Program Instructors


About Val

Val Russell is a certified Pilates and Yoga instructor. She began her Pilates training in 1998 at The Ellie Herman Studios in San Francisco, CA. She furthered her education in rehab Pilates with Lizz Roman. And has studied at the Pilates Center in Boulder. She is a certified trainer with the Pilates Method Alliance and Push Pilates is affiliated with the Pilates Method Alliance. Val’s yoga training is through OM Yoga in New York with Cindi Lee and Midtown Yoga in Memphis with Sarla Nichols. Val has also studied with Hart Lazar, Richard Freeman, Jennifer Brilliant and Shiva Rea.

About Susan

Susan Powers is a professional actress and singer. She completed her Pilates teacher training at the Pilates Center in Boulder, Colorado under Amy Alpers, Rachel Siegel and Cara Reeser. The Pilates Center of Boulder has been labeled “The Harvard” of Pilates Teacher Training Programs”. She has studied with Kathleen Stanford Grant, Ron Fletcher, Mary Bowen and Lolita San Miguel, first generation Pilates master teachers and all of whom studied under Joseph Pilates, himself. She currently teaches in San Francisco. In the bay area, she is known as a teacher of teachers. Susan is also among the first in the United States to become a Franklin Method Educator, Level I. (Log on to the Franklin website to learn about the Franklin Method, www.franklin-methode.ch/content,6,r,_Ez.html) Susan is also a certified massage therapist. Push Pilates is honored to welcome Susan Powers as a teacher of our teachers.