Meet The Team
Our fully certified and highly experienced instructors give each student specific corrections and individualized attention. We offer private, semi-private and group classes catering to a wide variety of clients in a friendly and encouraging environment.
Sharon McSpedon
Sharon has a unique multidisciplinary approach to conditioning that is a natural outgrowth of her own diversified background. After years of dance training and performing, she became certified in group exercise, personal training and also completed coursework in kinesiology and manual therapy in NYC. She then worked for the NY Health and Racquet Club and as the manager and teacher trainer of an elite exercise studio on Park Avenue. Shortly there after she became an avid student of the Lotte Berk Method and barre exercise as a method of conditioning. In 1987, Sharon was introduced to Pilates and received her first Mat and Reformer Certification with Quentin Josephy and Marie Jose Blom, of Smart Spine fame.
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During her Pilates apprenticeship, she became certified in Yoga Therapy by it's creator, Michael Lee of Phoenix Rising and began to work for Manhattan Home Fitness. After thousands of hours of training and teaching, she launched Creative Conditioning, a personal training company that catered to the needs of many high profile clients in NYC and then in Los Angeles. As the West Coast representative for the Personal Fitness and Bodywork Professionals Association, Sharon was also instrumental in promoting one of the first companies dedicated to providing a professional organization devoted to the needs and education of trainers. While working in LA, Sharon taught group fitness for several well known studios and health clubs where she quickly became known for incorporating elements of Pilates into all of her classes, including Low Impact Jazz, Step Aerobics, Body Sculpting, Circuit Training, Slide, Prenatal Fitness and Sports Conditioning. She also created a Pilates based training program for a running club in Manhattan Beach, CA with whom she trained and completed the Los Angeles Marathon. She continued her work in Bergen County, NJ after returning to the East Coast and in 2002, received her certification in IMX Pilates, known for it's advanced protocol and emphasis on athletic conditioning.
Over the years, she has had the privilege of learning from several of the Pilates elders including Lolita San Miguel and Mary Bowen. Sharon completed comprehensive coursework with Balanced Body for her third Pilates certification and is also a Master Trainer for Balanced Body in Bodhi(TRX). She has had intermediate and advanced training in the form of workshops with PEAK, Physical Mind Institute, and STOTT. Most recently, Sharon revisited all of her classical training with Power Pilates while working to become a Master Trainer. She was also certified in Buff Bones by Rebekah Rotstein and offers classes for those with specific back issues where flexion is contraindicated.
Since moving back to Ridgefield in 2003, Sharon has grown her practice; teaching Pilates,Barre and TRX to a wonderful and devoted clientele. Following 6 years in a home based business, she opened The Pilates Barre in 2010. Now in it's 12th year, The Pilates Barre is the culmination of 35 years of teaching, training and connecting.
Owner/Director – Creative Conditioning, LLC 1989 – Present
Certifications/Workshops:
Pilates:
Full Mat and Reformer, Marie Jose Blom/PFBPA, 1987
Mat and Reformer, IMX Pilates, 2002
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Reformer, Balanced Body
Mat One and Movement Principles, Balanced Body
Trapeze Table and Cadillac, Balanced Body
Anatomy, Balanced Body
Pilates Chair, Joy Puleo
Yoga Therapy, Michael Lee, Phoenix Rising
Spinning, Madd Dogg Athletics
Studio Barre, Tower, Fundamentals, Technique, Artistic Flow – June Kahn
Foam Roller, Movements Afoot
Power Pilates -Mat/Reformer/Cadillac/Barrel/Chair-- Buff Bones - Rebekah Rotstein, Some Professional Pilates workshops include: Exo Chair Flow, Pilates Arc, Reformer for Athletes, Pilates for the Low Back, Assessment Techniques, Tactile Cueing, Standing Pilates, Jumboard Technique,Triad Ball, Bender Ball, Gliding, Magic Circle, Box & Pole, Bosu Skills & Drills.
