THE ‘PAUSE LIFE HAPPENS - PILATES HELPS
MEET THE FOUNDERS
REBECCA BURNETT SWIECZKOWSKI
Rebecca has danced professionally since age 16 as soloist and charter member of the Dallas Ballet and pursued her training and performing career abroad in France before returning to the states where she graduated with High Honors from SMU with a BFA in Dance. She joined the faculty at El Centro college in both the Physical Ed. & Dance Depts. and in 1977-78 served as the first Dance Artist-in-Residence for the City of Dallas, performing and teaching in low exposure communities. In 1983 she started, F.U.N. Fitness Systems, certifying & testing Group Exercise Instructors – collaborating with Joyce Ward and husband, Dr. Bob Ward, who at the time was with the Dallas Cowboys as the NFL’s first Strength & Conditioning Coach.
She was introduced to the Pilates Method in 1995 and later receive her Comprehensive Certification with Power Pilates -NYC, opening the Dallas Power Pilates Training Center in 2002. Rebecca has taught at every educational level and trains Elite High Performance Athletes and the Pros with the NFL, MLB, MLS & LPGA. She was privileged to work directly with the Texas Ranger players in the Stadium in Arlington under the supervision of Strength Coach, Fernando Montes, training them on the Pilates equipment & Mat.
In 2005 she opened the first fully equipped Pilates Studio in Collin County, was voted Best of Pilates for Frisco/Plano in 2013 and in the same year created & moderated the educational DVD, (Get Your) Spine into Pilates, with Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital & renowned surgeon Dr. Isador Lieberman of the Scoliosis & Spine Tumor Center.
Rebecca addresses the whole Person who walks into the studio. She acknowledges their stress, challenges, complicated schedules and relationships, but focuses on the positive & energizes them to reach towards their own goals & dreams. She draws strength from her faith and the many learning experiences as an educator, wife, mother of her five children, and business owner.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX , Concentration in Dance Ed.
Bob Ward, Enterprises: Group Exercise Leader 1984
Cooper: Personal Training Fitness Specialist 1988
Sarasota Hospital: Pre-Natal Fitness 1991
Cooper: Biomechanics of Resistance Training 2001
NYC Ballet Workout 2001
Yoga-Fit: YOGAFlow 2002
NYC Power Pilates: Comprehensive Pilates Trainer 2003
Pilates Method Alliance: Certified Pilates Trainer Exam 2013
Certified Menopause Coaching Specialist 2025
LESLEY SNELSON
A unique Pilates and REDcord Trainer, Lesley has over 30 years of experience teaching a wide variety of different movement styles to people of all ages with diverse goals and needs. Her most recent achievement is becoming a CES (Cancer Exercise Specialist). Lesley Snelson first initiated her comprehensive Pilates certification while attending graduate school for Dance Performance and Choreography at Texas Woman's University. She completed her certification in 2001: “The Method: Shapes in Space” which is a Comprehensive Mat & Equipment Certification organized by Colleen Glenn, now known as the PEAK Pilates Certification. Lesley served as the Dance Conditioning / Pilates Coordinator for TWU's Dance Department, 2001-2004.
As with any good steward of the Pilates method Lesley is always on quest to deepen her understanding of Pilates work, thus she completed Bridge Certification program with Power Pilates in 2005 and completed Mat and Level I. Following certifications include REDcord© Suspension Training completed 2010- 2011 through Get Reformed Pilates. She supported Get Reformed Pilates as Educational Instructor for Staff from 2011-14. Lesley is a Pilates Method Alliance Trainer (PMA©), certified in 2013. She continues to study through diverse continuing education programs outside and within the Traditional Pilates community such as “For Better Health” organized by Donna Fisher as well as the academic studies of International Association for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS), ALDOA, PMA and others.
Lesley has taught both dance and Pilates in Universities and Colleges all over North Texas: Collin College, Tarrant County College, University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University.
As Executive Director of Muscle Memory Dance Theatre, in Dallas, she has taught, performed and choreographed all across the United States and studied internationally.
Masters of Fine Arts
Dance Performance and Choreography, Texas Woman’s University, Denton TX
Bachelor of Arts
Dance Performance and Choreography, Mills College Oakland, CA
Business Economics, Mills College Oakland, CA
Senior Pilates Trainer, Pilates Unlimited, Lakewood, Classic Pilates, Uptown, Pilates for Life, Allen
Level I Reiki Energy Practitioner
CES (Cancer Exercise Specialist)
Pilates Method Alliance: Certified Pilates Trainer
REDcord Suspension Trainer
Director of Education & Senior Trainer, Get Reformed Pilates, Frisco, Texas
Professor of Dance, Collin College, TWU, UNT & TCCD
Executive Director of Muscle Memory Dance Theatre
Comprehensive Pilates Trainer of Full Pilates Classic System Training, 2001
TWU Dance Department Pilates Coordinator