Jennifer Stein
I love my life and what I do.
Teaching clients to move with less pain, educating them how to use movement and breath to build strong yet flexible bodies, creating a studio where happy people converge to exercise, learn, share stories and laugh… I couldn’t be more tickled with the creative, purposeful, heart centered life I am blessed to call my own.
Personal tidbits…
I am married to probably one of the nicest, kindest guys on the planet. I love that he makes me laugh, laugh, laugh. I cherish our 3 kids, loving extended family and 2 chiweenies - cute puppy brothers that we rescued from the shelter. Gardening, the arts, volunteering at my kids’ schools, taking long hikes in nature or strolls in my neighborhood, traveling, and long visits with family… are all the stuff of my very blessed life.
I have been studying movement and how the body moves optimally for more than 35 years.
Prior to being a Pilates teacher, mother, and co-founder of Live Oak Pilates & Wellness, I was a professional ballerina with Indianapolis Ballet Theater, Atlanta Ballet, and Ballet Austin.
I received my Pilates certification under the tutelage of Joseph Pilates successor and protege Romana Kryzanowska, my 200-hour Yoga certification under Viniyoga teacher and yoga therapist, Sadani Houtz at Yoga Yoga, and my 500-hour Yoga certification and extensive additional Yoga Therapy training with Yoga Therapy master and author Gary Kraftsow.
I love drawing upon the many tools I have acquired to help clients reach their optimal movement and wellness potential.
“The benefits of these sessions are positively evident in my daily life. It is truly a joy to have worked with Jennifer for eight years!”
Jim Stein
My Pilates teaching comes from my desire to understand how the body works and the benefits of movement. I first started practicing Pilates in college to help my ballet training. Throughout my professional dance career, I relied on Pilates to keep me centered, strong, and flexible.
Supplementing my dancing with Pilates to stay healthy and in peak form worked well for me as I was able to enjoy a 20 year dance career as a principal dancer with both the Atlanta Ballet and Ballet Austin. My wonderful dance career enabled me to perform on stages all around the world and also introduced me to my beautiful wife.
I was certified in the Pilates Method in 1999 under the tutelage of Romana Kryzanowska. I was drawn to the similarities between Pilates and classical Ballet… alignment, structure, and discipline. Utilizing my BA in Dance Pedagogy from Butler University, I have melded my dance background with my Pilates teaching.
I am grateful for the life I share with my lovely wife, Jennifer. Our three very active children keep us busy when we are not at the studio. I am thankful to all of our clients for sharing their time and energy with us.
I enjoy working with all body types to keep people healthy and moving with ease.
“Jim Stein is the best Pilates trainer I have ever worked with. He understands the body so well. Working with Jim, I have improved my strength and balance.”
Nancy Crandall
Nancy Crandall brings more than 12 years experience teaching Pilates in the Austin area to Live Oak Pilates. She completed her comprehensive Pilates certification with Body Arts and Science (BASI) in 2009, following a 26-year career as a dance teacher and owner of Backstage Dance School in Austin.
As a lifelong teacher of movement, Nancy encourages students to find joy in challenging their bodies to increase strength, flexibility, range of motion and coordination. Her students appreciate her love of music and creative choreography in the Pilates studio.
Nancy also teaches adult tap dance classes and is founder of STILLDANCINGATX, a dance company of adults 40 and older.
Nancy is a Houston native who made her home in Central Texas after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor of arts in education. She and her husband, Richard, have called Lakeway their home since 1988.
“Working with Nancy is a real joy! I love the way she makes Pilates challenging, fun, and effective. Thanks to her, I have confidence in my always- improving core and body strength. Add to that, during our sessions, there is always room for laughter!”
Dylan Cameron
Dylan first discovered Pilates in 2003 when he began regularly attending mat classes. Originally interested in conditioning his core to enhance his abilities as a musician, he immediately noticed a parallel between the experience of great music and great Pilates. After many reformer sessions and countless more mat classes at The Hills Fitness center, Dylan was offered a position as a mat instructor before even completing his first teacher training. Well spoken and sincerely interested in the needs of others, he was a natural teacher and knew this was something he wanted to be more deeply involved with. Dylan then completed his mat certification at Telos fitness center in Dallas in 2007 and his comprehensive apparatus training at Body Springs in Austin shortly after. He continued working at The Hills until it's closing in 2016, gaining experience training a wide range of individuals with a diverse range of needs. This is also where he met Jim Stein and continued to learn advanced techniques, and to practice their application on a variety of new students.
As an instructor Dylan is patient, attentive, and present, and will not hesitate to try new approaches or or techniques to break through mental blocks.
It is always Dylan's goal that a client experiences the session fully and feels a strong sense of their core. Having suffered two severe whiplash injuries, Dylan knows how to modify the classical movements of the Pilates method to suit those with the most special of needs, but being a competitive musician and fitness enthusiast, he is equally capable of providing rigorous, challenging, and dynamic Pilates training that will actually make you sweat!
A native Austinite from a multi-generational musical family, Dylan enjoys traveling, performing, and is also a published recording artist in the electronic dance music genre.
“After training with Dylan, I learned that recovery of muscle strength is possible, and I learned it in a nurturing environment. Dylan is patient, observant and offers continuous structure and guidance. As a result of his sessions, I am stronger, happier and more fit.”
