Pilates MN
Our team

Meet the team.

Our instructors and clinicians bring more than 300,000 hours of teaching and clinical work between them. Together, we've built a community-based studio where people come to move, learn, and grow together.

Alex Hasselbring, NCPT
Owner & Managing Partner · Pilates Trainer8y

Alex Hasselbring, NCPT

Alex began practicing Pilates at 15 years old. He's been a lifelong athlete and has over 15 years of weightlifting experience. This background shapes his approach as an instructor, giving him a deep appreciation for how Pilates can benefit people at every age and fitness level. Alex is passionate about helping his clients build strength, improve stability, enhance mobility, and age with length and grace. A 2018 graduate of the University of St. Thomas with a degree in Entrepreneurship, Alex is a proud owner, thanks to his exceptionally talented staff and the close-knit, supportive community they've built together.

Pamela Hasselbring, NCPT
Owner · NCPT · Master Trainer40y

Pamela Hasselbring, NCPT

Pamela found Pilates while looking for a way out of pain from a compression fracture in her spine. It worked. She's spent the four decades since helping other people do the same, with credentials from Polestar, PhysicalMind, CoreAlign, and Cooper Clinic, plus twenty years at Northwest Athletic Clubs. Her CEUs concentrate on back pain, scoliosis, and Parkinson's.

Brent Hasselbring
Owner40y

Brent Hasselbring

Minneapolis native, University of Minnesota graduate, and lifelong athlete across individual and team sports. Brent came into the fitness industry to work alongside Pam and now runs the business side of the studio with their son Alex.

Shawn Murphy Marquis, MSPT, NCPT
Physical Therapist · Training Program Manager25y

Shawn Murphy Marquis, MSPT, NCPT

Shawn started her career at Performing Arts Physical Therapy in New York City, where a former dancer's body met a physical therapist's toolkit. Masters in Physical Therapy, Polestar Rehab graduate, CoreAlign trained, BFA in drama and dance. She runs the teacher-training program at Pilates MN.

Martha Eckerline
Pilates Master Trainer38y

Martha Eckerline

A Polestar graduate whose career includes fifteen years at Northwest Athletic Club, Martha teaches from the principles first: elongation, core stability, alignment, concentration, and quality of movement. Additional training through PhysicalMind and Balanced Body, ACE certified, with a focus on scoliosis and low-back work.

Jen Dugan
Pilates Master Trainer18y

Jen Dugan

Marathons, triathlons, private training. Jen has done a lot of things with her body over thirty years, and Pilates is the one she kept. She started teaching eight years into her own practice to go deeper into the method. Polestar graduate, CoreAlign Level 1.

Molly Bell Knorr, PTA, LMT
Pilates Master Trainer · PTA · Massage Therapist15y

Molly Bell Knorr, PTA, LMT

Physical therapist assistant, licensed massage therapist, and Polestar Rehab-trained Pilates instructor. Molly came to Pilates through her own injury history in sports and dance, and now brings all three disciplines into the room at once.

Tina Uphoff, NCPT, CPT
Pilates Instructor · Personal Trainer20y

Tina Uphoff, NCPT, CPT

Balanced Body Pilates trainer, ISSA personal trainer, ACE orthopedic exercise specialist, RYT-500 yoga, barre-certified, and an MBA. Tina teaches strength and Pilates in the Twin Cities and Scottsdale. Her focus is healthy aging: building people who are stronger and leaner in year fifteen than they were in year one.

Karen Jacobson, PTA
Pilates Trainer · PTA10y

Karen Jacobson, PTA

Physical therapist assistant with an inpatient rehab background in short-term transitional care, neurological injury, and aquatic therapy. Balanced Body comprehensive Pilates instructor. Karen bridges her clinical work with a movement practice she believes belongs in every rehab plan.

Sarah Anderson, MSPT, NCPT
Physical Therapist20y

Sarah Anderson, MSPT, NCPT

Masters in Physical Therapy from Washington University in St. Louis, undergrad in exercise science from UMD, NDT-trained. Sarah's career has leaned into serious injury rehab and neurological conditions. Newer to Pilates on the equipment side, and taking to it fast.

Lori Bartels
Pilates Trainer6y

Lori Bartels

Bachelor of Science from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, Polestar Pilates trained. Lori found Pilates at her gym, kept finding reasons to go back, and eventually decided she wanted to teach it herself.

Laura McComish, NCPT
Pilates Trainer20y

Laura McComish, NCPT

MBA from the University of Minnesota, undergrad from Drake. Laura discovered Pilates in college and has been practicing for nearly twenty years. Left a corporate operations role, joined the inaugural PEI training class at Pilates MN, and now teaches.

Diane Heath Bausman, NCPT
Pilates Trainer8y

Diane Heath Bausman, NCPT

With a BFA and a long, physically demanding career in Advertising Photography and Interior Design, I found Pilates as a way to strengthen and calm my overworked body. After years as a client of Pilates MN, I decided to pursue their training program. Upon completing my certification, I joined the team at PMN as an instructor. I find great satisfaction in helping others find the same level of relief and improved quality of life through Pilates movement.

Morgan Morrissey, NCPT
Pilates Trainer8y

Morgan Morrissey, NCPT

MNSU BA and a background in Minneapolis-area dance. Morgan first tried Pilates in high school when dance left her hurting, and returned to it after physical therapy for knee and shoulder pain. Trained through PEI at Pilates MN.

Jenna Pederson, DPT
Physical Therapist15y

Jenna Pederson, DPT

Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Minnesota, undergrad in Health and Exercise Science from Gustavus. Specialties in orthopedics, women's health, and pelvic floor. Group exercise instructor since 2009. Pilates and PT braid together in her practice.

Heather Hanoski
Pilates Instructor

Heather Hanoski

BA in Psychology from Georgian Court University, Heather managed Operations for years, and found Pilates years ago while looking for a healthy habit. What started as a small routine, slowly became more than just exercise. It became therapeutic, an opportunity to reconnect with herself and an important part of her life, which is why she chose to make it a permanent part of her life. This led to receiving training through PEI at Pilates MN. When you find a love like this, you want nothing more than to share it with others. Everyone deserves to be happy!

Amy Asplund
Pilates Trainer

Amy Asplund

Amy came to Pilates after a 2012 breast cancer diagnosis and a double mastectomy left her struggling to find a way back to exercise. Working privately with an instructor who tailored everything to her body changed that, and she teaches now so other people can find the same way back. A Gustavus Adolphus graduate in International Business Management and French, trained through the Pilates Education Institute at Pilates MN.

Cindy Wagener Robin, NCPT
Pilates Trainer

Cindy Wagener Robin, NCPT

Cindy brings together Pilates, yoga and meditation to her thoughtful approach to movement. After 25 years as Executive Manager in her family business, Cindy transitioned her focus to health and wellness. Her personal experience as a hypermobile person led Cindy to Pilates MN where she found an exceptional practice for building strength, stability, balance and body awareness. As a member of the inaugural PEI training class at Pilates MN, Cindy teaches private clients and group classes, including monthly Meditation/Yoga Nidra. Additional training: Scoliosis and Spinal Conditions Master Course 1 & 2; yoga training including KRI 230, YCR 300, Yoga Nidra 1 & 2, Meditation 1-3, Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga.

Julie Magney
Front Desk14y

Julie Magney

Julie found Pilates in 2011, found her core, and got hooked. She's been at the front desk ever since, quietly adjusting her posture between classes as she listens to instructors cue.

Kathy Arostegui
Front Desk6y

Kathy Arostegui

A nursing background and a client-first turned staff-member turned regular. Kathy knew Pilates MN was her studio the day she walked in, and jumped at the front-desk opening when it came up.

Your first visit

Start moving stronger today.

Starting with a private session or physical therapy? We'll begin with an evaluation and build a plan around your body. Starting with classes? We'll get you into the right level and coach you from there.

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