Ciara

Ciara didn't find Pilates — Pilates found her, and at exactly the right moment. An emergency C-section in 2022 stopped her in her tracks for the first time in her life. Recovery led to physical therapy, and her therapist had one piece of advice: get into Pilates. She listened. She has been hooked ever since — and by her own admission, fully evangelical about it. She wants everyone she knows to feel what she felt.

It didn't take long to understand why the practice clicked so deeply. The intention, the control, the full-body engagement — it took her straight back to her gymnastics days. Pilates speaks a language her body already knew.

Ciara has been mat certified since 2023 and is currently completing her comprehensive certification at Studio86 Fitness. She is also in Sara’s Pilates mentorship program and thriving. Her favorite moment as an instructor is watching a new client's face when something shifts — that wide-eyed "wait, I've never moved that way" look that tells you something real just happened. She lives for that moment.

When not taking or teaching Pilates, she is also a weight lifter, a yogi, a sprinter, and a dancer — whatever makes her feel good to move, she is in.

Ciara brings the same obsessive attention to detail to Pilates that she brings to her day job — building apps, websites, and AI products for a digital agency. Precision is simply how she operates.

Outside the studio Ciara is on a permanent mission to find Columbus's best gluten-free treat, uncover hidden gems in thrift shops, and redesign whatever room she happens to be standing in. She grew up in the Washington DC metro area and has called Columbus home with her husband since 2019. Together they are raising a daughter, a son, a lab mix, and a Cavapoo. She unwinds with 90s and early 2000s playlists, podcasts, baking shows, and the kind of mindless TV that asks absolutely nothing of her after a long day.

She cannot wait to give someone else that wide-eyed moment.