MEET sarah beth.
Sarah Beth Percival is certified in Mat and Equipment Pilates from the Kane School of Core Integration in New York City, also known as Kinected Center.
She has been teaching Pilates since 2010, during which time she established clients at the prestigious Progressive Pilates Williamsburg in Brooklyn, Kinected Center in Manhattan, and with clients throughout NYC, the Berkshires, and now in Albuquerque. Sarah founded Percival Pilates and The Pilates Space in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
She has completed the following continuing education courses:
Birthstrong: Empowering the Pregnant Body Through Movement with Dianne Graci
The Sacroiliac Joint with Kuan Hui Chew
Understanding Scoliosis with Kuan Hui Chew
Stability Creates Flexibility: the Application of Pilates in Rehabilitation with Christine Romani-Ruby MPT,ATC,PMA, CPT
Protocols for Prenatal Pilates with Brynne Billingsly
Advanced Choreography on the Cadillac, Chair, and Reformer with Matt McCullough
Inside Out: Pelvic Floor Health with Kelly Kane
The Shoulder Girdle with Kelly Kane
The Foot Workout with Kelly Kane
Move Your DNA by Katy Bowman
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Pilates on the mat and/or equipment is an ideal complement to any fitness routine, big or small. Through breath, awareness, and connection, my Pilates-based workouts help to balance musculoskeletal and fascial tension and tone of the body. This approach improves joint function and muscular recruitment patterns and can be applied to your daily activities, whether that be walking, hiking, playing sports, working out, parenting, or working a stressful job.
I have instructed clients with herniated discs, osteoporosis, stenosis, spondylolisthesis, scoliosis, meniscal and ACL injuries of the knee, Sacroiliac joint dysfunction, labrum tears of the shoulder and hip, rotator cuff injuries, hip replacements, knee replacements, spinal surgery, pregnant and post-natal clients, athletes, and dancers.
the Approach
A lifelong practice in dance
Rooted in anatomy and biomechanics, each program is designed around individual clients’ needs. Together, client and instructor focus on where there is strength, and pinpoint areas of the body that need releasing, strengthening, and lengthening. Sessions can incorporate a cross section of modalities including somatic breath work, balancing, HIIT, precise alignment work, elements of Yoga and dance techniques.
Sarah’s professional dance career includes dancing in New York City and abroad for choreographers Moriah Evans, Heather Kravas, Maria Hassabi, Milka Djordjevich, and Malin Elgan. She has performed at MOCA LA, Museion in Bolzano, Italy, Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, Atelier de Paris, Danspace Project NYC, American Realness Festival, Issue Project Room, Theatre De L'Usine Geneva, Judson Church, Dixon Place, BAX, and Dance New Amsterdam in NYC.
She grew up studying classical ballet and then trained in contemporary dance at North Carolina School of the Arts, then PARTS in Brussels, Belgium with Anna Teresa de Keersmaker.