The Movement Apothecary
PILATES ~ YOGA ~ DANCE
OUR TEAM
LACEY ESTRELLA
Owner of TMA
Instructor of Pilates, Yoga & Dance
My name is Lacey, and I am a Master Pilates Trainer out of Fort Collins, Colorado. I utilize the teachings of Pilates, Yoga, Dance and more in my sessions with clients.
I grew up as a dancer and fell in love with learning how the body moves. After a spinal injury in high school, I began physical therapy and found what I was passionate about: Helping others understand and move their bodies.​I went to university and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Kinesiology. I began teaching fitness classes at the university recreational center. That was where I found my love & energy for teaching. Pilates teacher training and Rock Steady Boxing Coach training only furthered my desire to learn more.
After graduating from university, I spent the next 5 years working at The Parkinson’s Exercise & Wellness Center in Kansas City. There I specialized in working with people who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. I began the Moving & Shaking (dance) program, The Pilates program and the Spinal Roll & Release program at the center. All of these classes were specifically designed for those with Parkinson’s.
Pilates taught me how to put words to movement, Yoga gave me the breath work and control, and Dance gave me the flow and flexibility. My teaching style is intuitive and present. I love teaching, it is where I feel connected and powerful. I believe my classes can be beneficial for everyone and am always happy to modify for injuries. It’s important for me that everyone feels safe in my classes.
I am a lifelong learner and am always eager to expand my repertoire. I have undergone Yoga teacher training in India, reiki training, one-on-one assisted stretching, herbalism, massage therapy and more!
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I also host Pilates Teacher Certifications through DK Body Balanced Method!
JOE RITTER
Sound Healing & Meditation Instructor
Joe Ritter is a certified meditation and Ayurvedic lifestyle teacher. He is also a therapeutic sound practitioner with decades of experience as a performing musician. A daily meditator with formal training across multiple disciplines, his practice is infused with a deep understanding of sound along with great reverence for history and his teaching lineage.
After utilizing meditation and sound therapy to transition from a stressful career into a more healthy way of living, his mission is to spread knowledge of these practices far and wide. Joe works privately and as a group facilitator, and his style reflects a holistic vision of wellness where music, modern science, and ancient tradition converge to support personal transformation and real growth. He lives in northern Colorado where he operates Rhythmic Alchemy, his private practice for meditation mentorships and vibrational sound therapy.
JENNIFER CARMACK
Pilates Instructor
Jennifer is a classically trained Pilates instructor, certified through Pilates Powerhouse International. She brings over 15 years of experience guiding clients through Pilates, yoga, and somatic practices. Her teaching is grounded in anatomical understanding and a compassionate approach to movement.
Jennifer has worked with students at all levels—from absolute beginners to advanced practitioners—as well as those recovering from injuries, living with chronic health conditions, or navigating special needs. She brings a therapeutic mindset to her sessions, blending Pilates foundations with elements of yoga and nervous system regulation for a truly integrative experience.
She offers private sessions and small group sessions in classical Pilates for injury, rehab and beginner foundations for alignment. She loves teaching Pilates and has years of full time experience under her belt.
"I deeply respect the classic technique. I have found so much power and subtle access to deeper parts of me. I love the pause to find alignment. I love the scoop to regroup and move forward with stability and power. I love the way it rehabs the lifeless corners of my most well worn patterns.”
ASH BORIACK
Yoga Instructor
Having started my yoga practice with little more than my breath, I am a firm believer that our bodies hold the wisdom we need in order to thrive.
My name is Ashley and I began my yoga practice after moving to a remote mountain village in Haiti in 2011. I started to experience health issues which progressed since there were no resources for healing. So I leaned into what I did have, my own breath and body. I began my practice by syncing my breath to a handful of memorized yoga poses. As I intuitively returned to my practice day after day, things began to shift. When I let my body and breath lead the way, I started to heal. I felt like I had discovered a hidden treasure when I realized that there is an inherent wisdom that is always available within my own body.
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After experiencing the healing effects of yoga physically and mentally, I pursued my teachers certification at Wild Spirit School of Yoga for my 200 YTT in 2017. Since then my yoga practice and my interest in wellness have been a consistent part of my life throughout all seasons.
My aim in teaching is to give tools that build ownership in personal practice no matter the age or physical ability. My approach is to bring a balance of supportive guidance and room for self-exploration. May we all come to the mat to learn from the greatest teachers… our own body and breath.
My name is Taylor and I grew up involved with different contact sports such as boxing and wrestling, tumbling and gymnastics, parkour, climbing, and pretty much any activity I had an interest in understanding that made me move my body and control it more. I was a competitive boxer for 7+ years and went from assisting athletes in that field to coaching them. My love for boxing is still there, as it’s helped me achieve my coordination and control over different aspects in my movements today!
I have always been in love with movement and unlocking a deeper potential with my vessel. I loved seeing personal growth and progress when practicing various forms of movement. Which is what guided my interest in getting certified in Yoga, and further deepened my practice in Calisthenics. I had been a practitioner of Yoga and Gymnastics for some time, and had always incorporated some form of Calisthenics into my exercises when it came to doing different activities. But studying Yoga in Rishikesh, opened my mind to the potential my body and all of our bodies have lying within them.
Understanding this, I decided to go down the road of Calisthenics once more, but with more of an open mind. I developed a dream routine I wanted to achieve for myself, and have since been on that journey to obtaining it. It became a transformative way of thinking when I started getting really deep into practice, and that really carried over to different aspects in my life.
Calisthenics has provided me with patience, body awareness, and tenacity. My goal is to expand your idea on what Calisthenics can be, and help you develop a dream routine of your own.
TAYLOR ESTRELLA
SARAH BROUSSARD
Barre Instructor
My love for yoga began in 2011. My past job required hours of driving and stressful deadlines. My body was in need of restoration and my mind was in need of peace. I gradually started to include more and more mat time into my life and, soon enough, yoga became a necessity for me. After I was bit by the ‘yoga bug,’ I started to expand my horizons with all different types of yoga and movement styles.
I received my teacher training from Om Ananda Yoga Studio here in Fort Collins where I obtained my 500 hour and prenatal teacher trainings. My training only enhanced my background in yogic and other movement methods and techniques. I am forever a student and continue to attend various meditation, restorative yoga, and inversion and arm balance workshops and barre trainings not only to enhance my own practice but also to teach my students the newest methods to help accomplish their physical and mental goals.
My love affair with inversions is never-ending but I have learned more than just the simple ‘headstand’ or ‘handstand.’ Through years of practice I have learned when to listen to my body and when to hold back (even when my ego begs me to keep going). Finding trust in the process of yoga is a crucial component that I try to communicate to all my students.
I cannot stress enough to all aspiring yogis that yoga is not just a physical practice but also a mental one. I value the yoga sutras and you will find that many of my classes are based on these friendly moral principles. I truly believe that yoga is not just for the flexible or fit; yoga is for anyone at any age. My classes are catered to not only seasoned practitioners but also beginners. I will challenge every one of my students because only when we escape our comfort zone is when we learn and grow.
I enjoy practicing as well as teaching Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Hatha, and Kids/Teen, SUP Yoga, Barre, and BUTI, value creating a balance between these styles of movement and the balance it helps to create in my life.
CAROLYN ANSINN
Dance & Pilates Instructor
Carolyn is a company dancer with Canyon Concert Ballet and a certified Mat Pilates instructor. With a BFA in Ballet Performance and a minor in Psychology, she’s passionate about the ways movement can support both physical strength and mental well-being. She has performed internationally and across the U.S. in theaters, schools, and community spaces, and she loves bringing ballet into environments where it feels approachable, non-judgmental, and welcoming to everyone.
AUDREY NIEMCHICK
Dance Instructor
Audrey was born in Taiwan and moved to the states when she was 2. She grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and took ballet classes for many years until she traded in the ballet shoes for tennis shoes and forgot about her love for dancing. It wasn’t until she was an adult and started taking REB3L classes that she remembered just how much she loved to dance! She loved the fun choreography, high energy songs, and sense of community the classes brought. After moving to Fort Collins, she was disappointed to see that there weren’t any REB3L classes offered in town, and inspired by her newfound confidence from taking the classes, decided to become an instructor!
EMILY ALLIGOOD
Belly Dance Instructor
Emily has called Fort Collins "home" since 2007. She was introduced to belly dance through a dance workout DVD she found at her school library during her freshman year of college. She began taking classes at the Senior Center and was drawn in by the earthy isolations, elegant gestures, and rich music of the dance.
After dabbling in different belly dance styles, she joined Satori Dance and Drum in 2014 and began her professional dance career as a restaurant dancer. Three years later, she launched her own company, Switchback Belly Dance, and continues to teach and dance in the community. Emily's goal is to share her passion for dance and encourage a spirit of exploration in all of her students.The only prerequisite for her classes is a willingness to have fun and learn something new!
GNOSIS RENA MERCADO "G"
Kundalini Dance Instructor
Gnosis (Pronounced Know-Sis) aka Lightworker "G" grew up in an alternative way of life, living in big cities of the world, utilizing holistic and meditative practices and the ways of some the last living warriors of peace on earth. The account of her experiences and expertise of health and healing combined with learned earth magic allow for facilitation of ritual movement to be full circle to the place of here + the time of now.
G has over 1000 hours of training in various modalities of movement and movement therapy and loves to focus on helping people release trauma from the body. Fear, pain, and trauma are built up in the subconscious body and fascial system which can be released through specific types of functional movement that can be trained and tailored for ANY BODY. Gnosis is also a Kambo and Plant Medicines Ceremony Facilitator which are used to further assist your healing journey.
DARIAN ZETTERQUIST-MARTINEZ
Dance Instructor
Darian is born and raised in Fort Collins, CO. He holds a BFA in contemporary dance and continues to share and teach his passion to the public. Darian encourages a safe space for movement to be expressed whether that’s through collaboration, or improvisation with music in movement inspired by classical dance technique.
ABBIE GOODMAN
Pilates Instructor
I’m a Colorado native but got to live in Florida for 4 sunshine filled years before moving back to Colorado to raise our family, nearer family-mom of two boys, 8 and 15. I’ve been a successful hair colorist for 21 years, but after one Pilates class I was hooked and signed up for teacher training a week later! Pilates is truly my future and a sharer of it is “what I want to be when I grow up!”
I found true healing in the Pilates system, concepts and principles and KNEW I had no other choice than to help share it with others!
Pilates is its own gift I just want to be the best guide I can possibly be!
I love music, movement, the beach, deep conversations, nature, learning, reading and solving all of life’s greatest mysteries ;)
I split my time between being mom and wife, teaching Pilates, subbing in school with special needs kids, cuddling my cat and dreaming about the beach!
Thankyou for letting me be part of your pilates practice!
