Tresa Meussling
Owner
Comprehensive Pilates Instructor
Licensed GYROTONIC® Trainer
Balanced Body Educator
Tresa has been teaching Pilates since 2008, when she received her Comprehensive Training through BASI Pilates. She has owned and operated Pure Movement Pilates since 2012. At Pure Movement, Tresa teaches both private and group sessions at their state-of-the-art facility alongside a team of eight talented instructors.
“For me, teaching movement is a fascinating and never-ending journey. Each individual is unique in both their body type and personality, which ultimately determines their own signature pattern of movement. It’s our job as instructors to determine how best to communicate with each student through different apparatus, techniques, and tools to help them succeed. There’s nothing like watching your students achieve their goals and knowing you played a part in helping them get there.”
She is also a certified Gyrotonic™ and Gyrokinesis™ instructor and holds a Bachelor of Arts from The Ohio State University. Tresa attends Pilates on Tour and additional continuing education courses annually to sharpen her skills and stay up to date on evolving fitness trends.
When she’s not teaching or running the studio, Tresa enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, reading, and listening to podcasts.
About Tresa
What do you feel is the most unique quality of Pilates as a mindful movement?
Utilization of mindful movement allows me to be smarter in multiple ways, both on and off of the reformer. By training my muscles with mindful thinking, I automatically have better reflexes, balance, a greater range of motion, and less day-to-day pain. Above all, mindful movement helps me be naturally more functional in my body.
Currently, what is your favorite Pilates exercise, on any apparatus?
Flying Eagle on the Caddy or Breaststroke on the Reformer. I'm all about the extension at 5'10!
What tickles you most about teaching Pilates?
Student "movement" victories that they credit to Pilates. It's a wide range, but for example, hiking when they never thought they could, being able to get up and down off the floor, or recovering from an injury that they thought they would have the rest of their lives. It makes that one hour a week we spend together all worth it.
When she’s not at the studio, Tresa enjoys playing the piano, traveling, listening to books, and discovering hidden gems in the Greater Fort Wayne area with her husband and two kiddos.