About Us
Welcome
to Reichert Pilates
- All Ages
- Beginners - Advanced Pilates
- Great exercise for athletes (Golf, Tennis, Football, etc.)
- Safe and Secure for Seniors
- Perfect for Pre-Postpartum Women
- Post-Rehab building functional strength
Meet our team
Daniela Reichert
Owner
Certified Pilates Instructor
Daniela Reichert was born and raised in Germany, later worked in Marbella, Spain before moving to Charleston. She is fluent in German, Spanish and English. Daniela discovered Pilates after suffering years from chronic back and neck pain caused by a severe Scoliosis. Experiencing the amazing benefits of Pilates on her own body she wanted to learn more.
Daniela has worked and helped clients for over 10 years. Her knowledge, patience, expertise and positive energy are felt in every one of her classes. Her main goal is to provide a custom tailored class especially prepared for each individual client. She has always loved the versatility of Pilates: from working with athletes or children conducting a powerful, challenging and fun workout, to all kind of clients and seniors, knowing exactly how to adapt a class for people with various injuries or other physical limitations.
She loves helping people suffering or recovering from injuries or operations and works closely with established physiotherapist, rolfers, acupuncturists, chiropractors and massage therapists in the local area. Daniela has completed two comprehensive Pilates courses (Mat, Apparatus, Props and Specialties) with over 1000 credit hours as well as a Personal Trainer Course with specialties in rehabilitation and nutrition.
She has worked in Europe and USA, as a Personal Trainer, Master Pilates Instructor, in several hospitals and various Pilates Studios before opening her own studio. She is now happy to offer a variety of services including Reformer classes, Mat Pilates, Pilates Barre and more, to help all of our clients achieve healthier bodies and minds.
Pam O'Briant
Certified Pilates Instructor
Pamela O’Briant is a native of Rhode Island. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Ballet with a teaching certificate from Virginia Intermont College. After dancing with a ballet company in Michigan, she moved to Charleston to dance with Charleston Ballet Theater. In 1992, she left the ballet company and was searching for a way to stay in shape and tried Pilates. Pam was hooked.
In 1994, she trained to teach with Bodyworks in Durham, NC. Pamela joined the team at Earthling Day Spa and started working in a Pilates Studio in Mt. Pleasant, SC since 1996.
Wanting to further her knowledge, she completed a comprehensive certification with Polestar Pilates in Miami, Florida in 2001. Her certification is in Pilates for post rehabilitation.
Dedicated to continually learning, Pam has attended many workshops and conferences with well known teachers, such as: Elizabeth Larkam, Karen Sanzo, Michele Larsson, Karen Clippinger, Raymond Kurshals, Brent Anderson, Julian Littleford, Rael Isacowitz and Sherri Betz.
In addition to teaching Pilates, she is an adjunct professor at the College of Charleston in the Theater and Dance Department where she teaches Ballet and Modern Dance. Pamela was also certified in Gyrotonic® Expansion System in 2004. She believes “Movement is Medicine”.
Kelley Johnson
Certified Pilates Instructor
Kelley has been a Pilates enthusiast for over 15 years. She began taking classes as a way to complement her tennis playing and alleviate the pain that comes from playing a high-impact sport. She soon learned that strengthening your core could reduce the pain in muscles that we use too much, and that Pilates can help you avoid injury.
Upon moving to Belgium in 2007, Kelley obtained her Certification in Classic Pilates MAT Levels 1,2, and 3. She enjoyed teaching both private and group mat classes while in Belgium, and continued to train on the Pilates machines at her local studio. She is also Balanced Body certified to work with Reformer, Cadillac and Chair.
Kelley loves the fact that a good Pilates routine can almost always be adapted to anyone, regardless of age, ability, or injury. The small-class set up at Reichert Pilates is a perfect place to introduce you to Pilates. Kelley would love to help you improve your body function with a hands-on style of instruction. She speaks English and French.
Amanda Stallard
Certified Pilates Instructor
Amanda Stallard, who grew up in Williston, Vermont, moved to Summerville in November 2023 after her husband finished his hockey career. Throughout the course of traveling with her husband, Amanda had the opportunity to teach at different Pilates studios in Vermont, Indiana, Iowa and now South Carolina to instruct a variety of class formats from foundational levels to athletic pace on Mat, Reformers and Cadillacs.
Amanda, who always had a love for sports, fitness, and overall wellness, was introduced to Pilates after sustaining a knee and back injury. She was looking for an activity that was more low impact, sustainable for the long term and helping with her injuries. She fell in love with Pilates, helping her body and wanted to learn more about it.
Amanda began her Pilates training through Balanced Body in 2020 and is currently working towards her comprehensive certification. She has completed her training so far in Mat, Reformer and Cadillac.
Once her training began, her passion for Pilates quickly grew. Understanding the foundations of movements and how they respond to each body truly amazed her.
Emily Gossett
Pilates Instructor in Training
Emily is a California native who moved to Charleston in 2022. She fell in love with Pilates as it brought her a blend of inner calm and physical strength.
After practicing mat work for many years, she decided to expand on her knowledge by exploring Reformer and other apparatus. Her love of Pilates only grew from there and she wanted to share what she had found with others.
Using her skills as an elementary school teacher along with her love for movement, she was moved to pursue this as a career. She is currently completing her teacher training with AHA to be a 3’rd Generation Pilates Teacher under the Lolita San Miguel Legacy program. She can’t wait for her knowledge of the method to grow further and share with clients at Reichert Pilates.
Emily is passionate about helping others to prioritize their wellness through Pilates and find deeper connection with their body. She hopes to support individuals in discovering more mindfulness and love for themselves through this technique.
Kate Keller
Pilates Instructor in Training
Kate’s passion for Pilates began while taking classes as a path to maintain personal wellness and functional movement. She is currently completing her Comprehensive Pilates Certification through the Anita Horry Academy, where she is gaining in depth training in the Classical Pilates Method, becoming a 3’rd Generation Pilates Teacher. She is trained on mat as well as all Pilates apparatus, such as the Chair, Reformer, Cadillac as well as the Ladder Barrel, Foot Corrector, Arm chair and much more.
As a retired Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, she recognized the adaptability of the method to accommodate all fitness levels and personal limitations. She maintains a strong commitment to mindful movement and a deep appreciation for the Pilates principles.
Kate brings curiosity, compassion, and focus to every session. She is passionate about helping others build strength, mobility, and body awareness through intentional, well-aligned movement. As she continues her certification journey, Kate is excited to share the benefits of Pilates with others.
Jill Hughes
Certified Pilates Instructor
As a dance student at SUNY Purchase Dance Conservatory in NY, Jill began taking Pilates with Carola Trier, a student of Joe Pilates. Pilates helped Jill to discover her core, essential for sustained balance in turns, and to develop strength to balance hypermobile joints. Although a knee injury ended her career as a professional dancer, Jill continued to practice mat concepts and introduce them to her dance and theatre students.
In early 2017, a Club Pilates opened close to home in Ashburn, VA, and Jill completed their comprehensive certification program in six months. From 2017 – 2023, she instructed and helped launch four additional Club Pilates studios in the Northern Virginia area. In 2022, she joined an instructor friend in opening a small boutique studio, Ashburn Core Pilates, and pursued additional training in the Basi Pilates technique. Jill is also certified in TRX and Barre, and has a special interest in working with Ehler Danlos Syndrome (EDS).
Jill finds it satisfying to help clients attain and sustain mobility, strength, and balance, and loves hearing how Pilates improves their lives. Pilates isn’t just for the body but for the mind as well, and her classes emphasize breath work, humor, and creative movement patterns to challenge the brain.
In her spare time, Jill loves to prepare healthy plant-based meals and is training to be a health coach and food educator through The Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).
Kristyn Lewis
Pilates Instructor in Training
Kristyn Lewis was born and raised in South Carolina. While interning at USC, Columbia she discovered a passion for human services. Since 2019 she has worked for a non-profit and is the supervisor of programs and support services. Kristyn helps women work on their financial, nutritional, and physical health goals. She has been teaching Mat Pilates and group fitness classes there and at a local community center. One of her goals is to use nutrition and fitness as a platform for diabetes prevention and awareness.
Kristyn believes Pilates is the best form of exercise to teach people at any fitness level and with different body types. She is currently training through Balanced Body to become a Comprehensive Pilates Instructor and is part of their Community Expansion Scholarship Program. This program was created to reach people in diverse communities and make Pilates more accessible. Kristyn has completed Mat training with Fusion Pilates, and Reformer 1 & 2 training through Soma Pilates. She is also an AFAA Certified Group Fitness Instructor and NASM Certified Nutrition
Kimberly Kreft
Certified Occupational Therapist
Kimberly graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine with a degree in Occupational Therapy in 1996. She has a vast array of experience in all rehabilitation settings and ages. She has specialized in orthopedic and hand and upper extremity rehab, including conducting worksite and ergonomic evaluations, functional capacity evaluations, and industrial rehab. Kimberly also has worked as a hand therapist, and in inpatient and outpatient settings seeing patients pre- and postoperatively for spine surgeries, shoulder and cumulative trauma injuries, as well as conditioning and specialized rehab for numerous neurological and physical dysfunction diagnoses from stroke to flexor tendon repairs, carpal tunnel, and rotator cuff surgery and rehab. Kimberly has also completed numerous continuing education courses including nutrition, pain management techniques, myofascial treatment, and numerous physical dysfunction courses and CE’s. She has been passionate about health and fitness ever since she can remember. After moving to Charleston in 2000, she completed an athletic training certification and Pilates certification in 2004. She started a Pilates program at St, Francis hospital for employee wellness teaching Pilates to nurses and staff.
Kimberly has personally experienced health issues from autoimmune disease to a traumatic brain injury (TBI) from a severe accident with resultant neck injury and dysfunction. Having dealt with severe pain, she found Pilates to personally be her primary source of exercise for pain relief, gaining muscle strength, endurance, range of motion, and postural retraining to carryover to maximize her level of function in everyday activities.
Falling in love with Pilates’ unique full-body techniques and mind body awareness, has led to her combining her occupational therapy, athletic training, and Pilates training to provide comprehensive, fully engaging, and individualized workouts! Kimberly enjoys working with people of all levels and ages to help them safely achieve their fitness goals and maximize their health.
Laura Christiansen
Physiotherapist / Orthopedic Therapist
Laura is a traditionally trained orthopedic/manual therapist, a graduate of the University of Tennessee Medical School, and a former assistant professor at the University of Central Arkansas. In total, she has practiced for over 25 years in clinical settings, most recently as Director of a Summerville ATI clinic.
Nearly 10 years ago Laura was introduced to Pilates’ based strength training to recover from running injuries. She has applied many of these learned techniques on herself and in clinical setting with many of her patients.
Pilates provides results for complete, systematic, and neurological strengthening that physical therapy alone couldn’t replicate. She became certified to teach Mat Pilates 5 years ago in 2013. Laura enjoys running, tennis, and traditional weight lifting.
She has discovered the basis to longevity in her training is to have core stability for outward mobility. Her goal in physical therapy and with Pilates is to improve patient fitness and improve quality of life.
Harry Green
Physiotherapist
Harry has been working as a physical therapist and performance coach for the past 15 years. As a therapist Harry has been able to help people recover from chronic overuse injuries. Prior to becoming a therapist Harry worked as an exercise specialist helping corporate clients to improve their cardiovascular health through exercise.
Over the last 9 years Harry has been able to move the health care model into what is known today as functional health. Harry’s passion for Pilates has been about merging the principles of Pilates with physical therapy to bring about symmetry between your mind and body.
As a performance coach Harry is able to help clients to understand that it takes more than exercise to build a better version of yourself. “Wellness is an expression of good physical and mental health working in balance with proper rest/recovery.” “One cannot perform if they choose not to reform ~ their mind, body, and soul.”
In his spare time Harry enjoys running 5Ks, 10Ks, and ½ marathons and catching a rugby match or two.
Our equipment
Balanced Body Reformer
Balanced Body Tower / Cadillac
Balanced Body High and Wunda Chair
