Austin Girl Pilates Owner, Susan Caldwell, teaches private Pilates sessions - Reformer and Mat - and practices from her Pilates studio near Mt. Bonnell in Austin, Texas.

Susan’s career life began as a Producer for Austin City Limits, the nationally acclaimed PBS music series, from 1981 - 2002. In 2002, she moved to Washington D.C. and studied under the direction of the nationally renowned Master Trainer for the Physical Mind Institute, Mike Wright.

While working on her certification, Susan apprenticed with Wright and found Pilates to be the most amazing training she had ever imagined. Whether clients were injured, or just out of shape, Pilates changed their lives. The change in their physical confidence was awe inspiring.

Clients lost inches, brought precision and control to their movement, strengthened their body posture and reported an overall improvement in lower back pain.   Most importantly, Pilates proved to be a gateway for clients to exercise with strength and balance.  Pilates supports an athletic lifestyle.

In 2004, Susan was certified in The Method Pilates by the Physical Mind Institute. She is eternally grateful to her master instructor, Mike Wright, who not only taught perfect form, but also, methods to correct imbalances in postural alignment and proper emphasis on the importance of breath in the daily practice.

Susan believes that the key elements of Pilates can be brought into daily activities to straighten posture, exercise with grace of movement and eliminate pain. She calls it conscious movement. 

In January 2005, Susan branched out to her own Pilates studio, offering private Pilates sessions and naming it appropriately, Austin Girl Pilates.  Susan has been well received in Austin’s artistic, eclectic community and her practice is thriving.

Photo by:  Scott Newton