Elizabeth Hodges NCPT
I began my Pilates training in 2007 with Balanced Body University through Body Evolve in Highland Park, IL. and joined Pilates Central Wellness in 2009 as a Pilates instructor. After many years of practice and teaching, I completed by Balanced Body Comprehensive Certification in 2020. In 2023 I earned the title of Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher (NCPT) and an American Council of Exercise certification (ACE) in 2024. In 2025 I had the opportunity to teach at Rancho La Puerta Wellness Resort and Spa in Baja California. I spent three weeks teaching a wide variety of classes including mat, reformer and tower Pilates, balance and coordination as well as posture and functional movement.
For the last 17 years I have been working with Pilates Central Wellness in Evanston, IL a certified Postural Restoration Center that includes a wide variety of small group and one on one Pilates classes combined with a busy physical therapy practice. I have practiced and trained with Donna Parise Byrne, PT, OCS, PRC, NCPT and owner of Pilates Central Wellness and RE-Balance Pilates.
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While I will always continue to enjoy my Pilates exploration, my main focus is the advanced integration of traditional Pilates movements in conjunction with the repositioning techniques of the Postural Restoration Institute. The human body is asymmetrical; therefore, we treat the right and left sides differently.
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Once you understand that each side of your body has its own unique characteristics, only then can you find balance in all of your systems. For example, the right side of the diaphragm is larger and has more pull on the spine while the left diaphragm is flatter and less able to “dome up”, or relax, on exhalation. This is just one example of how our Pilates practice has evolved.
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I enjoy taking continuing education courses and have completed Myokinematic Restortation, Impingement and Instability, Pelvis Restoration, PRI for Pilates, and PRI Integration for Geriatrics/Home. In addition I am trained in the Pink Ribbon Program which focuses on post-reconstruction training for women who are recovering from breast surgery.
In 2018, I assisted in the development of the instructional manual for the PRI Integration for Pilates taught by Donna Parise Byrne, PT, OCS, PRC and Sarah Petrick, MPT, DPT, PRC. I worked closely with Donna and Sarah, modeling and demonstrating the activities and exercises for the manual and course.
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"I hope to create a calm and non-judgemental atmosphere for my clients so they are able to feel comfortable and find the awareness needed to achieve balance in both their mind and bodies"
