Pat holds the only nationally sanctioned Pilates certification (NCPT) and is a Certified Yamuna Body Rolling Practitioner among many other certifications and educational experiences.  Founder of Cor Pilates in 2005, her teaching philosophy went through a significant shift after a year-long mentorship with Wendy LeBlanc-Arbuckle at the Pilates Center of Austin.  She is eternally grateful for her studies with Wendy, Karena Thek-Lineback, founder of Scolio Pilates, Michele Larssen, protege of Eve Gentry in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Leslie Clayton, long time owner of the first Pilates studio in the Atlanta area and many more gifted teachers and students too numerous to name.  She believes education does not, by itself, make a good teacher.  She knows teaching is a partnership with her student and continuously strives to find new and better ways to inform others of the innate intelligence of their own bodies so they can perform at their highest level and live easily and without physical discomfort.