Jenny
Dancing since the age of three, and swimming since the age of five, Jenny has always been a mover.
Jenny Gillan-Powell fell in love with Pilates while receiving her BFA in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University. After graduation, Jenny completed her first Pilates Apparatus and Mat Certification from The Lab in Dumbo, Brooklyn and has been teaching since 2011. Jenny received an additional Classical Comprehensive Certification from Power Pilates in 2018 as a bridge student and is currently pursuing the graduate Teacher Trainer Program at Power Pilates.
After twelve years of dancing and running her own Pilates business in New York City, Jenny and her husband moved back to her home state of Texas. Jenny opened the Powell Pilates ATX studio in 2019 which is fully equipped with Gratz classical equipment.
Movement is the universal language of health
She understands movement as the universal language of health. It’s quite simple, the body and mind are always happier and healthier when moving. Jenny uses the Pilates method to offer skills that protect, stabilize, strengthen, and balance the body from the inside out.
Jenny’s energetic and positive teaching approach provide an environment of growth, progress, and encouragement. She strives to challenge her clients while safely monitoring correct form and alignment. Pilates with Jenny will offer you valuable information and body awareness she hopes you will use in every step of life and not just in the studio.
Jenny understands the need for cross training and loves working with beginner movers all the way to professional athletes. She is passionate about Pilates being accessible to all fitness levels and enjoys presenting the method in a welcoming manner!
Yes, she swam in the Hudson
Jenny danced professionally in NYC for ten years and loves swimming, walking, strength training, and is still working on her relationship with running (it’s complicated). Jenny currently has a NYC half marathon and two NY triathlons under her belt. Yes, she swam in the Hudson River!
- 2011Apparatus and Mat Certification, The Lab, Dumbo, Brooklyn
- 2018Classical Comprehensive Certification, Power Pilates
- 2019Opened Powell Pilates ATX
- NowGraduate Teacher Trainer Program, Power Pilates
Movement is life, life is movement
Mat photography by Whitney Browne · Studio photography by Ming Chen
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