Meet Our Team
Ariel Lehaitre, MSPT, PMA, CPT, Owner and Founder

Ariel is the founder and owner of Pilates Santé, and a highly skilled Physical Therapist and Pilates Instructor. She has an M.S. in Physical Therapy and a B.S. in Clinical Exercise Physiology from Boston University. She has been practicing as a physical therapist since 2002 and founded Pilates Santé in 2008. Ariel became a certified pilates instructor through Polestar Pilates in 2005 and worked as a Polestar Pilates Mentor as a part of their Teacher Training Program from 2011 to 2016.
Ariel trained as a pre-professional classical ballet dancer at the School of American Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Numerous dance injuries led her to pilates for rehabilitation and conditioning. Injuries sidelined a ballet career but opened up a path to professional salsa dancing. Ariel instructed and competed in numerous countries, including Mexico, Italy, Spain, Singapore and Columbia.
Ariel's dance career and injury recovery journey inspired faith in the healing power of pilates. After practicing in traditional outpatient orthopedics for six years, she became aware of limitations in therapeutic outcomes. The desire to implement pilates as the foundation of treatment led her to create Pilates Santé - pilates for "health." Health is restored by improving functional abilities, allowing clients to return to their desired lifestyles. We do this by addressing muscle imbalances, motor control, strength and functional mobility.
Ariel is passionate about teaching pilates teachers how to work with various injuries and conditions of the body, and therefore started a teacher training program, which includes specialized workshops and individual mentorships. Pilates paired with high quality teaching allows for limitless potential in healing through movement.
Ariel trained as a pre-professional classical ballet dancer at the School of American Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Numerous dance injuries led her to pilates for rehabilitation and conditioning. Injuries sidelined a ballet career but opened up a path to professional salsa dancing. Ariel instructed and competed in numerous countries, including Mexico, Italy, Spain, Singapore and Columbia.
Ariel's dance career and injury recovery journey inspired faith in the healing power of pilates. After practicing in traditional outpatient orthopedics for six years, she became aware of limitations in therapeutic outcomes. The desire to implement pilates as the foundation of treatment led her to create Pilates Santé - pilates for "health." Health is restored by improving functional abilities, allowing clients to return to their desired lifestyles. We do this by addressing muscle imbalances, motor control, strength and functional mobility.
Ariel is passionate about teaching pilates teachers how to work with various injuries and conditions of the body, and therefore started a teacher training program, which includes specialized workshops and individual mentorships. Pilates paired with high quality teaching allows for limitless potential in healing through movement.
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