Karin Twigg
Owner, Pilates Instructor, BBU Teacher Trainer

Karin Twigg, the founder of Awaken Pilates, initially discovered Pilates while living in San Francisco. With her background in dance, Pilates was intuitive and in sync with her personal style of exercise. Karin received her certification in The Pilates Method through Physical Mind Institute, A Body Prepared in West Hollywood, and The Pilates Center of Boulder, Co. In August of 2002, Karin moved to Minneapolis to be closer to family and by April of 2003 Awaken was open for business. She co-owns the studio with her husband Christian and together they went through Gyrotonic training in 2004. Karin is a faculty instructor with Balanced Body University and offers training courses at her studio and beyond. She enjoys creating unique programs for different client needs and abilities. Her style incorporates the classical work with contemporary exercises from today's knowledge of the body and expansion of the work. Karin strongly believes you must continue to be a student to be a great teacher of Pilates. Karin is a graduate of the University of Iowa with a degree in Marketing.
Karin had her first baby in the spring of 2009 and is loving being a mom to her daughter, Eleanor.


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