Katharine Larson
IM=X® Master Trainer/Studio Owner
Katharine is an IM=X® Pilates Master Trainer for the IM=X® NYC studio with her Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Super Advanced Xercizer and Floor certifications. She is also certified in the IM=X® Barre program, IM=X® Tower/Tower Barre programs, the IM=X® Platform program and the IM=X® Yoga program. She began her IM=X® journey as a trainer for the NYC studio in 2019 to supplement her professional dance career. Katharine was thrilled to take over as the studio owner for IM=X® Pilates NYC in 2024 and also continues to work as a Master Trainer for The Xercize Corp. In addition, Katharine is a 500-hr RYT through Modo Yoga International. As a professional dancer living in NYC, Katharine loves to explore new and challenging ways the body can move. She has been performing dance, teaching dance, and instructing fitness since 2012 after graduating with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Chemistry from the University of Arizona. She teaches a wide range of styles of yoga and fitness at various studios throughout the city including IM=X® Pilates NYC and Fyra Yoga NYC. She also volunteers for the Veterans Yoga Project, teaching yoga to those who suffer from PTSD.
Maya Encila
IM=X® Certified Trainer
Maya is a certified IM=X® Trainer with her Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Xercizer and floor certifications. She spent her formative teenage years in the Philippines where she continued her dance education under Lisa Macuja (Ballet Manila) and joined several traveling theatre companies. After graduating from Circle in the Square Theatre School in Musical Theatre, Maya taught dance virtually to youth in the Philippines at the height of the pandemic. Her dance background continues to inform her work with IM=X® Pilates NYC. As an interdisciplinary artist, she strives to create an accessible and welcoming environment to help clients reach their goals. Maya currently teaches theatre to young children in Brooklyn.
Megan Loomis
IM=X® Certified Trainer
Megan is a certified IM=X® Certified Trainer in NYC with her Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Xercizer certifications as well as her IM=X® Platorm and floorwork certifications. A devoted yogi since 2006, she is also part of the Energy Exchange Program at Modo Yoga NYC, where she recently completed the first 200 hours of her DYP training. Megan is a professional singer, actor, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist who has toured nationally and internationally with 5 Broadway Tours. The demands of constant travel and performing drew Megan to Pilates and yoga to help her maintain overall balance and strength, no matter where she was in the world. Megan is particularly interested in being part of a community that pursues a deepened understanding of the body, so that we can achieve our greatest creative expression. She has a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Eastman School of Music, and MFA from Goddard College in Playwriting.
Veronica Sandoval
IM=X® Certified Trainer
Veronica is an IM=X® Certified Trainer in NYC with her Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Xercizer and floor certifications. She grew up abroad and trained as a competitive horse show-jumper competing in Spanish Regional Championships before settling in Atlanta, GA. While attending New York University Stern School of Business she explored her passion for fitness, working at Equinox part time and earning her ACE Group Fitness certification. Veronica began implementing Pilates, Barre and Yoga to strengthen and improve her mobility for strength training performance leading her to IM=X®. After graduating with a BS in Business, she currently works as a Data Analyst supporting CPG clients in NYC. When she isn't teaching, Veronica enjoys hiking, watching Formula 1, and painting.
Eunice Ann
IM=X® Certified Trainer
Eunice is a certified IM=X® Trainer with her Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Xercizer certifications and also her IM=X® Platform and floor certifications. She is a native New Yorker and a graduate of New York University with a major in Leadership and Management and concentration in Organizational Management and Development. As a Luxury Jewelry and Beauty executive with over 20 years of coaching and training for excellence, Eunice’s focus has been on creating strategic methodologies, client relationship management, Luxury client experience, and VIP client development. Eunice was introduced to IM=X® Pilates as a client of IM=X® Pilates NYC and was inspired by her own experience to become certified to help others along their IM=X® Pilates Journey.
Aurora Vaughan
IM=X® Certified Trainer
Aurora is a certified IM=X® Trainer with her Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Xercizer Machine and Floor certifications, and is certified in IM=X® Tower/Tower Barre. She holds a BFA degree in Dance and a minor degree in Biology/Psychology/Business from University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Aurora began Pilates in college as a form of rehabilitation after experiencing some dance injuries, and continued with IM=X® as a form of cross-training to support her professional dance career and build a community of people dedicated to wellness. She practices Ashtanga yoga weekly, is a baker for a cafe in Boerum Hill, and enjoys embroidery and biking.
Julia Gross
IM=X® Certified Trainer
Julia is a certified IM=X® trainer with her Basic and Intermediate Xercizer and floor certifications. She was born and raised in New York City and is starting graduate school at NYU this upcoming fall for her Masters of Social Work. Her journey started as a client at IM=X® NYC where she quickly fell in love with Pilates, inspiring her to become a trainer. She is passionate about helping others feel their best through movement and creating an empowering space where clients can build strength and confidence. Outside of the studio, Julia enjoys photography and travelling.
Maile Oravitz
IM=X® Certified Trainer
Maile is a certified IM=X® Trainer with her Basic and Intermediate floor and Xercizer certifications. She began studying IM=X® at the age of twelve as a means of cross training to her dance background and is excited to share the benefits of IM=X® Pilates with others. Maile is also a certified instructor in Hands/Feet with the MELT Method, which focuses on fascia rehydration to reduce chronic pain. She is a professional musical theatre performer and recent graduate of The Institute for American Musical Theatre.
Riley Haley
IM=X® Certified Trainer
Riley Haley is a certified IM=X® Trainer with Basic and Intermediate Xercizer and floor certifications, a registered 200-hour Yoga Teacher, and a choreographer and dance artist based in New York City. She has performed and toured internationally across Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, and the United States. Riley earned her BFA in Dance and studied Pre-Health Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her teaching and creative practices center on cultivating deep body awareness and fostering a life that feels both nourishing and sustainable. She looks forward to sharing her passion and experience at IM=X® to help clients feel strong, balanced, and empowered in their wellness journey.
Darrell McLean
IM=X® Certified Trainer
Darrell is a certified IM=X® Trainer with his Basic and Intermediate Xercizer and floor certifications. He began training with IM=X® NYC two and a half years ago as a client and decided to become certified as a trainer. He's had a long career as a fashion stylings and sales specialist in the luxury retail industry for 15+ years in New York and abroad.
Anita Nouryeh
IM=X® Certified Trainer
Anita is a certified IM=X® Trainer with her Basic and Intermediate floor and Xercizer certifications. She is a native New Yorker who grew up dancing ballet and studying Martha Graham technique. It was in her Graham classes that she was first introduced to Pilates and she fell in love with it. Anita is certified in contemporary Mat Pilates through Gramercy Pilates and holds a bachelor’s degree in Speech and Theater from St. Lawrence University. Anita has spent the last 24 years as a professional makeup artist traveling the world doing makeup for private clients, brides, fashion, film and other events. She loves helping people find their inner strength both physically and mentally. To her, nothing is more rewarding than seeing people progress in their wellness journey.