Elizabeth (Hilary) Snider believes in making meaning through movement and the innate somatic connection between developmental patterns, functional movement, and expression. Hilary’s career is dedicated to serving diverse populations. Through teaching she has experienced how embodied movement inspires healing, connection, and expression. She honors the relationship between student and teacher as a sacred space of growth and mutual learning. Hilary believes the student and teacher traverse a path of transformation in which conscious movement is a catalyst for health and joyful living.
She is grateful to be a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher and utilize daily the comprehensive Pilates training she received through Polestar Pilates International with Dr. Ada Wells, and the specialized trainings in Pilates for the Performing Arts, Pilates for Scoliosis, and Pilates Foot Management with Dr. Suzanne Martin. She is also an Athletics and Fitness Association of America Certified Personal Trainer with a keen interest in nutrition and Ayurveda. As an experienced yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance, she has specialized training in Yoga for Scoliosis with Senior Iyengar Teacher Elise Browning Miller, and Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga with Lily Dwyer Begg. She earned her M.F.A. in Dance / Creative Practice from Saint Mary’s College of California where she taught undergraduate Pilates and Yoga courses as a teaching fellow. She earned her B.A. with honors in Studio Art and Dance Choreography from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. A semester internship with Shen Wei Dance Arts in New York City influenced her desire to become a choreographer and teacher. Her teaching approach is influenced by her research and practice of Body-Mind Centering with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, The Five Element Form of Qigong, Hatha Yoga, Laban Movement Analysis, and Bartenieff Fundamentals.
She is grateful to be a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher and utilize daily the comprehensive Pilates training she received through Polestar Pilates International with Dr. Ada Wells, and the specialized trainings in Pilates for the Performing Arts, Pilates for Scoliosis, and Pilates Foot Management with Dr. Suzanne Martin. She is also an Athletics and Fitness Association of America Certified Personal Trainer with a keen interest in nutrition and Ayurveda. As an experienced yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance, she has specialized training in Yoga for Scoliosis with Senior Iyengar Teacher Elise Browning Miller, and Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga with Lily Dwyer Begg. She earned her M.F.A. in Dance / Creative Practice from Saint Mary’s College of California where she taught undergraduate Pilates and Yoga courses as a teaching fellow. She earned her B.A. with honors in Studio Art and Dance Choreography from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. A semester internship with Shen Wei Dance Arts in New York City influenced her desire to become a choreographer and teacher. Her teaching approach is influenced by her research and practice of Body-Mind Centering with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, The Five Element Form of Qigong, Hatha Yoga, Laban Movement Analysis, and Bartenieff Fundamentals.