A professional actor and mother of two, Tricia’s passion for Pilates began while earning her MFA in Acting at The University of Texas at Austin.  In her training as an actor, she has spent years studying various principles of movement in an effort to lessen wear and tear on the body while offering a nearly limitless range of physical choices on stage.  This fascination with an awareness through efficient, purposeful motion drives her continued work in the studio and in continuing education.    

Originally from Augusta GA, Tricia earned scholarships for acting throughout her undergraduate degree and holds a BA in English from Augusta State University.   When she chose to pursue an advanced degree in Theatre Arts, she had no idea how vastly her studies would touch her daily life.  Aside from the more obvious potential injuries associated with complicated dance or fight choreography, simply moving on stage in a heightened state of mind can be exhausting for the body.  In her extensive study of the principles of movement through Alexander, Feldenkrais, Suzuki and Laban, Tricia finds Pilates to not only inform but strengthen her resolve to a healthy, active and expressive physical life.

After completing her MFA, Tricia moved to Seattle and landed a major role at the world renowned Seattle Children’s Theatre playing a character who is a child of deaf adults.  Her work as a physical actor paid off when she relied on her gestural and physical presence to communicate the arch of an amazing character.  She continued taking private Pilates sessions to enhance this understanding, however it was her work for an internet security company that transformed her belief that the power of the mind/body connection provides not only comfort but safety in day to day tasks.  Using her training on stage had become a given.  Transferring this awareness into sitting at a desk and running to meetings with folders and a laptop in tow was what gave her a desire to share this awareness with individuals from all professional and social realms.