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Val Russell Val opened Push Pilates in 2002 where she began training out of a spare bedroom. And has grown the studio into a 3300 square foot house on Union Avenue and opened a second location in Oxford, Mississippi in July 2006. The programming has expanded to include yoga, massage, workshops, continuing education, Teacher Training, and a clothing line, PUSH wear. Val combines an evolved Pilates repertoire with physical therapy methods using tools such as the Feldenchreist foam roller, small balls, physio-balls, flex bands, magic circles and now YOGA. Val continually strives to integrate her fine art background and love of bodywork by offering current, fresh and creative bodywork and movement to the Memphis and Oxford communities. |
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 and Jennifer Brilliant.
