she began studying yoga with him. They spoke “the same body language” and also share as teachers, a genuine love and concern for their students.

“Marina’s students love how welcoming she is. She makes yoga practice available and accessible to each and every student...”

Eight years ago she returned to Albuquerque and chose to teach yoga exclusively. Her excellent reputation as a teacher has provided her with a satisfied and ever growing clientele. She spends most of her day teaching throughout the area, always very much enjoying all the different people she meets and works with.

Marina teaches both yoga (a flowing practice which emphasizes breath work, asanas (postures) and self acceptance/self awareness, throughout) and Pilates mat work(developed by Joseph Pilates, primarily emphasizing abdominal strengthening through deep core integration of the belly center as one’s power house).

Private and group classes are available through her scheduled classes or by request.

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Jennifer Street • Pilates Mat Work, Pilates Privates, Semi-Privates and Wellness Therapy

Formerly a lawyer and a dancer, Jennifer Street, has been practicing Pilates since 2001. She became a certified Level 1-5 instructor in 2004 through Core Dynamics Pilates in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jennifer owned Alignment for Life, a Pilates studio here in Albuquerque up until 2010 and has taught at several studios and healthclubs around town. Jennifer also worked as a Physical Therapy Technician at Hands on Physical Therapy to further her knowledge of rehabilitative movement and trigger point release. Jennifer loves to work with all fitness levels and has much experience working with those who have Osteoporosis, Osteo-arthritis, Fibromyalgia and other special concerns. It is Jennifer's passion to teach the Pilates Method to each individual so that they can make it a life-long tool for personal health and vitality.

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Debby Anderson • Pilates, Yoga, Breathwork, Privates, Semi-privates, Classes, Workshops, Wellness Therapy

Debby Andersen began her yoga studies in an ashram in India in 2005. There
she discovered how Yoga provided a context where she was able to integrate
her lifelong passion for movement with her growing interest in spirituality
and consciousness. But even more importantly, she found that through her
consistent practice of Yoga, she was able to heal herself of a chronic pain
that she had struggled with for years.

Debby became a yoga teacher in order to share this discovery of
self-healing, becoming certified through Yoga Vidya
Gurukul in Nasik,
India. She went on to become a Qualified Fletcher
Pilates teacher
and a David Elliott Certified Healer.
Through these various modalities, it is her mission to help others find
freedom in all levels of their being. She believes that our bodies are
sacred vessels of infinite wisdom. Through integrating awareness, breath,
and movement, we become grounded in our bodies, allowing us to access that
wisdom and transmute the sensation of pain. Her teaching extends beyond a
merely physical practice, specializing in working on an energetic level
through the breath. The breath is our primary connection between our
internal and external worlds, our conscious and subconscious, and powerful
tool for healing.

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Janice Garcia • Pilates Mat Work

An Albuquerque native, Janice Garcia graduated from Valley High School and married her high school sweetheart, Vince. They have two amazing kids, Vincent & Joslynn. A Treatment Coordinator for an Orthodontist by day and an amazing volleyball player by night, Janice has always believed in Joseph Pilates philosophy that total body wellness is our birth right and all we have to do is claim it by making a concious effort to balance,eating right, sleeping well and exercising, while connecting mind, body and soul.
Because of her love for Pilates and her belief that Pilates is the only program dedicated to helping all people from those who are rehabilitating from an injury or surgery, to those who are elite athletes, Janice knew that she wanted to help educate others about its many benefits.
With her families support and commitment to help her attain her goal and live her dream of helping others in this way, Janice recieved her certification to teach Pilates Mat Work in Febuary of 2012 and is continuing her training to teach Pilates equipment Levels I-IV.
Janice feels that Pilates is a program that can and will change your life as it has hers. She can't wait to share it with you.

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Elaine Bogard • Reflexology, Arometherapy

Elaine’s interest in aromatherapy, health, and nutrition led her to explore the field of reflexology for an occupation. She received her certification as a Reflexologist from the New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts in Santa Fe, NM. She has also received certification as a Natural Health Professional from The National Association of Certified Natural Health Professionals, Inc. Elaine brings her expertise in aromatherapy and combines the therapeutic benefits of essential oils with reflexology to promote the natural healing process.
After receiving her certifications, Elaine opened a private practice and has worked with clients suffering from various medical conditions. She continues to work with clients to help restore and maintain their body’s natural balance and encourage healing through reflexology and aromatherapy.

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The Total Body Wellness Pilates & Fitness Studio

The Total Body Wellness Pilates & Fitness studio is located in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque at 6501 4th Street NW, just South of Osuna. The studio is equipped with a variety of Pilates, GYROTONIC®, & Fitness equipment, including:

• 3 Pilates Reformers
• Cadillac (trap table)
• 2 Half-Cadillac
• 4 Wunda Chairs
• Ladder Barrel
• Half Barrel
• GYROTONIC® Cobra Tower
• Spine Corrector
• Bosu
• Magic Circles
• Fit Balls
• Step
• Resistance Bands
• Small Balls
• Foam Rollers
• Body Bars
• Free Weights
• Yoga Straps & Blocks
• Core & Balance Boards

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