Meet the Instructors

All of our instructors are certified through a nationally recognized certification program, requiring at a minimum 700 apprentice hours. All are members of the Pilates Method Alliance (PMA), and most have a lifetime of movement experience, either in dance, fitness, and/or personal training. Our apprentices are going through the Core Dynamics Certification Program, which requires a minimum of 700 hours of training and teaching.

Cherie Meeboer

Cherie is the owner of Studio BE Pilates. She is a certified Pilates instructor with a background in dance and personal training. Cherie is certified inPilates through Core Dynamics Pilates of Santa Fe, NM, as well as Quantum Fitness of Washington D.C. She has taught Pilates in the local area since2001. She formerly taught dance and fitness throughout the world.

Carla Vercoe

Carla has a BA from the George Washington University and after a 25 year career in a professional industry, she is currently the studio manager at Studio BE Pilates, She has always been active in the fitness industry and is a certified Spinning Instructor. Carla received a mat certification through PowerHouse Pilates and her comprehensive certification is through Core Dynamics of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is also a member of the Pilates Method Alliance.

Deneen Buckley

Deneen received her BA in Economics from the College of William and Mary. While attending William and Mary, she completed her 13 th year of competitive gymnastics. Deneen has over 10 years of experience as a fitness instructor. Deneen earned her Pilates Mat certification from the Physical Mind Institute and her comprehensive Pilates Certification through Core Dynamics Pilates. Additionally, she has earned an aerobics certification from the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America. Deneen is a member in good standing of the Pilates Method Alliance.

Lizette Ayala

Lizette has been certified through The PhysicalMind Institute since 2002. Originally from New York, she left the Big Apple and the corporate environment to pursue a full time career teaching Pilates. Part of Lizette’s experience has been training clients post-rehabilitation as the exclusive Pilates Instructor for National Rehabilitation Hospitals in Maryland from 2003 up until her move to Virginia in 2005. She has designed a Pilates for Runners workshop and is the Director/Producer of the iPilates program for self-practitioners. Lizette enjoys teaching her clients the joy of movement through Pilates

Lynne Paraggio

Lynne Paraggio holds a BA from George Mason University and an MA from Marymount University. After 25 years in the corporate world, Lynne completed a 700 hour apprenticeship at Excel Movement Studios and received her Pilates certification in July 2003. She also completed Stott Pilates reformer training in September 2007. Lynne studied ballet, modern dance and voice for many years and later became an avid weight lifer and runner. She also earned a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do in 1987. In September 2005, Lynne passed the Pilates Method Alliance National Certification Exam and is now a PMA Gold Certified instructor.