After discovering Pilates and experiencing the changes it made in their lives, husband and wife team Mark and Olga Lubarsky made it their mission to help others learn and benefit from this wonderful body-conditioning method.
Opening their first Pilates Family studio in Burlingame in 2003, Mark and Olga taught many private and small group sessions to their clients with a broad range of goals, fitness levels and pre-existing conditions. Their attempts to optimize the effectiveness of Pilates programs inspired them to develop their unique philosophy of instructor collaboration and personalized instruction. Later, they’ve expanded Pilates Family to a second location, and have hired a team of like-minded instructors who share their collaborative spirit and passion for Pilates.
In late 2005, due to family and health situation, Mark and Olga closed their very cozy, bright and conveniently located studios, leaving over 300 clients and a team of great instructors.
After 2 years of recovery, Mark and Olga decided to regain their focus on teaching Pilates as professionals and continue doing what they truly love. They truly believe that being able to see dramatic changes in their clients’ lives is the greatest reward of all. Currently, both Olga and Mark teach Pilates private and group sessions at various locations around the SF Peninsula, specifically: Redwood City, Foster City and San Mateo.
Mark has been teaching Pilates in the Bay Area since 2001. While seeking ways to improve his health and self-esteem, Mark found Pilates was the safest and most effective way to reduce and even prevent the damage caused by his sedentary lifestyle as a software engineer and his hobbies (chess and competitive draughts). In addition to Pilates and physical fitness, Mark has a long-lived passion for improving cognitive abilities, mental acuity and self-esteem through various forms of movement therapy and neurodevelopmental exercises. He is currently pursuing further educational goals in Kinesiology, Cognitive Psychology, and various movement therapy methods. He is a certified Pilates instructor through Master Trainer Kim Holmes at Symmetry of Movement in Mill Valley.
Olga has been teaching Pilates in the Bay Area since 2001. She first discovered her love of movement and dance very early in her childhood. At the age of five, Olga joined the ballet studio, and at seven she started training in competitive rhythmic gymnastics. Eye surgery six years later ended her gymnastics career, but her passion never faded. During her college years as chemistry major, she took classes in gymnastics, ballet, aerobics and ballroom dancing. She trained in Pilates since 2000, through her two pregnancies, and was able to recover quickly after the births of her sons, Jonathan and Jacob. She is a certified Pilates instructor through Master Trainer Kim Holmes at Symmetry of Movement in Mill Valley.
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