Embrace Health

Jenna's journey to finding a healthy approach to managing stress, overcoming tragedy, and ultimately finding joy through exercise, life-long learning, and relationships has helped her gain greater insight into life's challenges and progression. This enables her to bring a higher level of empathy, respect, and understanding. 

First exposed to Pilates while training as a springboard diver in college, Jenna instantly fell in love. Pilates not only offered her an avenue of exercise that she could participate in her entire life but also the chance to feel like a kid again while 'playing' on the apparatus. For her clients, Jenna's understanding of the classical Pilates exercises and her passion for client success sets her apart. She is commited to helping her clients achieve their goals — from improved strength, to alleviating body pain, to improving posture, to fitting into that favorite pair of jeans. Whatever the goal, Jenna helps you achieve it.

"I visited Jenna for a series of Pilates sessions as I was having severe back pain. The exercises were well thought out and really helped me.

At the end of the series, my back pain was gone and I was walking tall!

Thoroughly recommended. -Michael Armitage"

Healthy eating and the idea of food as medicine have always interested Jenna. But when one of her children was diagnosed with Celiac Disease, she realized that food can be both medicine and poison. She dove head first into learning all she could, which led her back to school in NYC and to the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.

Jenna's education and training completes her coaching arsenal – allowing her to provide her clients with the tools and methods they need to achieve their goals. 

She holds a BA from Georgetown, an MBA from Columbia University with a concentration in marketing, leadership and emotional intelligence, two Pilates certifications: Peak Pilates, Boulder, Colorado and PHI Pilates, Pittsburgh, PA; earned a Functional Nutrition Certificate from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, NY, NY.

and is trained in goal-setting, organizational behavior, and product management. Previously, Jenna worked in banking and software, owned a successful wellness studio, in Charleston, S.C., served on the Sewickley YMCA Board of Directors, and provided business consulting.