Sharon McIlwaine is a certified pilates and instructor and has been teaching pilates for more than 20 years. She is also certified in Essentrics. Previously a modern dancer, Sharon’s dance training informs her teaching approach.

Sharon’s pilates training began with Jonathan Urla, the creator of Yogilates. Her subsequent pilates trainings have been in the Stott Pilates technique (beginning, intermediate and advanced trainings), as well as the more classical Power Pilates.

Sharon was the owner/director of Breathing Light Pilates in Montpelier, VT for 6 years, where she hosted Stott Pilates Teacher Trainings. While in NY from 2013-2018 she was a lead instructor at Fiore Pilates Studio, Mamaroneck.

Sharon returned to Vermont in the summer of 2018 and teaches Therapeutic Pilates, Intro to Pilates, and Yogilates classes at Evolution Physical Therapy and Yoga in Burlington. Sharon is also the owner of Burlington Acupuncture and Therapeutic Pilates.