Founder & Director Susan Markowitz, is the founder and director of Pivotal Pilates Fitness and Wellness. Since achieving her full Pilates certification 2004 through Pilates Academy International in NYC, she went on to complete 3 other International Pilates certifications giving her 4 different methods of teaching Pilates. Her goal has been to incorporate a multitude of modalities offering her clients an integrated experience of wellness and fitness. Susan has been teaching under the supervision of DPT’s, and other medical professionals to perfect her programming techniques for rehabilitation and strength training. Specializing in joint and spine injuries and others special conditions, Susan’s focus continues to be rehabilitation and strength training and the recruitment of the deeper, local stabilizing muscles of the core and spine. Pivotal Pilates opened its doors in September 2010.
Pilates Certifications: Comprehensively trained through 4 world renown Pilates houses:
- Pilates Academy International
- Pilates Method Alliance
- The Kane School @ Kinected NYC
- Merrithew Fitness International (formally STOTT Pilates)
Other Qualifications Include:
- YUR Back Specialist PHI Pilates Academy 2019
- Neurological Disorders Pilates Certification Mariska Breland 2020
- FAMI I: Functional Anatomy and Movement Integration Specialist awarded by Mt. Sinai and Kinected Center NYC. 2003-2012
- FAMI II: Head, Neck, Spine In depth through 2017-2018
- Knee, Shoulder, SI joint, Hip Rehabilitation Kinected Center NYC 2014
- Osteoporosis in depth w/Rebekah Rotstein
- Pre-Postnatal with Debra Goodman
- TPI: Tittlest Performance Fitness Level 1 Golf Instructor Cert.
- Board Certified Holistic Health Counselor and Nutritional Consultant AADP
- Over 20 years of Life Coaching through Autonomyandlife.com
