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BASI Pilates Academy, USA  Instructors

 

All our instructors are graduates of the BASI Pilates and are highly experienced in working with the full spectrum of population groups, ages, and physical needs.

 

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Founder & Director

Rael Isacowitz

Rael Isacowitz holds a Bachelor of Education and teaching credentials from the Wingate Institute, Israel and a Master of Arts in Dance from the University of Surrey, England. He has been practicing Pilates for close to 4 decades and is recognized internationally as an expert in the field.

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Stella Hull-Lampkin

Operations Manager/ Faculty

Operations Manager, BASI Academy & Studio Host and much, much more! Always a smile on her face, Stella is in charge of not only the BASI Studio at the Academy in Newport Beach, but also manage...

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Brandon Gamble

Principle Faculty/Student Affairs

Brandon Gamble started in the fitness industry in 1987. He has dedicated most of his life to health and fitness. As an active surfer, snowboarder, and water-skier, he knows the value of Pilates to str...

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Cherie Adame

BASI Instructor

I used Pilates as my warm-up tool in my professional dance career, through rehabilitation of injuries and I knew I would return to teach this technique and lifestyle later on.

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Cheryl Fitzgerald

BASI Instructor

Statement: I chose Pilates as a career path for my second chapter in life because of the mind, body, and spirit aspects and to keep active with social and continually learning.

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Doris Joukhadar

BASI Instructor

My favorite thing about Pilates is the people, the community, and the one on one relationship with the clients.

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Kazumi Kimura

BASI Instructor

I credit Pilates with greatly reducing my back problems, which were caused by scoliosis.

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Staci Kessel

BASI Instructor

I was working at a small gym as a personal trainer and decided that would be the next step in my education.

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Laura Sotelo

BASI Instructor

I choose BASI because the quality of the instruction is exceptional and I feel fortunate to have people who challenge me and support me in my Pilates journey.

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Jaque Lehnard

BASI Instructor

Lifelong dancer and Brazilian native, Jaque began her Pilates studies in 2014. She had the privilege of studying directly with Rael and Jen Pearlstein. Throughout the years, she has been taught and mentored by many of the wonderful BASI faculty throughout the world, including Stella Hull-Lampkin, Ofie Dates, Inge Pretorious, Baptiste Hebert, Cara Frazier Natascha Eyber, and Jody Stern. In 2015, Jaque was part of the BASI apprentice program, which launched her teaching career at the BASI headquarters studio. In 2017 Jaque spent some time in South Africa, where she trained under the excellence of bpa Cape Town. She also attended her first Mentor Program in Pretoria that same year and the Pilates through pregnancy course with Ashley Ritchie. In 2018 Jaque returned to the USA and resumed her teaching career at BASI HQ where she stayed until the first semester of 2021. From then until now Jaque has been focusing on balancing her dance career with her Pilates career, as they’re both passions of hers. Since May 2023, Jaque has started working on building a private Pilates practice, which had been a faraway dream since one of her first business meetings with Stella in 2014. With her relocation to Orange County, it only felt right in her heart to humbly ask to return to teach at BASI HQ studio. She feels honored to be able to return to have direct contact with Rael, Stella, and all the wonderful instructors currently teaching there, as well as all the visiting faculty and BASI people of the world. Jaque has experienced the transformation of Pilates in her life in all aspects, physically, mentally, and emotionally, and she loves sharing with her clients ways that they can achieve that as well. Jaque also aspires to become faculty one day, as it is an honor to share the BASI legacy with like-minded, passionate people and help shape the future generations of BASI graduates. Jaque has begun appreciating and assisting in the process, and she is eager to continue learning, growing, and sharing within the BASI family.

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Tram Thai

BASI Instructor

Tram joined our team first as our studio coordinator. She was so inspired by our clients and our instructors she decided to pursue a career as a Pilates Instructor, Sessions with Tram are tranquil but result oriented. She enjoys working with a variety of clients helping them to find their way to true wellness.

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