A Wisconsin native, Cindy Stefanek grew up in Middleton on a pre-professional ballet track. After sustaining many injuries, she became incredibly interested in the human body and how she could integrate body, mind, soul, and spirit to heal and strengthen her body. She decided to pursue her love for dance and health at UW-Madison, obtaining a B.S. in Dance and an additional major in Health Promotion and Health Equity. It was at UW-Madison where Cindy first experienced Pilates and fell in love with the deep muscular connections that she discovered. She will complete her certification in Fall 2022 from UW-Madison, where she is studying under Collette Stewart, Kelsey Macomber, and Liz Sexe, and she plans to integrate her dance and Pilates training.
Outside of UW-Madison, Cindy is studying sports nutrition and personal training through AFPA. She has a passion for exploring how the body heals through movement, as well as how movement increases self-confidence, and self-efficacy, and provides joy. She approaches Pilates from an athletic lens to build strength, endurance, stamina, and perseverance in conjunction with postural alignment and functional movement. In teaching, Cindy looks for the interactions between the different parts of the body and how they affect each other. She focuses on building a supportive but productive environment while being adaptable to her client's needs at that moment.
Cindy wants to use her training to help people become healthy, whole, and well-rounded individuals and athletes.
