*Kathryn Meany is an unlikely Pilates instructor who credits luck and the pursuit of happiness for her decade long career teaching in New York City. Her approach is contemporary in style because the focus on the individual's needs will always trump the choreography of the classics. After having her own first child in August 2013, her wish to work with women during and especially after the experience of child birth has grown. The amount of change and transformation that takes place in pregnancy speaks to all work in Pilates. It is not simply about becoming stronger, instead it is a process of becoming more dynamic. Read more about her here .