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the founder
Sonja Brigham Fallon
Sonja has studied pilates since 2002 and has taught dance and movement for over a decade.
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She is a comprehensively certified pilates teacher with over 650 hours of pilates-specific training.
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Sonja specializes in therapeutic, one-on-one pilates customized to the individual.
Therapeutic, one-on-one pilates customized to the individual.
Leave your sessions feeling empowered, centered, and rejuvenated.
Sonja has studied pilates since 2002 and has taught dance and movement for over a decade.
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She is a comprehensively certified pilates teacher with over 650 hours of pilates-specific training.
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Sonja maintains certifications to work with back injuries, scoliosis, chronic pain issues, injury rehabilitation, pre and postnatal populations including diastasis repair, and those with osteoporosis/osteopenia. She has additional studies in gait training and myofascial imbalance assessment and correction. Her continuing education includes courses such as The Female Pelvis and the Cycles of Life, Anatomy Trains in Structure and Function, Fascia as an Emotional and Sensory Organ, and Anatomy Trains for Movement Professionals through Tom Myers' KMI institute. Her background includes a BFA in Dance (Technique and Performance) and a BA in Dance Kinesiology through the University of Massachusetts Amherst Commonwealth Honors College. She continued her conservatory dance training in the professional division of the Ailey School and completed her first pilates certification through Erika Bloom Pilates Plus in Manhattan. Sonja has been honored to train with Tom Myers, Dr. Robert Schleip, Erika Bloom, Doris Pasteur Hall, Leslie Powell, Kuan Hui Chew, Rebekeh Rotstein, Thomas Vacanti, Paul Dennis, and Peter Brandenhoff. She has traveled internationally to work with high-profile clients and to lead workshops and certifications.
Sonja experienced a number of injuries due to the rigors and demands of conservatory dance training. This included a low back injury in 2014 that changed her relationship with movement and her body. During this time it was her pilates training that helped her better understand her injury and learn to move again without pain. Her experience with injury and movement rehabilitation is ultimately why she opened The Pilates Lab. She is passionate about helping individuals discover the potential for healing and empowerment through their own highly personalized pilates practice. Her specialization in therapeutic, one-on-one pilates will leave you feeling empowered, centered, and rejuvenated.
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It is an absolute dream for Sonja to bring her modern, welcoming studio to the Boston wellness community.
She is honored to share her method with The Pilates Lab clientele.
master instructor
Eliza Nimon
Eliza is a dynamic, world-class Pilates instructor with 17+ years of diverse training in a variety of modalities. Her teaching style is multi-dimensional and creative, drawing upon years of classical & modern Pilates, varied breathwork practices, traditional yoga, biomechanics (Anatomy Trains, Gait Happens and others), C2 Barre and years of basketball and sports competition. She customizes every session to her client's unique needs, creating challenging, exciting workouts for both mind and body. Her blend of intelligent, precise cueing, supportive guidance and quick sense of humor make her sessions as interesting as they are challenging. With an eye for detail and a warm, inclusive presence, Eliza guides her clients toward better, more balanced health with the steadfast belief that Pilates is for everyone and beneficial to all who are willing to take the first step toward learning more.
Our team of highly-skilled instructors brings decades of experience and countless certifications to The Pilates Lab's discerning clientele.
master instructor
Erin Shimberg
Erin hails from Atlanta, where from a very young age knew she was meant to be a mover. She discovered a love of dance and did intensive training from age 3 well into her adulthood. Throughout her career, she experienced chronic back pain but simply assumed that was normal for a 16 year old dancer. It wasn’t until she received private Pilates that she learned chronic pain isn’t something a person has to live with. In New York City, she completed the Erika Bloom Pilates certification, one of the country’s most comprehensive trainings.
Erin is fully certified in mat, and apparatus training, as well as pre/post natal Pilates, injury recovery, and protocols for special populations. Erin has a special interest in the fitness element of Pilates, and combining therapeutics with each session. She believes that through mindful movement, a person is able to heal from injury, chronic pain, or anything life throws at you. At the same time, finding the positive change in your body, allowing you to live your healthiest, happiest self.
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studio instructor
Katherine Kauffman
Katharine is a comprehensively trained Balanced Body Pilates instructor with certifications across all apparatus and a focus on women’s health, particularly cycle awareness, fertility, and pre- and postnatal movement. She is passionate about integrating movement with holistic wellness, equipping her to support clients in cultivating strength, balance, and resilience both on and off the mat.
Her teaching style emphasizes precision, care, and individualization: she tailors each session to the client’s body, goals, and life stage. Katharine’s mission is to guide clients in building strength, confidence, and body awareness — especially during transitions like postpartum and hormonal shifts.
She is excited to be joining The Pilates Lab team and to contribute to its mission of empowering movement through highly personalized practices.