MEET THE INSTRUCTORS

tru Pilates owner Robin Truxel has brought together a dedicated, well trained team of instructors who are truly passionate about the benefits of Pilates. Each instructor has discovered Pilates in their own unique way, and brings to their teaching a richly diverse background of professional and personal experience.

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• Robin Truxel
• Julia Bruneau
• Lizzie Coleman
• Desiree Cox
• Aly Curmaci
• Eleanor Hoppe
• Jessie Laurita-Spanglet
• Eiley Patterson
• Virginia Peale
• Ellie Tor   > > >

ELLIE TOR

Ellie has a B.A. in English Literature from Montana State University, and completed her Pilates certification through the PhysicalMind Institute in Portland, OR in 2004. Ellie discovered Pilates while studying ballet at Montana Ballet Company, The Joffrey Ballet, and the Boston Ballet. Pilates improved her dance technique as well as her yoga practice and overall well being. After finishing her certification, Ellie owned and operated her own studio, Tor Pilates until she moved back to her birthplace, Charlottesville, with her husband and son in 2009. Ellie specializes in prenatal pilates as well as postpartum work and birth recovery and she completed the Mamalates® course with Wendy Foster in Portland OR in Nov 2010. In January 2011, Ellie completed the TRX Suspension Training course in Charlottesville VA with Fitness Anywhere and adds TRX exercises to her private and duet sessions.