Meet Our Staff

Kelli Sanders
Kelli Kelli Sanders, one of the two co-owners of Evolve Pilates & Fitness, is a Gainesville native with a passion for movement, nutrition and helping others find balance in their bodies.   She has been teaching functional movement through the Pilates method of exercise for nearly 10 years.  Kelli is also an experienced massage therapist with extensive training in structural realignment.  She's a graduate of the Florida School of Massage and is also trained in Intergrative Neurosomatic Therapy through the St. John-Clark Pain Treatment Center in St.Petersberg.  

Kelli restores alignment in people who have pain from posture dysfunction. She will help you get to the root of your problem through detailed assessment of your posture.  Some ot the dysfunctions she specializes in treating include: hip and low back pain, frozen shoulder or shoulder pain, TMJ dysfunction, headaches (including migrane), neck pain, pain caused from scoliosis and many other postural dysfunctions.

Kelli also enjoys cooking and spending time with her husband, new son and her dog Sampson.

Renee Jablonski
Renee Renee Jablonski, co-owner of Evolve Pilates, holds an advanced certification from Stott Pilates, which includes certification for all levels of pilates mat, pilates apparatus, and modifications for special populations.  She is a certified Gyrotonic® instructor and trained with its founder, Juliu Horovath.  During her 15 years as a fitness professional Renee has logged over 900 hours of training and continuing education in both Pilates and Gyrotonic®. 

Body movement is her passion and she finds it truly exciting to watch her students discover movement and the way it can change their lives. Her many years of experience have allowed her to observe countless bodies and their movement patterns. From these observations, she has realized that many physical limitations are due to faulty posture. Using Pilates and Gyrotonic® training techniques, Renee specializes in teaching clients how to improve their lives by improving their posture.

Her fascination with how the human body is affected by posture has led her to pursue additional training with Neurosomatic Educators with the goal of becoming an INT(Integrative Neurosomatic Therapist). In addition, Renee received her diploma in holistic health in December 2009 from the American College of Healthcare Science.  She specializes in holistic nutrition. In her spare time Renee loves to travel with her husband.

Renee's most newest certifications : Pilates Method Alliance Certified and Level 2 Gyrotonic® Methodology.

Kim Christou
Kim Kim Christou holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration, and Pilates certifications from Polestar Pilates and PhysicalMind Institute.  She also has completed sixty-eight hours of training in Yamuna™ Body Rolling, an innovative technique of self massage.

Kim is one of the founders of Evolve Pilates & Fitness, and along with Kelli Sanders and Renee Jablonski she has helped to develop and teach the Evolve Pilates instructor training course.

Kim has had a lifelong love of fitness and has been teaching since 1990. She feels Pilates teaches her students the perfect combination of strength, flexibility and body awareness and has very positive effect on their lives.  In 2005, she discovered Yamuna™ body rolling.  She found that by combining the strengthening techniques of Pilates with the release techniques of body rolling the results were amazing for her students.   In her free time Kim loves to travel, cook, read, swim and spend time with her family and friends.  

Graciela Salazar Lopez
Grace Grace Lopez holds an MFA from the University of Florida, is a certified Pilates instructor and is CPR certified through the American Red Cross. Grace has completed multiple continuing education hours in areas such Scoliosis, Sacroiliac Function, Functional Anatomy of the Shoulder, and Strengthening of the Pelvic floor. Through years of Pilates practice she has seen significant and positive changes in her body and overall health, which motivated her to complete her Pilates Mat and Equipment Certification in 2008.

Her goal is to help her clients discover how posture and everyday movement patterns affect the function and overall wellbeing of their bodies; and how Pilates can help them reach their bodies' potential for fluid and pain-free movement.

In her spare time she loves to cook, read, and spend time with her family. 

Alana Christou
Alana Alana holds a Master's Degree in Public Health.   She discovered her love of Pilates when she moved to Gainesville in 2001. She is certified by PhysicalMind Institute to teach The Method Pilates.  She specializes in teaching small group classes.

Barbara Caputo
Barbara Caputo Barbara Caputo has nearly thirty years of experience in the fitness industry, getting an early start while teaching exercise classes to the Montgomery Woman's Club in Cincinnati, Ohio. She went on to earn her bachelor's degree in Health Education and her master's degree in Nutrition Sciences from the University of Cincinnati. Barbara has countless hours as a teacher/trainer, specializing in group classes and personal training.   

Fitness has always been a way of life for Barbara. In early 2005 Barbara started taking Pilates classes at Evolve.  Her dedication became obvious and she eventually joined the Evolve Pilates instructor training program where she received her Pilates certification.  Barbara currently specializes in interval training while blending traditional weight training and Pilates exercises. During her spare time Barbara loves spending time with her friends and family and volunteering in the community.

Alana Gurley
Barbara Caputo Alana Gurley is a NASM certified personal trainer with a love for fitness. Alana has personal experience with what she calls "the lifestyle change." Being the stay-at-home mother of two left Alana craving a change. She had never worked out before and didn't have what she would now consider a satisfactory diet. In 2 ½ years she’s lost 55 lbs and is in the best shape of her life. Alana now has a new passion for helping others change their bodies and their life. She believes making a lifestyle change is a process not an event, and anyone can do it with right coaching and a little motivation.

Pam Hess
Pam Hess Pam, a resident of Gainesville for over 15 years, has been passionate about physical fitness and wellness for most of her life. She was introduced to Pilates about 5 years ago and immediately became devoted to the principles developed by Joseph Pilates. She became a regular practitioner and devotee of the authentic method. In 2008, she decided to pursue her passion by obtaining her comprehensive Pilates certification through Evolve Pilates and Fitness. Her goal is to apply creativity and motivation to Pilates instruction. She wants her clients to feel, see and be the change made through the Pilates method and principles. “Our bodies are meant to move!” She currently holds additional certifications in Piloxing and CPR.
   

 
 
         
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