Our Pilates Instructors
Delphine Blue
Delphine Blue majored in Theater Dance at Skidmore College but ended up with a lengthy radio career. She took her first Pilates class in 2004 and eight years later Delphine completed a 500 hour certification in classical Pilates.
She sees the Pilates method as a challenging but safe way to improve core stability, postural alignment, circulation, and balance while toning and lengthening musculature. Her goal is to provide clients with a Pilates ‘aha’ moment.
Delphine loves to teach on various apparatus including the reformer, tower, cadillac. jumpboard, and wundachair.
Certification: Core Pilates, New York
Specialties: Modifying for injuries
Philosophy: Following Joseph Pilates’ quote, ‘If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you’re old. If it is completely flexible at 60, you’re young.’
Mary Foster
Mary has a background in ballet, which she has studied for over 30 years. She has also studied modern dance, yoga and Argentine tango. At Elite Body Pilates Mary teaches private and group Tower, Reformer and Mat classes. She is also certified as a Prenatal Pilates teacher and very much enjoys working with pregnant women.
Certification: The Kane School of Core Integration, New York
Teaching Style: Stressing and carefully explaining the core principals of Pilates and then building up her client’s strength to go on to more advanced work.
Elise Sherman
Elise Sherman is a certified Pilates Instructor, born and raised in New York. Elise first discovered Pilates while traveling on vacation and quickly became a huge fan, continuing her practice for the last 20 years.
After a long, successful career in advertising client services, Elise decided to pursue her passion for Pilates even further and earned her certification through the Kane School of Core Integration at the Kinected Studio. With five years of experience teaching contemporary Pilates, she has had the opportunity to work with a wide variety of clients ages 14 to 83 of every shape and size and skill level. Elise truly enjoys seeing the progress her clients make with every session.
Certification: The Kane School of Core Integration, New York
Teaching Style: She’s driven to help clients gain strength, flexibility, movement and most importantly, confidence.
Jessie Hernandez
Jessie Hernandez is a certified Pilates instructor and lifelong mover with the core belief that movement can be a powerful tool for healing, strength, and self-discovery. She graduated summa cum laude from Loyola Marymount University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and minors in Philosophy and Education, which she draws on to cultivate and share the value of movement as a pathway to holistic wellness.
Jessie has been teaching for over eight years and has personally used Pilates and other forms of cross-training as powerful tools for injury recovery, body appreciation, and strength building for both daily life and her career in dance. She has a student-forward philosophy — focused on caring for the whole person: body, mind, and spirit.
Jessie is certified through the SET Method in Chair, Reformer, Cadillac, Mat, and Tower. She is passionate about creating flows that are rooted in proper technique while exploring innovative ways to challenge the body, deepen alignment, and expand strength and mobility. Through her classes, she creates an empowering, supportive movement space where students feel strong, present, and connected in their bodies. She encourages students to show up fully for themselves and give 100% of whatever they have each day, honoring their bodies and energy without judgment.