Bianca Bentz
Pilates Instructor
Bianca developed a love for yoga and pilates over a decade ago as a teenager and dove into her practice head first while attending college in Boulder, Colorado. She found both styles of mind-body fitness very helpful in promoting overall well-being. After injuring her hip during childbirth, Bianca became serious about pilates and discovered the benefits of using the apparatus while healing her hip and getting her strength back, post-partum. Quick results inspired her to become a certified pilates instructor. She certified through Power Pilates in mat and apparatus and completed Shiva Rea’s Prana Vinyasa Flow Yoga 200 hour with Maria Garre.
She recently returned to work after having her third baby and is so grateful for the inner strength and balance that yoga and pilates provide. Bianca taught pilates mat and equipment classes in the Frederick, Maryland area and also served the community as a holistic consultant.
Bianca is currently teaching yoga and pilates in Boulder, Colorado.
Amy Hatzis
Pilates Instructor
Born and raised in Connecticut, growing up Amy studied contemporary and classical dance as well as theatre. After spending two years in training in musical theater at the University of Hartford, she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts and in dance choreography from Arizona State University. She also performed with Footworks Dance Project in Phoenix before moving to Maryland in 2006. Amy is currently a dance teacher and administrator at Mid Maryland Performing Arts Center in Frederick.
Amy was first introduced to Pilates through her dance training and soon after became a certified Power Pilates mat instructor in 2003. She continued her education with Power Pilates Comprehensive certification program graduating in 2006. Shortly there after Amy moved to Annapolis, Maryland to teach one of the leading Pilates teacher training facilities on the East Coast, Evolutions Body Clinic.
Amy is excited to join the Ananda Shala team, teaching both Pilates equipment and mat classes, she is looking forward to improving her client’s health and well being.
Marilyn Fairless
Marilyn has been a truly dedicated student of yoga since 1996. Her research into the various forms of yoga has led to the practice of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in the tradition of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India. Her teaching preparation is ongoing and has included study with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, as well as Annie Pace, Tim Miller, and Gary Damsky, senior ashtanga practitioners in the United States. Additionally she has several years of experience in Iyengar yoga and also enjoys freestyle Vinyasa Flow Yoga. Marilyn has taught yoga in Denver, Colorado and the local area since 1998. Her classes are dynamic, smooth and graceful. You’ll leave feeling inspired by Marilyn’s practice and calmed by your own. Off her mat, Marilyn lives a life flying around the world!
Lori Love
A native of Tennessee, Lori Love took a circuitous path to become a yoga and Pilates teacher. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. degree in journalism, and spent many years in property management, sales and marketing, and corporate training. She was introduced to the practices of yoga and Pilates in 2003 by Maria Garre while teaching spin classes. After reaping immeasurable physical and mental benefits for herself, Lori decided to share these practices with others through teaching. She is currently completing 200-hour yoga certification with Maria Garre through Shiva Rea’s teacher training program, and has studied with Shiva Rea, Stephanie Keach, Desiree Rumbaugh and Angela Farmer. Lori also received beginner and intermediate mat certifications from Power Pilates, and has completed System Level 1 training for apparatus. Lori’s classes are infused with fun, variety, and an appreciation for prose and poetry. It’s the people connections she makes through teaching that make her soul sing. When she’s not sharing yoga, Lori spends time with her three children ages 14, 12 and 9.
