Our Team
OUR TEAM
Amanda Howard
Owner, Certified Pilates Instructor, Pre/Postnatal Specialist
Amanda is a mama to three kids, a dancer, a nature lover, and a classically trained Pilates Instructor teaching in Nashville, TN. She believes that Pilates is for everyone regardless of your background and that Pilates can help during pregnancy, after pregnancy, with injury prevention, sports, daily activities, menopause/post menopause, and overall health. She loves guiding women in all phases of life as we learn how to navigate and understand each new change that our bodies make.
Amanda has been teaching for 18 years and received her 750 hour comprehensive certification from Frog Temple Pilates in Chicago, IL under the direction of Randi Whitman (Pilates Center in Boulder, CO graduate). She is a faculty member and a Pre and Post-Natal Pilates Specialist™ and studied Menopause/Post menopause fitness, and Rocking and Rolling to Release through The Center for Women’s Fitness founded by Carolyne Anthony. She is also a graduate of The Passing The Torch year long Mentorship Program with Wendy LeBlanc Arbuckle.
Amanda is the founder of Native Pilates LLC and honored to lead the Native Pilates teacher training every year!
Natalie banas
Certified Pilates Instructor, Pre/Postnatal Specialist
Natalie is a recent graduate of the Native Pilates teacher training program and graduated in March 2023. She also has her pre and postnatal certification through The Center for Women’s Fitness. She enjoys working with soon to be mama’s & the senior population. Natalie loves helping her clients feel stronger and more confident through the movement of Pilates. She has always been a lover of Pilates and how it made her body feel. Helped her gain strength & flexibility even with a spinal fusion. When she isn’t teaching Pilates, she enjoys spending time at home with her husband, 5 kids and 2 yorkie puppies.
Belle Barreiro Seiden
Certified Pilates Instructor
Belle is from San Diego, CA and moved to the Nashville area in 2021. She began her own pilates practice in 2022 and completed her 450 hour mat and reformer certification at Forme in Brentwood, TN during the Spring of 2024.
Belle is passionate about sharing the benefits of pilates with others and loves incorporating fun props into her classes. She teaches a blend of classical and contemporary exercises that build + enhance strength, balance, coordination, alignment, mobility and the mind-body connection.
In addition, Belle also has a background in the fashion industry. In 2020, she graduated from FIDM in Los Angeles with degrees in Merchandise Product Development for Apparel, The Business of Denim and Business Management. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, continuing her own pilates practice and spending time with her Beagle mix, Maggie.
Yui Breedlove
Certified Pilates Instructor
Yui started her journey with Pilates over five years ago, desiring to build strength and a better relationship with her own body. She completed Polestar Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training at Marathon Pilates (Nashville) in the summer of 2018. She has worked closely with pre and post natal clients and has also worked with clients recovering from various injuries.
Yui’s approach to teaching is centered in belief of the mind-body connection and the power it holds in our lives. Her teaching style is centered around the individual’s awareness of the body. She believes in an inclusive and empathetic approach to Pilates and aspires to create an atmosphere that promotes growth, healing and a sense of community.
When not teaching, Yui spends her time as a visual artist, hunting for vintage treasures and raising her daughter alongside her husband.
Sarah Case
Certified Pilates Instructor
Sarah Case is a Balanced Body comprehensively trained, certified Pilates instructor and Integrated Movement Specialist. Sarah originally came to Pilates years ago in hopes of alleviating low back pain and combatting the effects of long hours working at a desk (she’s a former nonpartisan political analyst). Little did she know that Pilates would play a new role in her life years later, when it helped her recover from two abdominal surgeries for severe endometriosis. As she worked to heal and strengthen her post-surgical body, she rediscovered what Joseph Pilates called “the complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit” from the most fundamental exercises on up. Her passion for Pilates grew through this process of healing, as did her understanding of how the method offers so much for every body, at any stage. No matter what you’re working on with her in the studio, she’s focused on making the experience empowering, safe, and above all, fun!
When Sarah is not in the studio, you can find her absorbed in a novel, spoiling her cats, or taking a walk with her husband.
carli cole
Certified Pilates Instructor
Carli started practicing Pilates at Native Pilates as a way to reduce stress. She instantly connected with the warm, welcoming environment, the supportive instructors, and the sense of authenticity she felt in the space—it was the first place that truly stuck.
In the fall of 2024, she became a certified Pilates instructor through the Native Pilates teacher training program and officially joined the Native team. She loves working with beginners and believes that Pilates is for every body and every age. As an instructor, she’s passionate about helping clients feel safe, supported, and empowered—reminding them that showing up and moving with compassion is more important than chasing perfection.
She also manages the social media for Native Pilates, bringing her signature bubbly personality and creativity to everything she shares.
Outside the studio, she’s a professional home organizer with The Tidy Home Nashville. When she’s not working, she’s a happy homebody spending time with her husband and their two dogs, Honey and Raisin.
Adrienne felder
Certified Pilates Instructor
Adrienne began enjoying the benefits of pilates at the age of 12, as it was introduced into her ballet training. At 13, she moved with her parents and younger brother from the Cascade Mountains to the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. After college at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she began her Pilates certification knowing that her Pilates addiction should be shared to enrich others lives.
After teaching pilates full time for 3 years, Adrienne and her husband Jesse moved to Whitefish,Montana where they opened, owned and operated the Stillwater Fish House, a seafood restaurant. Teaching pilates within the beauty of the Rocky Mountains kept her centered and healthy while running the restaurant, birthing 4 healthy babies at home and connecting to their mountain community through great food, amazing hospitality and the active pilates lifestyle.
Adrienne has two decades of experience training bodies for functional fitness, specific athletic training from land to sea, as well as therapeutic training for injury prevention and post rehabilitation.
Adrienne loves enriching her clients lives with the goal for all bodies to move with ease, strength and balance. She moved to Mount Juliet with her family in 2021 so her husband could pursue his songwriting career in Music City. You’ll most likely findAdrienne outdoors in the woods, or on the lake, by a campfire or in her garden with her munchkins nearby.
Heather McAlister
Certified Pilates Instructor
Heather is a health coach, aerialist, and classically trained instructor at Native Pilates. With a background in dance, she was introduced to Pilates at a young age, but it wasn't until later that she truly fell in love with it.
Her passion for Pilates was ignited when she joined the local aerial arts group, Suspended Gravity, in search of cross-training options. Heather quickly discovered that Pilates not only complemented her aerial training but also helped prevent injuries and improved her overall movement efficiency.
Taking a mind-body approach to Pilates, Heather firmly believes that movement is for everybody. As a health coach, she combines her knowledge of Pilates with her expertise in wellness to help her clients achieve their health and fitness goals. With her dedication and enthusiasm, Heather is committed to empowering others to embrace movement and live a healthy, balanced life.
Specialists
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Aimee Bailey
PT, DPT, 200-hr CYT, PCES, Pelvic Health Specialist
Aimee is our in-house Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist with a passion for helping women live their fullest life. She has been a Physical Therapist for 17 years and has been specializing in the pelvic floor for 14 years.
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Lauren Levine
Postpartum Specialist | Wellmama
Lactation educator, sleep specialist, and postpartum doula, Lauren provides in-person and virtual support to families in Nashville and across the world.
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Heather McAlister
Certified Health & Body Image Coach | Body Beyond Image
A certified health coach and eating psychology coach, Heather got into coaching after struggling with an eating disorder for several years.
