Rooted Boston

Brigitte Arlé (she/her) practiced her first Sun Salutation in elementary school, and has been exploring movement and the body ever since. She continued to deepen her yoga practice though-out her teens, studying dance at the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, where she spent her freshman lunch hours learning Classical Pilates mat exercises. Brigitte began training in Pilates in 1995, working with first and second generation Pilates Elders, and received her BFA in Dance from Alvin Ailey/ Fordham University in 2003. She danced professionally for over a decade in the US, Canada, and Europe before returning to New York where she continued her study of both Pilates and Yoga. She has taught in dance studios, health clubs, Pilates and yoga studios, physical therapy offices, hospitals, and even a few years as the resident Pilates instructor at the NY Stock Exchange.