Our Team · Pilates MN

Owner & Managing Partner · Pilates Trainer8y

Alex Hasselbring, NCPT

Alex began practicing Pilates at 15 years old. He's been a lifelong athlete and has over 15 years of weightlifting experience. This background shapes his approach as an instructor, giving him a deep appreciation for how Pilates can benefit people at every age and fitness level. Alex is passionate about helping his clients build strength, improve stability, enhance mobility, and age with length and grace. A 2018 graduate of the University of St. Thomas with a degree in Entrepreneurship, Alex is a proud owner, thanks to his exceptionally talented staff and the close-knit, supportive community they've built together.

Owner · NCPT · Master Trainer40y

Pamela Hasselbring, NCPT

Pamela found Pilates while looking for a way out of pain from a compression fracture in her spine. It worked. She's spent the four decades since helping other people do the same, with credentials from Polestar, PhysicalMind, CoreAlign, and Cooper Clinic, plus twenty years at Northwest Athletic Clubs. Her CEUs concentrate on back pain, scoliosis, and Parkinson's.

Owner40y

Brent Hasselbring

Minneapolis native, University of Minnesota graduate, and lifelong athlete across individual and team sports. Brent came into the fitness industry to work alongside Pam and now runs the business side of the studio with their son Alex.

Physical Therapist · Training Program Manager25y

Shawn Murphy Marquis, MSPT, NCPT

Shawn started her career at Performing Arts Physical Therapy in New York City, where a former dancer's body met a physical therapist's toolkit. Masters in Physical Therapy, Polestar Rehab graduate, CoreAlign trained, BFA in drama and dance. She runs the teacher-training program at Pilates MN.

Pilates Master Trainer15y

Martha Eckerline

Fifteen years at Northwest Athletic Club and a Polestar graduate. Martha teaches from the principles first: elongation, core stability, alignment, concentration, and quality of movement. Additional training through PhysicalMind and Balanced Body, ACE certified, with a focus on scoliosis and low-back work.

Pilates Master Trainer18y

Jen Dugan

Marathons, triathlons, private training. Jen has done a lot of things with her body over thirty years, and Pilates is the one she kept. She started teaching eight years into her own practice to go deeper into the method. Polestar graduate, CoreAlign Level 1.

Pilates Master Trainer · PTA · Massage Therapist15y

Molly Bell Knorr, PTA, LMT

Physical therapist assistant, licensed massage therapist, and Polestar Rehab-trained Pilates instructor. Molly came to Pilates through her own injury history in sports and dance, and now brings all three disciplines into the room at once.

Pilates Instructor · Personal Trainer20y

Tina Uphoff

Balanced Body Pilates trainer, ISSA personal trainer, ACE orthopedic exercise specialist, RYT-500 yoga, barre-certified, and an MBA. Tina teaches strength and Pilates in the Twin Cities and Scottsdale. Her focus is healthy aging: building people who are stronger and leaner in year fifteen than they were in year one.

Pilates Trainer · PTA10y

Karen Jacobson, PTA

Physical therapist assistant with an inpatient rehab background in short-term transitional care, neurological injury, and aquatic therapy. Balanced Body comprehensive Pilates instructor. Karen bridges her clinical work with a movement practice she believes belongs in every rehab plan.

Physical Therapist20y

Sarah Anderson, MSPT, NCPT

Masters in Physical Therapy from Washington University in St. Louis, undergrad in exercise science from UMD, NDT-trained. Sarah's career has leaned into serious injury rehab and neurological conditions. Newer to Pilates on the equipment side, and taking to it fast.

Pilates Trainer6y

Lori Bartels

Bachelor of Science from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, Polestar Pilates trained. Lori found Pilates at her gym, kept finding reasons to go back, and eventually decided she wanted to teach it herself.

Pilates Trainer20y

Laura McComish, NCPT

MBA from the University of Minnesota, undergrad from Drake. Laura discovered Pilates in college and has been practicing for nearly twenty years. Left a corporate operations role, joined the inaugural PEI training class at Pilates MN, and now teaches.

Pilates Trainer6y

Diane Bausman, NCPT

BFA from MCAD and a long career in advertising photography and interior design. Diane came to Pilates MN with back and neck pain from years at a desk, trained through PEI, and now teaches other people the movement patterns that fixed her.

Pilates Trainer8y

Morgan Morrissey, NCPT

MNSU BA and a background in Minneapolis-area dance. Morgan first tried Pilates in high school when dance left her hurting, and returned to it after physical therapy for knee and shoulder pain. Trained through PEI at Pilates MN.

Physical Therapist15y

Jenna Pederson, DPT

Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Minnesota, undergrad in Health and Exercise Science from Gustavus. Specialties in orthopedics, women's health, and pelvic floor. Group exercise instructor since 2009. Pilates and PT braid together in her practice.

Instructor

Heather Hanoski

Bio and photo coming soon.