Deborah Matthews, NCPT, Heritage Graduate (she/her)
Owner
Biography:
Master Teacher, Deborah Matthews, founded InsideOut Body Therapies in 2003 and is a highly sought-after Third Generation Pilates Teacher.
Training
She initially trained at The Pilates Center of Boulder (TPC); TPC Owners Amy Alpers and Rachel Segel studied with Pilates Elder Romana Kryzanowska, a long-time student of Joseph Pilates. Deborah completed her initial Pilates training in 1999 and the TPC Master’s Program in 2008. She also completed The Heritage Training® with Cara Reeser, a Kathleen Stanford Grant lineage holder. Deborah’s teaching is strongly informed by her work with Hubert Godard, Dean of Dance and Movement Analysis at the University of Paris, and Rolf Movement® Instructor at The Rolf® Institute of Structural Integration.
Before moving to Durham, Deborah lived in Colorado. She studied and worked at The Pilates Center, Boulder (TPC), and managed and taught GYROTONIC® at White Cloud Boulder. She was also the Senior Teacher for Cara Reeser at Pilates Aligned in Denver before moving to Durham, NC.
Deborah currently serves on the Faculty of The Pilates Center. She is the Co-Director of the InsideOut Body Therapies Pilates Teacher Training and is a Nationally Certified Pilates Instructor.
Approach
Deborah offers a classical, yet highly innovative approach to Pilates. She integrates a deep understanding of damaged bodies in need of rehabilitation and everyday bodies in need of strength and flexibility. Deborah’s teaching is influenced by her ongoing study of therapeutic Pilates, Rolf Movement® Integration, yoga, and the fine arts. It is also deeply influenced by her own rehabilitation from many challenging physical issues, including two kidney transplants. Deborah currently volunteers with other transplant recipients and donors to help regain mobility and strength and adapt to the many challenges of being immunosuppressed. If you have had a transplant and would like to reach out, please email Deborah – de*****@********************es.com.
Present Day
Deborah continues to study the body in healing with © Movement Science Made Simple, Suzanne Martin of Pilates Therapeutics, the London College of Osteopathy and Health Sciences, along with endlessly discussing anatomy and fascia with her husband, Toby Matthews (Advanced Rolfer®) 🙂 When not working, Deborah and her family are foodscaping, gardening, cooking, drawing, and spoiling three very needy cats – Marcel, Hazel, and Olive.