The Shannon Brown Pilates Studio
The Shannon Brown Pilates Studio provides a serene and intimate setting for group classes, semi-private sessions, and private, one-on-one trainings in our studio at Peninsula Ballet Theatre. All of our instructors are long-time veterans of the fitness industry, highly-trained in Pilates, and have a wide breadth of experience in working with all body types and fitness levels. Our goal is to help clients develop core strength, increase flexibility, improve balance, and enhance awareness of movement so that they can more effectively perform in leisure activities and everyday life.
Shannon Brown
Shannon, studio owner, was first introduced to Pilates as a dance major at Ohio State University. In 1999, after graduating from OSU, she moved to the bay area and was soon given the chance to train as a pilates instructor. Shannon is a STOTT-certified instructor and has been training clients since 2000.
Butterfly Dance Yoga Classes
Our mission is to bring about transformational fitness, wellness, awareness, and joy through dance and Yoga by nurturing self-worth and gratitude, building a strong foundation, giving supportive and compassionate guidance, and offering intelligent, fun, and inspiring practices.
"In the dance of yoga and flow of life, you experience inspiration, love, truth, beauty, wisdom, and contentment as natural aspects of being. Transformation and expansion of the mind, body, heart, and spirit occurs. You know and feel gratitude, acceptance, and a connection to all that is. You then become open to allow abundance to flow in, to then give freely and generously."
~Pattie Stafford
Experience the many benefits of yoga and begin your path to Wellness, Balance, Peace & Clarity!
Try your first 3 classes for only $25
10% of profits are donated to The Art of Yoga Project and The Mind Body Awareness Project, these are local organizations working for the transformation of at-risk and incarcerated youth through the teachings of yoga and meditation.
Patty Stafford, Butterfly Yoga
Dr. Lisa Allaire, DC
Allaire Back Fitness Classes
With over 20 years of professional jazz and ballet training, Dr. Lisa Allaire gained first hand knowledge of the injuries that accompany rigorous athletic training. Motivated by this experience, she obtained her doctor of chiropractic degree from Palmer West Chiropractic College in 1997. Since then, she has devoted her career to the recovery and prevention of back pain and dysfunction. She created and co-produced the second season of The Allaire Back Fitness Series, which is currently featured on various PBS stations throughout the U.S.
If you are an athlete or dancer with current back problems, or if want to prevent injury, this is the perfect addition to your fitness plan.
Peninsula Ballet Theatre offers dance classes in Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Folklorico, Ballroom, Tap and Zumba. New classes are being offered every month!
Serving the San Mateo Peninsula with adult and children's dance classes, including Burlingame, Hillsborough, Millbrae, San Bruno, Foster City, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City, Redwood Shores, Menlo Park and Palo Alto.