Sonia Lopez studio director and co/owner pilates and gyrotonic® trainer email Sonia

Sonia Lopez is co-founder and director of Body Evolutions in Campbell.  She is a certified Pilates and Gyrotonic® personal trainer.  Her expertise in Pilates and Gyrotonic® spans over ten years when she began studying Pilates and Gyrotonic® as a student back in 1994 to compliment her career as a professional ballroom dance competitor.   

"The first time I experienced Pilates and Gyrotonic® I knew I had to teach these systems and share how strong, flexible and empowered you feel at the end of the workout.  They were beyond anything I'd ever experienced in a fitness program", Sonia says.

A former Professional Dance Sport competitor and teacher Sonia now pursues her new passion full time.  It is because of her personal history in dancing that she became convinced of the importance of organic movement balanced with a pain free, flexible body and a strong "core". 

Sonia originally moved to the Bay Area from Los Angeles to teach and dance Ballroom competitively. She soon found herself working with the Dance Sport community imparting her knowledge in Pilates and the Gyrotonic®. In 1998, Sonia and her husband Chris opened their first Pilates and Gyrotonic® studio inside the San Jose DanceSport Center.

Later that year Sonia gave birth to a baby boy, Luis-Fernando. She credits Pilates and Gyrotonic® in preparing her for childbirth and helping her get back into shape after the birth of her son. "After gaining over 60 pounds and 21 hours of labor you feel slightly disconnected from your body.  Having been a dancer for most of my life this was a foreign feeling and something I quickly wanted to get past.  With the help of Pilates and Gyrotonic® I was able to strengthen my pelvic floor and abdominals and reconnect to my body and now I feel stronger then ever.  This experience humbled me and made me a better teacher as I am now able to understand how other women feel after having children, something I had no clue about before my son". 

To this day Sonia continues to expand her knowledge and pursue all educational resources in therapeutic exercise, movement re-education techniques and advanced studies in Gyrotonic® and Pilates. 

Sonia is currently expecting her second child (a boy) due September 16, 2004. 

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