Our staff at FBH Wellness brings a wide variety of experience and areas of expertise to our center. From Pilates instructors to a sports nutritionist, we're able to improve every aspect of your body's well-being.
Donna Fisher
Owner / Yoga Instructor / Level V Romana’s Pilates Instructor
Owner / Yoga Instructor / Level V Certified Romana’s Pilates Instructor Donna Fisher, the owner of FBH Wellness, has been teaching and training in the health and fitness field since 1990.
Donna motivates and inspires her family, friends, and clients to be consistent in pursuing wellness. She taught around the world for ten years until she started a family, which is now her highest priority.
In addition, Donna worked in Occupational Therapy, specializing in pediatrics for five years before committing herself full time to fitness!
She has a BS in Exercise Physiology from the University of Florida and is certified in several different certifications including Romana’s Pilates, ACE, AFAA, and biomechanics from the Cooper Center, where she was the Private Pilates Director for ten years.
A lifelong athlete she is inspired to continue growing in her experiences, in her professional career, and in her personal ambitions.
Patrick Fisher
Personal Trainer
Patrick Fisher has been in the fitness industry for 20 years, with the last 16 years at the Cooper Aerobics Center. Patrick has a B.S. in Exercise Sports Science from the University of Florida, in addition to numerous certifications. Some of his areas of specialty include sports-specific training, post-op rehabilitation (knee and hip), weight loss, and TRX suspension training.
Patrick works with a wide range of clients, of both age and fitness levels. He believes that consistency is the key to reaching someone's goals and he utilizes different training protocols. Patrick also believes in taking people out of their comfort zone, while always stressing the importance of technique and form.
A father of two teenagers and husband of the owner of FBH wellness, Patrick loves the outdoors, motorcycles, and college football.
Teresa Hendrickson
Pilates Instructor
Teresa was born and raised in Alaska and has been an athlete all her life. She has a love for movement and balance and enjoys challenging herself physically and mentally by competing in triathlons, various team sports, and even riding the velodrome.
A knee injury brought her to Pilates where she found a new passion and in 2003 she began an apprenticeship in Seattle. She was comprehensively trained in Stott Pilates, later she was certified with Michael Miller Pilates and Pilates Unlimited.
Teaching began a lifelong love of learning the classical Pilates method with world-renowned instructors. Currently, she's participating in the Romana Pilates certification program to further her training and education in the method.
Teresa's love of movement has led her to certifications in pre/postnatal fitness, indoor cycling, TRX suspension training, and steel mace.
Since 2004 Teresa has taught all over the metroplex, including Cooper fitness center, Equinox, Texas Instruments, Dallas Ballet Center, and has been a guest instructor in Costa Rica.
Pilates has helped Teresa recover from injuries and illnesses including a total knee replacement and most recently triple-negative breast cancer.
Teresa believes Pilates can benefit everyone regardless of age or ability, from professional athletes to those wanting to maximize their health and wellbeing.
Dr. Troy Kinney
Chiropractor
Dr. Troy Kinney is a 2004 graduate of Parker College of Chiropractic in Dallas. Before attending, he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Wright State University in Dayton, OH. He is certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners as well as the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
Additionally, Dr. Kinney has a background in Fitness and Sports Training and Nutrition, which he incorporates into his chiropractic practice. His list of patients includes golfers, soccer players, football players, motocross races, runners, cyclists, triathletes, gymnasts, lacrosse players, baseball players, and more. Dr. Kinney also treats dancers of all ages in the performing arts. His focus is on your overall health and well-being.
"I not only want to get you out of pain but to add LIFE to your years."
Troy has two locations to serve you!
Gabrielle Savarese
Pilates Instructor
I am a classically trained Pilates Instructor, teaching over 12,000 hours of private, duet, group equipment, and mat classes during my 15 years of experience. I’ve taught in Chicago, the D.C area, and now here in Dallas. I was a Pilates enthusiast for 5 years in my hometown of Sydney, Australia. When I relocated to Chicago, I was inspired to complete the “Articulate Eye” 650+ hours, Classical Teacher Training Program.
In 2016, I graduated from a 3-year Master’s Program at the prestigious Pilates Centre in Boulder Colorado. The Centre is run by the world-renowned Taylor Sisters. Amy and Rachel Taylor in unison with Romana; Joseph Pilates’ protégé, founded their training program in 1991. The Master’s Program is an individually tailored program, 116 hours of instruction, and an Internship for experienced Pilates Instructors. It’s designed to challenge those with a desire to delve profoundly deeper into the nuances of the method, advance their knowledge, and further evolve their teaching, to benefit everybody.
I am also Pink Ribbon Program Certified, which enables me to guide Breast Cancer patients through post-surgery rehabilitative exercises.
In addition to my formal certifications, I stay current and refine my teaching through continuing education. I have attended numerous workshops with distinguished and Master instructors and have been privileged to learn directly from first-generation teachers, Kathy Grant, Ron Fletcher, Lolita San Miguel, Mary Bowen, all of whom were taught by Joe Pilates himself.
I find teaching Pilates an extremely rewarding experience, guiding clients to become more body aware, as they begin to move not from habit, but with mindfulness. I am thrilled to help clients discover a truer strength and freedom of movement within their own bodies as they journey toward their limitless vitality and optimum health. I encourage everyone to come as you are but to leave at your best!
Troy has two locations to not serve you!Pilates... Live, Move, Perform at your best!
Robyn Straza
Esthetician
An esthetician who is driven by each and every one of her client's specific skin needs, always with the goal of achieving skin that is poreless, without clogs, and deeply hydrated. Skin as smooth as glass.
She developed a cleansing system that helps her clients achieve those skin goals. They are free of harmful chemicals. Robyn’s philosophy is “Cleansing is the key to beautiful skin”
With 22 years of experience, she delivers practical advice in the commercialized and ever-changing world of skincare and skincare treatments.
Allie Stilwell
Pilates Instructor, Personal Trainer
MAT Specialist
Allie Stilwell has been in the health and fitness field for over 20 years. After graduating from the George Washington University with a B.S. in Exercise Science and Public Health, she continued at George Washington and earned a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology. Allie spent the early part of her career working as a personal trainer, Fitness Director and eventually General Manger at several large fitness facilities.
Allie found her way to Pilates and completed her comprehensive training with Balanced Body and Karen Sanzo. Allie has been teaching since 2013, a constant student of the method and gravitating towards a more classical teaching style, she integrates much of her bio-mechanic/physiology background into her teaching style.
A self-proclaimed “anatomy nerd”, Allie found herself back in class again to complete her Muscle Activation Technique Specialist Training in 2018. Allie’s teaching style is unique as her varied experiences thread their way through her Pilates instruction. A constant student of the human body and its biomechanics; her expertise, unique eye, attention to detail has been honed over decades of learning.
Allie Stilwell's practice of MAT® is unique in what other factors she uses to understand the client, what outside factors (biomechanics, nutrition, hydration, movement patterns, underlying health factors) are impacting her client's ability to move well and without pain.
Dorothy Thomas
Pilates Instructor
Dorothy Stewart has been a recognized Pilates teacher in the DFW community for over 20 year She was privileged to study with the First Generation of Pilates teachers in Dallas and had the unique experience of working with Romana Kryzanowska (Joseph Pilates’ Protégée) in 1996 and was among only three instructors to be personally passed for certification at a practical exam which Miss Kryzanowska conducted in Dallas at that time. Her history as an Instructor began at a young age when she started teaching Dance in 1972. She continued on with her formal Dance Career and Education as a Theater Arts Major at San Jose State University until at age 19, she was diagnosed with scoliosis, when she decided to give up dancing rather than undergo major spinal surgery and instead pursued a career in the fitness industry.
In 1992, she relocated to Dallas, where she began training in the Pilates Method. She has studied with Master Pilates Teacher Nationwide, including Romana Kryzanowska, Kathy Grant, Sari Pace and Ron Fletcher, and conducted advanced teacher training workshops for local and national studios and the Cooper Institute for Aerobic Research. She is Certified through the Pilates Institute (1995), the American Council on Exercise (ACE 1991), and is a Traditional Thai Yoga Bodywork Practitioner (2007).
She launched the Pilates Mat program for the Cooper Fitness Center in the 1990’s, growing the program from one class to eight-weekly classes within a few months. The program continued to flourish and she was the lead instructor for several years until she moved on to create Personal Pilates Plus.
Dorothy also has a Yoga practice, loving the personal benefits of Yoga as well as its complementary role with Pilates. She has taken Teacher Training Courses with Shiva Rea, John Friend (Anusara Yoga) and YogaFit Levels 1 and 2. She later added the practice of Thai Yoga Body Work to her repertoire.
The successful practice of Pilates will enable you to experience the Joy of Movement in whatever form that takes for you! Dorothy’s Clients enjoy her ability to tailor the Pilates Work to specific goals, needs, injuries, fitness levels and individual style, making the Pilates Work enjoyable, accessible, effective and fun!
Viviana Lubertino
Pilates Instructor
Viviana is a graduate professional ballet dancer from the renowned Superior Institute of Art of the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. She has been a principal ballerina with the Ballet del Teatro Municipal of Santiago Chile, and a member of corps of ballet in Buenos Aires and Dallas, dancing many leading rolls.
To expand her horizons and pursue new methods to balancing and share her passion for conditioning and enhancing the body Viviana has studied and achieved certification implementing into her instruction repertoire, philosophies such as Pilates, Biomechanics, Yoga, And Personal Training!
Bringing you the best of both world Viviana is bilingual in Spanish and can converse in Italian! She enjoys seeing clients feel and move better with each session.
Charlie McGilvary
Pilates & Yoga Instructor
Charlie discovered yoga in 2002 while studying at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She spent 14 years building her practice and studying the healing powers of yoga. In 2016, Charlie received her RYT200 hour yoga teacher certification and began sharing her love of yoga by helping others find their balance, strength and flexibility both on and off the mat. Her studies in yoga also lead her to the study of Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga. In December of 2022, she will receive her Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor certification. Charlie teaches both vinyasa style classes, as well as, restorative and Ayurvedic yoga therapy sessions.
Charlie came to Pilates in January 2022 in support of her mother, who was battling stage four cancer. Charlie's mother used Pilates to strengthen and prepare her body for surgery related to her cancer battle with great success. After seeing the strength Pilates gave her mother, she knew she needed to learn more.
Amy Berry
MELT Method Teacher
Amy is the best friend or big sister you need in your life. As a Wife, Mom to 3 boys, and dance fitness instructor she used to wonder if there was more to life than just sleepwalking through one day and into the next; so busy she didn't even notice where she was going. After enduring multiple traumas, Amy began searching for something more. She found a passion for teaching dance, coaching and empowering women, and created the Worthy Heart blog, believing that everyone is worthy of love.
Amy continued searching and learning and developed a four-step process to live The GOOD Life; focusing on God, Ourselves, Others, and Divine Happenings; which became the recently released The GOOD Life Journal. She firmly believes that by incorporating these four steps in our daily lives, everyone can have The GOOD Life and walk out their unique purpose boldly and confidently.
As Amy continued on with her passion for making a difference in others lives she stumbled upon Sue Hitzmann’s “MELT METHOD” which is a practice focused on Fascia Relief. The MELT Method empowers individuals to use foam rollers, hand and foot therapy balls, and other self-care methods to identify and relieve chronic pain. With this new unique self care treatment.
Amy can show you how to:
Ben Moore
Massage Therapist
Ben received his schooling from Healing Hands Massage Institute. He strives to incorporate both relaxation and clinical techniques (trigger point, myofascial release, PNF) into each session.
With over 10+ years of experience in customer service, Ben has gained insight on how to accurately accommodate clients. Giving people healthy/healing touch is what successful treatments are all about.
Jean Allen
Practitioner of Ozone Therapy
Jean is a practitioner of Ozone Therapy since 2015. She received formal training at Mariposa Medispa in Sayulita Mexico.
She has worked with Mexican and German physicians who have been practicing ozone therapy since the 1970's.
Live Blood Anaylsis trained from Somerset, UK. She has seen incredible benefit of this therapy in the lives of all her clients.
Hannah Gomez
Pilates Instructor
Hannah is a Pilates instructor and personal trainer with certifications through Power Pilates and NASM. She has six years of experience leading individual sessions and group fitness classes. Her passion is promoting health and wellness in a motivating atmosphere for clients to achieve their fitness goals.
In her free time she enjoys long walks, volunteering and book club.
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Autumn Burt
Pilates Instructor
Autumn is the founder of Timeless Pilates, a unique traveling health and wellness brand specializing in hosting Pilates events and private classes along side private sessions at FBH Wellness. An extensive year - long comprehensive certification in classical Pilates led Autumn to dedicate her time to preserving the traditional method of the practice, ensuring that each sessions not only enhances physical strength and flexibility but also embodies the core principles of Contrology. Her commitment to the classical approach makes her a sought after instructor for those looking to experience the timeless benefits of Pilates.
Annette Lentz
Yoga Instructor
In her pursuit of personal growth and better health, Annette discovered yoga over 25 years ago and found a path to self-discovery, renewed focus and calm, physical strength and suppleness. The practice helped transform her body and mind. In addition, the spiritual teachings of yoga philosophy continue to bring her new insight from the study of these principals.
Experienced in leading adults and seniors, Annette’s teacher training courses include Alpha Omega Yoga and the Dallas Yoga Center, as well as special instruction from The Duke Integrative Medicine Center. Annette practices and leads others focusing on breath, mindfulness of movement and pose integrity that best suit each individual. Her mission is to encourage and inspire others as they discover their own Yoga Magic!
Terry Reynolds
Pilates Instructor
In 2000, while recovering from Bell’s palsy, Terry discovered Pilates. On the recommendation of one of his instructors and having realized the benefits of
Pilates in his life, he began the journey to becoming an instructor. He has certification from Pilates Unlimited in Pilates Mat and Apparatus and is a Romana’s Pilates level 5 instructor. He has also done workshops and advanced study with numerous first and second generation students of Joe Pilates.
Terry worked for many years as a professional musician. He retired in 2019 after 30 years as member of the Dallas Opera orchestra and as an adjunct professor of chamber music and horn at the University of North Texas.
Terry also does maintenance and repair at several Pilates studios.
Shirley Rose
Pilates Instructor
Shirley is dedicated 3rd generation classical Pilates instructor and brings 20 years of Pilates knowledge and expertise to the team. She believes passionately that proliferating classical Pilates ensures its ongoing integrity for generations to come in a time when not all Pilates is created equal. Shirley boasts 3 comprehensive classical certifications and is thrilled to bring her experience to the members and private clients of FBH Wellness.