Cathy Fontaine

Cathy is a Peak Pilates Level 2 Certified Pilates Instructor. 

Cathy has practiced Pilates for 15 years and began teaching Pilates 7 years ago in her studio, Transform Pilates here in East Aurora. She can teach using a variety of the apparatus and tools within the All Level classes, Level 1 and private sessions. 

Cathy began her Pilates practice right here in East Aurora under Kim DePerno. Kim trained as a student under Brooke Siler in NYC and Brooke was a student of Romana Kryzanowska, Joseph Pilates’ protégé. Brooke Siler is known for her bestselling book, The Pilates Body. Cathy’s training remains within the classical Pilates method as it was taught by Joseph himself. Teaching Pilates became an outlet for Cathy as her four children got older, but still needed her at home. 

Cathy also spends a good portion of her time training for powerlifting and has competed in the sport several times. Powerlifting, like Pilates, requires precise control with your body movements through your own body awareness. She enjoys fusing the two together to achieve her fitness goals. 

Joseph Pilates said, “concentrate on the correct movement each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all vital benefits. Correctly executed to the point of subconscious reaction, these exercises will reflect grace and balance in your routine activities”. Through her practice of Pilates, Cathy has learned that with regular practice you can re-educate your body. The body can work through the damage that years of stress and lack of mobility has caused. Over time, after repeatedly following the system, your body will adopt the new, healthier positions automatically and without thought. This is the beauty of the Pilates body.