Franklin-Method Educators

Mandi Bateman is a Polestar Pilates Teacher & Mentor, is Pilates Method Alliance Certified, 500-RYT Certified Yoga teacher, and a Level 1 Franklin Method Educator.  Currently Mandi is researching a book on functional alignment in yoga asanas.  It will be a link between traditional yoga, and western science and alignment research.  It is Mandi’s passion and mission to bring a more scientific based alignment paradigm to the yoga community specifically to increase joint longevity.  Since Mandi began her research she has become increasing more inspired by the human form and how resilient we are.  Her mission is to  replace the western culture’s epidemic of self doubt with reverence and awe for oneself.   She resides in the Bay Area of California.  To take one of her classes or study with her on the road visit: http://www.mandibateman.com 

Merilee Blaisdell is a level III Franklin Method Educator, a Yamuna Body Rolling Practitioner, and a Pilates, dance and fitness instructor. She holds a BA in dance from St. Mary’s College of California.
Merilee has been teaching dance, all types of movement, and fitness, for over 30 years, at studios, in schools, and universities from New York to LA. She was a professional dancer, actress and singer for many years on Broadway, television, and film. Currently she is a teaching Franklin Method classes to Drama Academy students at CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts, in Van Nuys, CA. She also teaches private and group Franlin Method classes and workshops. She is a member of the faculty at the Anna Cheselka Dance Center in Studio City, and the Colburn School in Los Angeles. Merilee’s goal in all of her work is to help facilitate more efficient movement for her students and clients.