Elizabeth Larkam is a Pilates Method Alliance Gold-Certified instructor with 23 years experience in clinical, dance, fitness and academic environments.  Educated in the original Pilates techniques by the Pilates elders, Elizabeth is a Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, Gyrotonic (tm) and Gyrokinesis (tm) instructor, Franklin Method teacher and OM Yoga instructor.  She is the Fitness Editor for PilatesStyle.  Since 2000 Elizabeth has been director of Pilates & Beyond for Western Athletic Clubs.  Previously she worked 15 years as a Pilates Specialist at the Center for Sports Medicine, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco where she developed Pilates protocols for orthopedic and spine diagnoses.

Elizabeth developed the Pilates Allegro program, Pilates Mat with Roller, Ring & Rotator Discs, Reebok Core Pilates, and Kinesis Flow for TechnoGym. Co-founder and former co-owner of Polestar Education, Elizabeth now teaches internationally as a Balanced Body University Master Educator. She created PilatesPerformance, a unique dance form that takes Pilates far beyond fitness, rehabilitation, and sports-specific conditioning to explore expressive possibilities of body-mind-spirit.  Elizabeth's DVDs and podcasts are available on www.pilates.com