The human body is designed to move fluidly and breathe deeply on a daily basis. When we don’t provide our body with the activity it needs, our muscles stiffen, our frames become heavy, we lose our sense of dynamic overall body movement in space. But, we have the power to reverse these trends to create strong, lean bodies with balanced, relaxed minds. At Smartbody Movement, we aim to help you achieve wellness with our expertise teaching. We engage your mind with the physical activity of a Pilates and GYROTONIC® workout. We teach you how to MOVE YOUR WHOLE BODY in class and out…because the balanced moving body is what can carry you through life with grace and ease!

The center and its instructors promote the Classical Pilates Method, Authentic Pilates™, GYROTONIC®, and GYROKINESIS® as a movement system that improves your total body awareness. Our comprehensive programs ensure that a client understands the proper mechanics that go into a workout both on the apparatus and on the mat. Clients develop better posture and the health benefits that come with achieving more integrated movement in daily life. Students at all fitness levels are welcome. Whether you are a beginner, a seasoned professional or someone who seeks post-rehabilitative care, you will find the perfect level of instruction for you.

When you first visit our studio, you will receive an in-depth assessment that will allow us to create a specialized workout plan that addresses your specific:
- posture, movement patterns, and body type
- pre-existing conditions, if any
- lifestyle
- health goals
- budget

You may attend one-on-one, semi-private or group mat classes in Pilates, GYROTONIC®, and GYROKINESIS®. Our classes never contain more than six clients, which allows our instructors to work closely with each student. All of our clients in group mat classes have taken private lessons prior or use the mat class to supplement their other apparatus sessions in their weekly routine.

Because we are so completely involved with the development of your wellness plan, we can help you to alter your routine at any time to accommodate your increased fitness level or other changes that may occur in your life. This dynamic approach means that you will never plateau, but will continually challenge yourself to achieve maximum health and wellbeing.

When you commit to regular Pilates, GYROTONIC®, and GYROKINESIS® lessons, you will be giving yourself the physical and mental tools to:
- breathe with core support
- balance better
- move dynamically from postural muscles
- improve range of fluid motion
- perceive space with a new awareness
- initiate movement from your center
- remain physically coordinated and fit
- be more comfortable in your body
- achieve a stronger back, and long lean lines
- achieve evenly developed muscle tone

IWALANI KALUHIOKALANI
Iwalani Kaluhiokalani is the Owner and Director of Smartbody Movement, a professional Classical Pilates, GYROTONIC® Studio and Teacher Training Center for both GYROTONIC® and Authentic Pilates™ in Brookline Village, Massachusetts.

Iwalani has practiced the Pilates Method since 1997. She is also a Pre-Trainer in GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS®, which she has studied intensively since 2003. She is on the Teacher of Teachers Training track for Authentic Pilates™. She is a Laban Movement Analysis CMA, with skills in documenting functional and expressive movement patterns of the body as change over time. Thus, her teaching style addresses process and comprehensive human movement in regard to its physiological function and expression.

Iwalani has certified through, and continued her body work education with Authentic Pilates™, The Physical Mind Institute, SmartSpine™, GYROTONIC® International Headquarters, and the Laban Institute of Movement Studies. Her current teaching style is influenced by her long term studies with many great teachers, most specifically Pilates elder Mary Bowen, Gyrotonic founder Juliu Horvath, and Hilary Cartwright (Yoga for Dancers).

Iwalani’s education also includes a strong background and understanding of anatomy and biomechanics in the Visual Arts. She studied Figurative Painting at Bard College and Massachusetts College of Art and holds a BFA in Painting from Massachusetts College of Art, where she graduated with distinction and departmental honors. Her creative expression in her artwork has been founded in the process of movement, performance and dance for many years.


ANN BROWN ALLEN
Ann Brown Allen is a certified Power Pilates Teacher. She has also completed the Physical Mind Institute Pilates Mat work certification. She currently teaches at Smartbody Movement and is a full-time Instructor of Jazz Dance and Ballet at Boston University.

For the past two decades, Ann has toured New England, New York and Europe with all of Boston's major modern and jazz dance companies, including Peter DiMuro and Associates, Back Porch Dancers and Dance Collective of Boston. She has also been a guest artist with several ballet companies.

Ann attended Simmons College, where she earned a BA in Education and Psychology.



MEGAN HOUNSLEA
Megan Hounslea is a certified Power Pilates instructor with comprehensive training on all the equipment since 2007. She has studied Pilates extensively, having taken many continuing education courses on Classical Pilates, and Archival Pilates progressions.

She has worked with all types of clientele: athletes, dancers, pregnant mothers-to-be, as well as clients with herniated disks and joint replacements. Her upbeat personality and determination to help others has proved to be inspiring to clients. She often incorporates the combination of hard work and fun into her teaching. This gives her clients what they need to meet their goals.

Megan started taking Pilates at the age of eleven, after a back injury which left her unable to move without extreme pain. She discovered that Pilates alleviated her back pain, speed her recovery, and improve her overall dancing ability. After years of being a dedicated Pilates client she decided the next steps were to become a certified instructor.

Megan is a graduate from Walnut Hill School, a private High School that specializes in the Performing Arts, and holds a BFA in Dance from The Boston Conservatory.


MONA KELLY
Mona Kelly, a French native, has had a lifelong passion for movement, and more than 10 years of dance and yoga experience. After taking Pilates mat and equipment classes at various studios in Europe for the past 5 years, Mona decided to start her Pilates Certification training with Authentic Pilates™ in 2011, while relocating to Boston. She is also certified in the TRX suspension system and as a Vinyasa yoga instructor since 2005.

Mona’s strong interest for precision, quality and fluidity of movement, naturally brought her to an understanding of the Pilates methodology. Teaching has also been a wonderful and meaningful experience for her. She enjoys helping a client find a deeper awareness of their body as well as realization of its strength.

Mona holds a Masters Degree in European Public Policy. Before moving to the United States with her family in 2010, Mona worked as a Marketing and Human Resources Director for a large market research company in the Netherlands.


KAREN LEOPARDI
Karen Leopardi is a certified Level V Romana’s Pilates instructor and received her certification from Pilates Elder Romana Kryzanowska and Sari Mejia Santo at True Pilates New York in 2009. In addition, she has trained with the highest level Romana’s instructors including Cynthia Shipley, Kyra Strasberg and Jerome Weinberg in the traditional method as devised by Joseph Pilates.

Karen is a musician and a member of the administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. After years of aerobic and weight training combined with musical practice and the resultant hip, knee and shoulder problems, Karen discovered the healing properties of the mind/body method of exercise developed by Joseph Pilates. As music is a discipline, learning to move from the center of the body and engaging one’s mind to stretch, gain strength and control the body – the hallmarks of the Pilates method - are a discipline, as well.

Karen is the Associate Director for Faculty and Guest Artists at the Tanglewood Music Center (the BSO’s academy for advanced musical study) an activity of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She received degrees in Performance and Music Education from the New England Conservatory of Music.