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		Naomi Leiserson - Pilates Naomi Leiserson taught Pilates-based rehabilitation and conditioning at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital's Center for Sports Medicine for 7 years before opening Turning Point Studios in January 2000. She began her training with Nora St. John using Pilates for everything from athletic performance enhancement to rehabilitation and post surgical recovery. She has continued her studies with master teachers such as Michele Larsson, Jean Claude West, and Karen Clippinger. After dancing professionally for several years Naomi took her love of ballet and modern into the realm of partner dancing with Argentine Tango and Salsa-Cubana. Naomi has completed her level 1 certification in Gyrotonic, is a certified Hendrickson Method Practitioner and is a Franklin Methode level 2 educator. She currently teaches Anatomy in Clay nationally with Pilates on Tour and around the world.
		Julie Lushington - Pilates Julie Lushington has been teaching Pilates since 1990. She received her training in the Dancemedicine department at St. Francis Memorial Hospital's Center for Sports Medicine where she taught for 11 years before starting at Turning Point Studios in 2002. Julie was a professional modern dancer in New York for 10 years before earning her Master Degree in Movement Education from NYU. She has taught Dance Kinesiology at San Jose State University and Mills College in Oakland as well as for young dancers at San Ramon Valley Dance Academy. Julie also co-instructs the Pilates instructor training program here at Turning Point Studios.