Co-founder of The Pilates Center, Amy received her Pilates training at the original NYC Pilates studio with her sister Rachel Taylor Segel, under Romana Kryzanowska, Joseph Pilates’ protégé. Little did they know, but they would play a significant role in the rebirth of the industry as well as become an integral part of Pilates’ history.

Before starting on their Pilates journeys, Amy and Rachel studied ballet and danced professionally—Rachel with the David Taylor Dance Theatre and with Brent Mason and Company, and Amy with The Garden State Ballet. Amy and Rachel met Romana in New York City in the mid-1980s, founded The Pilates Center in Boulder in 1990, and the rest is history.

Today, Amy and Rachel are Master Pilates Teachers and Teacher Trainers, published authors of the “Everything Pilates Book,” and designers of a line of classically inspired Pilates equipment called CenterLine in partnership with Balanced Body.