08/24/2026
✨ MONDAY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: MAKAYLA ✨
Meet Makayla! 🩵 A lifelong snowboarder, creative, outdoor enthusiast, and Pilates lover who has been practicing for the past four or five years.
Makayla’s Pilates journey actually began at home with YouTube videos and eventually led her to pursue Pilates instructor training. Around the end of her training, she lost her beloved dog at just nine years old. During that difficult time, she and her mom hopped on a flight to Japan, where they snowboarded, ate incredible food, and found a little healing through adventure. 🇯🇵🏂
Movement has always been a big part of Makayla’s life. Born in New Jersey and raised in Vermont, she started snowboarding young and eventually competed in the sport before moving to Colorado to finish high school and later attending CU Boulder.
Years of competitive snowboarding also came with injuries — which is part of what drew her to Pilates.
“I really enjoy the low-impact workout, and I feel like it works stabilizing muscles that you don’t normally get in a traditional workout. It strengthens my core, I always feel lighter afterward, and it’s such a well-rounded workout.”
For Makayla, Pilates feels like the perfect combination of rehabilitative movement and a really good workout — something that helps her stay strong for all the other things she loves doing.
And there are plenty! 🌲 She hikes, goes to the gym, practices yoga, wakeboards, wake surfs, and loves regular surfing whenever she gets near the ocean. She’s also a designer with a love for interior design, painting, and sketching. 🎨
And when we asked her favorite Pilates apparatus?
The Reformer. 🤍
We love having Makayla as part of our Evergreen Pilates community and getting to know the stories behind the wonderful people who practice with us.
