Meet Our Instructors

Stacey Roper

Stacey played a variety of sports when she was younger such as soccer, softball, and volleyball until she hurt her back playing volleyball in high school. For over a decade she dealt with both muscle spasms and nerve pain radiating from her low back. After seeing several doctors that didn’t help, finally a doctor gave her some exercises and stretches which were able to bring her some relief. Stacey started working at the front desk at a reformer Pilates studio and taking classes there. After a few months, she had built so much more control of her body and her back pain was cut in half! She fell in love with the reformer! Since then Stacey has completed the personal training program through ACE and barre training through Barre Intensity. She has been lucky enough to learn from some of the best Pilates instructors in the area taking her training through Balanced Body. Stacey has been instructing Pilates for almost 3 years now and helping people with their fitness goals has become one of the greatest joys in her life!

Surreyya Hada
Master Trainer

Surreyya Hada was born in Chicago, raised in Texas and relocated to the Bay Area in the 1990s. Her first encounter with Pilates was via progressively minded physical therapy practice in Marin, CA after surgery for a major soccer related knee injury. As a dancer, athlete, and all around fitness junkie, Pilates totally rocked her fitness world.

Surreyya completed her certifications through IM=X Pilates of New York, NY, Balanced Body University in Lafayette, CA, and Turning Point in Walnut Creek, CA. and is NCPC/PMA Certified. Her specialties are sports and dance related injuries as well as joint recovery/range of motion and hip/knee replacement. Surreyya received her AA and Dance Major Certification through the Izzy (Isadora Duncan) award winning City College of San Francisco, and her BA in Dance/Kinesiology at Saint Mary’s College of Moraga as a LEAP program awardee, where she is completing her MA in Dance. ........She also holds certificates in TRX, Zumba, Spin and African and Contemporary Dance and a Guinness Book World Record in Roller Skating. A lifelong dancer and performer, Surreyya teaches and dances throughout the bay area and has performed and taught in Iceland, Japan, and throughout the USA. Surreyya has trained and certified many of the Bay Area’s leading Pilates instructors.Read more

Kat Kalotkin
Lead Instructor

Kat has been teaching dance for over 20 years, with all the parallels between dance and pilates, it came as second nature. Kat has been dancing professionally since she was 5 years old and has learned the ins and outs of the industry quite well. At the young age of 16, Kat worked alongside Alonzo King, Founder & Artistic Director of Lines Contemporary Ballet, who is often revered for altering the way we look at movement. From this experience and many others, Kat has incorporated this thought of movement into her own teaching style.

After growing up and dancing in the Bay Area, Kat moved to Los Angeles where she pursued her career in dance by working on movie, commercial and music video sets with some of the industry’s top choreographers such as Mark Meismer, Mandy Moore, Margruitte Derreks, & Chris Dupre to name a few. Some of her best times were traveling with many well known dance conventions that toured all over the U.S. such as JUMP dance convention, West Coast Dance Explosion and Adrenaline Dance Convention.........Kat has won multiple choreography awards and national titles from 2009 until the present day, and seeing off many of her own students as they too built their careers in the dance industry.

Now, as the Lead Instructor, Kat is continuing to help others develop their careers in the Pilates industry while focusing on our CORE Pillars: Creativity, Growth, Accountability and Collaboration with her team members.

After teaching Reformer Pilates for a couple years, honing and combining her skills, she is ready to share her love and passion for Pilates by connecting with members and inspiring them to have patience with themselves, mentally and physically, so that they can master and experience the true benefits of Pilates. She teaches both group classes and private sessions.

Kat is certified in Reformer, Chair, Cadillac, Ladder Barrel, TRX, trigger point, theragun, and foam rolling muscle release therapy. She enjoys working with everyone, physical limitations are not an obstacle for Kat. She wants to remind you, “each day is different and a new opportunity to be kind to yourself, you can do it.” Lastly, she looks forward to seeing you in her class soon! Read more

Katarina Brunette

Fitness has always been a constant throughout Katarina’s life as she grew up doing gymnastics and played field hockey during high school and college. It taught her so much about teamwork, accountability and having grit. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Merchandising & Retail Marketing from the Business School at Johnson & Wales University, which is why she chose to move to Manhattan and pursue what she thought would be her dream job/career post-grad. While there, she found herself trying out all different types of workout classes in the city which led her to reformer Pilates. Simultaneously, she signed up for her first half marathon as she was itching for another physical challenge to work towards. This eventually snowballed over time into a bucket list moment, running the New York City Marathon! She has found that Pilates compliments running so well which she believes is the reason her body is feeling ready to run the Berlin Marathon September 2022.........

After moving to the Bay Area, Katarina was craving a more fulfilling and dynamic career, and found a Pilates studio that offered Teacher Training where she jumped right into the Pilates world head first. Unsure how the pieces would fall, she just had a gut feeling that she was going to absolutely love teaching. Very quickly, she was fascinated with the history of Pilates, all of the equipment used, and loved the mindset and purpose behind each exercise. Katarina has been exposed to the various paths and different opportunities there are to explore in the pilates industry which really excites her. She is thrilled to combine her experience in Merchandising, Retail and Business at Power4, where she is learning alongside the General Manager on what it takes to operate a Pilates studio.

Katarina’s goal is to create an upbeat and welcoming environment for members who take her classes with the hope that your hour together is a time people look forward to, have fun, and learn to love moving their body. She finds such joy in working with people who are new to pilates and seeing their excitement when they start moving better and feeling stronger. Building relationships with members and seeing their progress right in front of her eyes is Katarina’s “why”. It fuels her fire and sharing this practice with all types of people makes her heart so happy. Pilates has truly changed Katarina’s life in all aspects and hopes she can continue to positively change many other peoples as well!

Katarina is 500 hour Comprehensive Certified by Balanced Body for Reformer, Chair, Cadillac, Ladder Barrel, TRX and Trigger Point.Read more

Nikki Adams
Master Trainer

Nikki’s been teaching Pilates for over 14 years now. She is excited to safely help clients dive deeper & further strengthen their Pilates Practice with the freedom to teach the entire Pilates repertoire as Joseph Pilates intended.

Barbara Niepelt

Barbara has been teaching Pilates since 2017. She will tell you that discovering Pilates was one of the most amazing things that ever happened to her. Her enthusiasm knows no bounds when it comes to listing all the benefits of maintaining a practice, and just how good it feels. As an instructor, Barbara thrives on creating classes that are supportive, however, filled with opportunities for building strength and expertise, with a focus on deepening the mind-body connection. She is very excited to work with you!

Barbara’s life has always been centered around sports and fitness. Starting with competitive swimming in high school and college, followed by years of aerobics, where she holds an instructor certification, TRX/weight training and Cardio Dance.

In her free time, she enjoys hiking, sailing, and taking care of her cats and chickens. Barbara also has a practice as a licensed Psychotherapist and Meditation Teacher.

Brita Joy Sieve

Since learning to ski at age 4, Brita has been an avid athlete throughout her life. Golf, hiking, skiing and swimming are some of her favorite sports and spending time in nature is a big reason why she relocated to California from New York City. Brita’s background includes working with professional golfers while employed at the PGA TOUR and working with athletes during her career in sports television. This consisted of production work for the Sydney Olympics, as well as features, commercials, shows and live broadcasts aired on ESPN, NBC, MSNBC, ABC and Golf Channel. After earning an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, Brita spent eight years coaching and advising founders of companies and C-level executives prior to becoming a Pilates Instructor and starting a family.

Brita has been practicing Pilates regularly since 2008, after a doctor recommended she try it to ease her chronic joint and back pain. One session on the reformer provided such relief that she was able to return to playing golf regularly. With a desire to help others find their best body,........ Brita completed her teacher training with Lara Hudson at Mercury Fitness High Performance Pilates in 2010. She is fully certified on all Pilates apparatus as part of a 450 hour comprehensive mind/body fitness program, including certifications on the Reformer, Mat, Cadillac, Barrel, Tower, and Chair.IIn her teaching,

Brita is continuously amazed at how Pilates transforms the body and increases performance in other sports and daily activities. She enjoys working with prenatal and post pregnancy mothers. She can help golfers improve their swing through increasing their strength and flexibility and can also help skiers prepare for the ski season.

Brita has competed in 1 Olympic distance triathlon, 2 half marathons, 5 sprint triathlons and many 5-10k races. She enjoys camping in the wilderness with her family, but does not like bears. Read more

Nakisa Munoz

Nakisa started her Pilates journey in 2015 after having back surgery. Before back surgery she was almost unable to stand straight for close to 2 years. Pilates has slowly but surely changed her life for the better. Seven years later Nakisa was able to stand stronger, straighter and have fun exercising again. She started Pilates teacher training in 2018 through Balanced Body at Agile Monkey, in Santa Cruz, California. She will be completing her three remaining modules at the Center of Balance in Mountain View, California. In her spare time she enjoys playing golf and spending time with her family and pets!

Lesley Dyer

Staying active is an integral part of Lesley's life. For the last 15 years she has been attending high-intensity interval training in an outdoor group setting four days a week. In 2021 she left a successful 30-year executive leadership career in Silicon Valley to pursue a more purposeful lifestyle focused on health and wellness. She was introduced to Pilates in early 2022 and immediately recognized the health benefits Pilates provides, including an emphasis on nurturing the mind-body connection. With a family history of dementia and a determination to prevent this disease, Lesley quickly made the decision to go through the training process to become an instructor. She looks forward to working with clients privately and in groups and hopes to inspire clients to achieve their health and fitness goals. In her free time, Lesley enjoys golfing, hiking, walking and being outdoors. She loves photography and flower arranging and enjoys the natural beauty of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Hafsa Malik

Hafsa has been teaching her hybrid movement method since 2009. She emphasizes mindful movement and shares words and tools to ensure clients experience muscle systems with focused details and guidance. Hafsa is comprehensively certified on Pilates equipment with Balanced Body and is also trained in Feldenkrais Method and Franklin Method.

Hafsa enjoys the silly side of life! Before Pilates, she was involved in a sketch comedy group in San Francisco that still exists as a nonprofit theater company today. If she sounds too serious, she’s most likely kidding!

Lorraine Snodgrass

Lorraine has been in the fitness Industry for over 30 years. She is certified in Sports Medicine, Mind Body Aqua, Cycle, Barre, and Pilates through Balanced Body. She also teaches body sculpt along with step. Lorraine was introduced to Pilates in the 80’s while she was in dance.

She has fallen in love with Pilates because of the positive long term effects it has had throughout her life. Specifically with her strength, agility and all of the mental benefits.

Lorraine enjoys keeping her classes light hearted and enjoys getting to really know her class participants. She also teaches tennis to children which brings her lots of joy and finds herself able to teach them a skill along with life lessons. Lorraine loves being a positive influence in people's lives through fitness and believes being a part of their success and confidence is the greatest achievement anyone can experience.

Kitt Sturman

Pilates is an extension of Kitt’s multi-faceted fitness career, and her love of movement, dance and music. After publishing a few feature articles about Pilates, she began to take classes and mentor under accomplished local instructors. Kitt has a Master of Science degree in exercise physiology and is in the process of completing the Balanced Body Pilates Teacher Training. She has taught a variety of fitness classes including Pilates mat and equipment throughout the South Bay area, and is in her 15th year as an associate instructor in the kinesiology department at Evergreen Valley Community College, San Jose.

Barbie Danielski

Barbie started her fitness journey as a 10 years old in gymnastics. She was a gymnast for 6 years. After leaving gymnastics, she embarked on many different activities in the fitness world. Her fitness journey took her everywhere from ice skating, CrossFit, yoga, lifting weights, till she eventually tried Pilates. After doing Pilates for a year she decided she wanted to start a career in it. She was introduced to our owner, and then was enrolled in the Power4 Pilates Teacher Training program. Barbie has grown up in Los Gatos and is excited to start her Pilates journey at Power4!

Yeana Lee

is originally from South Korea and decided to settle down in the U.S. While she was in school, she spent too much time studying and not enough time working out. Yeana felt some slight aches and pains in her body even though she was still very young. She tried different exercises formats and ended up founding and falling in love with Pilates.. Every time she took a class her body felt so much better, which helped her focus on studying as well. Yeana received her Pilates teaching certificate from West Valley College. She loves Pilates because it makes her stronger not only physically, but also mentally. Also, Pilates provides her time to focus on my muscles firing during exercises as she believes it is very important to be aware of how the body feels during each exercise. Yeana received her Pilates teaching certificate from West Valley College. She has a super cute Pomeranian and plans to have a kitten soon!