Debbie Cristi is a former Master Trainer aka Teacher's Trainer for Equinox Fitness Clubs and ranked one of the Top Pilates Instructors company-wide 2017 and 2018. Debbie Cristi brings a wealth of experience that incorporates her passion for teaching the Pilates Method that has produced, motivated & developed a well-spring of new Pilates Instructors for Club Pilates franchisees of Upper Marlboro, Laurel and Riverdale Park, MD. Debbie Cristi's career spans over 18 years as a Pilates Practitioner became a fervent Pilates Instructor learning from some of the best i.e. Bob Liekens, Blossom Leilani, Kathi Ross-Nash, Chris Robinson, Mejo Wiggins just to name a few. However, Debbie believes the best learning is applied learning from/to the “Hundred"s of bodies that she has touched and impacted positively! Debbie Cristi was introduced to Pilates in 2002 during her collaboration with Dr. Peter Gratale of Energy Chiropractic & Pilates in NJ/NY and fell in love with the brilliant work of Master Joseph Pilates. Debbie moved to Atlanta GA in 2003 and later broaden her life becoming a Certified Power Pilates Instructor in 2009 at Studio Lotus. Due to her leadership, in 2010 she was promoted as Pilates Studio Manager at Concourse Athletic Club East in the ATL. Her fervor for the Pilates Method continues and expands as a seasoned Teachers' Teacher and the method never ceases to amaze and inspire her personal style of distilling Pilates to others! Hence her Pilates' battlecry from the words of Phil Collins " when I'm teaching I'm learning and when I'm learning I'm teaching."