OUR STORY

White Mountain Pilates was founded in 2019 by Anna Elkins.

Having grown up in the White Mountains, Anna was thrilled to jump at the opportunity of bringing Pilates to her hometown when she & her family decided to move back home. After 4 years of teaching all over the mountain to spread the word about Pilates so that a studio would become possible - at gyms, parks, bars, coffee shops, dance studios, schools, homes and more -  we finally were able to successfully open a Pilates studio in the exact building Anna had been hoping and praying for the whole time. 

We planned to open in September of 2023 but then Anna's third baby entered the world 3 months early which postponed our opening to January 2024. This hiccup was quite the journey but made our opening that much sweeter when it finally happened. 

Since January our studio has been thriving! What a dream to see so many lives being changed by Pilates in our beautiful, first of it's kind, Pilates studio here in Lakeside, AZ. Thank you to all who have come through our doors!

ABOUT ANNA

Hello! I'm Anna, owner and founder of White Mountain Pilates PMA. I am a Pilates Expert and Prenatal & Postpartum Fitness & Corrective Exercise Specialist. 

​I was introduced to the Pilates method as a teenager through my mom's workout tapes! After high school I began taking my first Pilates classes in NYC as an aspiring professional dancer.

In spring of 2012 I began my Pilates teacher training through Balanced Body University under Joy Karley, beginning in Manhattan, NY and completed through an extensive apprenticeship in Paradise Valley, AZ at the amazing Personalized Pilates under Katrina Foe. I am considered a 3rd generation Pilates Instructor under the legacy line of Lolita San Miguel - who was trained directly under Joseph Pilates himself.

I am comprehensively trained in Pilates Mat & apparatus including Reformer, Cadillac/Trapeze, Chair, Barrels, Springboard, toe corrector, foot corrector, pinwheel and the ped-o-pull. I have additional fitness training in Barre Above, TriggerPoint Therapy myofascial release, TRX suspension training, Pilates Suspension Method and I am a certified Prenatal & Postpartum Fitness Specialist and Corrective Exercise Specialist.

I love the intricacy of Pilates and its power to generate true core strength while developing a connection between mind and body. By correcting imbalances, Pilates can even eliminate aches and pains that many people experience on a daily basis. I have successfully worked with professional athletes, pregnant and postpartum receiving mothers, frozen shoulder, pelvic floor prolapse, Diastasis Recti, Parkinson's, MS, blindness, Lyme disease and all sorts of injuries and levels of fitness. I have seen countless transformations throughout the years as clients gain a new sense of integrated control and achieve exciting results.

After teaching for and managing studios for many years in the Phoenix area, bringing Pilates to my hometown in 2019 has brought me more joy than I could have imagined. In 2019 I founded White Mountain Pilates, in 2020 I launched a video on demand platform and in 2022 I developed a Pilates app for mothers where I coached women from all over the world to repair postpartum core dysfunction through the amazing art of Pilates. In 2023 I launched a comprehensive teacher training program and in 2024 I opened a full equipment studio.

TRIBUTE TO ROBIN

My mom used to tell me that someday I should move home and open a Pilates studio. 
I used to laugh and tell her that would never happen.
But here we are and she was right.
I know she is smiling down on us from heaven!
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Robin Melinda Sherman Fuller
12/5/55 - 12/16/17