About Susan Authement Dunnam
Susan started her Pilates journey in 1995 after injuring her
back in a snowboarding accident while living in Aspen, Colorado.
Interested in a Pilates rehab program but unable to find it after moving
to the Destin area, she began taking massage and chiropractic treatment
with only temporary results. After a year and a half of this regimen,
Susan started work on her first of three
certifications in Pilates, the second being over 700 hours. She has been passionately teaching Pilates since 2003 and is
a member of the Pilates Method Alliance(P.M.A) / Standardized Model of
Pilates Trainers. She is currently certified with
Power Pilates, The
PhysicalMind Institute, and the
Ellie Herman Studios (EHS Studios).
Ellie Herman is an internationally renowned Pilates instructor and author with twenty years of experience. She has authored eight Pilates books including; Pilates for Dummies, Pilates Props Workbook, Pilates Workbook on the Ball, and a series of five Pilates manuals covering all the major Pilates modalities: Pilates Mat, Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair and Pilates Springboard. Based in the Bay Area for more than twenty years, Ellie founded Ellie Herman Studios in San Francisco (1992), Oakland (2000) and then relocated to New York, and opened her third studio in Brooklyn (2005). While overseeing these three studios, Ellie trained hundreds of Pilates Instructors, many of whom have gone on to open their own studios. Ellie invented a piece of Pilates equipment called The Pilates Springboard, an inexpensive and space saving version of the Cadillac, manufactured and distributed by Balanced Body, Inc. Ellie developed Walk-ilates, a system that uses Pilates-based exercises to correct faulty alignment and gait patterns. Ellie has an MS in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology.
Susan is continuing her education with a fourth certification with Balanced Body University. She is fully committed to spreading the message of "The Pilates Method" as a lifestyle.
Susan on the Pilates Reformer