508.696.6452
455 STATE ROAD | VINEYARD HAVEN
FREE COMMUNITY CLASS
YOGA WITH ZERO BALANCING TOUCH
Mondays at 5:30pm, beginning June 2nd
OUR MISSION
To empower individuals and their relationships to health & well-being.
OUR SERVICES
PILATES | PERSONAL TRAINING | EMBODIED FITNESS | GROUP TRX TRAINING
FIVE-ELEMENT ACUPUNCTURE | ZERO BALANCING | BIODYNAMIC CRANIO-SACRAL THERAPY
SOFT TISSUE SUPPORT | GYROTONIC® | INTUITIVE EXPRESSIVE ARTS COACHING
PILATES
Pilates is a full-spectrum method of excercise that teaches you what integration feels like in your body. Whether you want to get in shape, or are looking to find a powerful way to manage pain and joint problems, Pilates may be your next best paradigm for true fitness. The use of specialized equipment helps tone muscles, as well as balance muscular forces at the joint level and stimulate circulation by facilitating muscular flexibility, join range of motion, and proper alignment. All of these attributes combine to prevent injury and to reduce, or eliminate, chronic pain.
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PERSONAL TRAINING
55-MINUTE SESSION $140 | Year-round discount $110
With a focus on enhancing strength, flexibility, and vitality; training may incorporate weights, foam roller work, resistance bands, Pilates equipment, yoga postures, and Zero Balancing.
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EMBODIED FITNESS
55-MINUTE SESSION $140 | Year-round discount $110
Embodied Fitness is an approach that integrates the beneficial aspects of exercising with the wisdom and compassion of embodiment practices. Movements and exercises that build strength and promote balance and flexibility are engaged in with intention, awareness, and an experiential playfulness. Mechanical exercising is therefore transformed into a multidimensional practice of self care.
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GROUP TRX BAND TRAINING
55-MINUTE SESSION (with 2 to 4 clients) $80 | Year-round discount $70
Bodyweight training towards functional movement brings self-awareness along with strength, flexibility, and vitality in the physical body. Physical training is care for the whole being. Using TRX suspended Bands, each person will customize their own intensity level.
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FIVE-ELEMENT ACUPUNCTURE
55-MINUTE SESSION $200 | Year-round discount $150
Five-Element Acupuncture is an integrated system of acupuncture that works to first remove blocks to treatment through various acupuncture protocols. Once clear, treatment begins, and nature guides the practitioner through his or her senses to maximize your energy and overall health. The practitioner supports nature and the body in doing what it does best: to heal.
ZERO BALANCING
55-MINUTE SESSION $200 | Year-round discount $150
Zero Balancing focuses primarily on key joints of your skeleton that conduct and balance forces of gravity, posture, and movement. By addressing the deepest and densest tissues of the body, along with the softer tissue and energy fields, Zero Balancing helps to clear blocks in the body’s energy flow, amplify vitality, and contribute to better postural alignment.
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BIODYNAMIC CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY
55-MINUTE SESSION $200 | Year-round discount $150
With a light touch and extended hand placements, BCST is a practice of deep recognition which serves to facilitate ease and flow bringing deep relaxation, rest, and potent vibrancy to both physical and energetic body systems. This form of Craniosacral Therapy is wonderful for anxiety, stress, trauma, and physical and emotional ailments and discomforts of all sorts. Subtle, yet profound, BCST has a cumulative effect, and sessions will build on each other. ​
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SOFT TISSUE SUPPORT
55-MINUTE SESSION $200 | Year-round discount $150
Therapeutic bodywork session for muscular, myofascial, soft tissue care incorporating yoga practices, acupressure points therapy, and myofascial therapeutic tools.
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GYROTONIC® & GYROKINESIS®
55-MINUTE SESSION $200 | Year-round discount $150
GYROTONIC® & GYROKINESIS® exercise sequences are composed of spiraling and circular movements that flow together seamlessly in rhythmic repetition with corresponding breath. Each movement flows into the next, allowing the joints to move through a natural range of motion without jarring, or compression. These carefully-crafted, and healing, sequences create balance, efficiency, strength, and flexibility.
GYROTONIC® is a registered trademark of Gyrotonic Sales Corp and is used with their permission.
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INTUITIVE EXPRESSIVE ARTS COACHING WITH JENNIFER KNIGHT
55-MINUTE SESSION (remote or in-person) $200 | Year-round discount $150
Individualized coaching packages designed upon request.
Enables you to know and embody your own power, voice, and wisdom. Individual program focus and scope are supported by those modalities that best suit your personal needs, goals, and desires. Jennifer facilitates transformation with creativity, clarity & compassion. Her background in teaching, health coaching, pre/postnatal Pilates, expressive arts, and Motherhood enables her to incorporate a wide variety of tools to invigorate and reconnect body, mind & spirit. Using singing mantra meditations, guided visualization, intuitive painting, free-writing, conscious breathing and creative movement; she supports humans in life transitions as they move through the crossroads and evolve into the next expression of themselves. For more information: www.mamasignite.com
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All of our services can be performed in the privacy of your home for a surcharge equivalent to an extra session.
OUR TEAM
Our highly-trained and compassionate team is here to help you connect with your vitality,
flexibility, and strength to enjoy pain-free movement.
Stefan M. Knight
FOUNDER
Stefan began his wellness practice as a personal trainer with a special interest in rehabilitative exercise. He went on to train and receive a Masters Pilates Certification and the prestigious designation of Certified Advanced Rolfer from the Rolf Institute. Stefan incorporated a plethora of other teachings in his collaborative work with clients, creating a practice that was uniquely his own. Motivated by his autoimmune diagnosis, Stefan trained in Functional Medicine. He eagerly shared the insight and knowledge he gained with many grateful clients. A lifelong learner, Stefan continued to expand his horizons and hone his practice until the very end of his life, working towards his advanced certification in Somatic Experiencing just months prior to his death. Stefan passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on October 21, 2024. Although Stefan is no longer with us physically, we feel his presence daily in our work at the studio.
Jennifer Knight
OWNER
PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTOR
Jennifer discovered Pilates in 2004 when seeking long-term relief from a chronic back injury. She quickly became enamored with the Pilates method (and Vineyard Pilates & Bodywork founder Stefan Knight). Having trained in Boulder at The Pilates Center and at Vineyard Pilates & Bodywork, Jennifer taught her first clients the summer of 2007. She and Stefan were married that fall. Jennifer continued her training in 2014, earning a certificate in pre/postnatal Pilates. She is an Institute for Integrative Nutrition Holistic Health Coach, an expressive arts life coach, and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor with a specialization in Expressive Arts Therapy. She honors the legacy of her late husband, Stefan Knight, by continuing to support the Vineyard Pilates & Bodywork community.
Lucia Hayman
PILATES
Lucia is a life-long athlete—swimming, riding, tennis—and a former personal trainer. She discovered the work of Joseph Pilates and fell fast in love with the strength, focus and attention to breathe that was required. She completed her training her on Martha's Vineyard and at the Pilates Centers in Boulder and San Francisco. In addition, Lucia is a certified yoga teacher, private chef, and health coach.
Karine J.
PERSONAL TRAINING & YOGA
ZERO BALANCING
SOFT TISSUE SUPPORT
Karine’s wellness background embraces diversity. She is a French native, a personal trainer, yoga teacher, dance teacher, and Zero Balancing practitioner and teacher who cultivates an art of moving the structural and energetic body with strength and flexibility. Karine was certified by NASM as a CPT-PT in February 2011. She is a yoga teacher E-RYT500 and is registered with YACEP. She was certified as a Zero Balancer in 2020 and became a faculty teacher in March 2022. Karine studied with Dr. Don Theo Paredes, Peruvian anthropologist, archaeologist, and Shaman in managing energy, wisdom, balance and connecting with the spiritual realm to support vitality today. Karine offers group personal training classes using TRX bands, yoga practice sessions with Zero Balancing hands-on therapy, private strength and flexibility sessions, therapeutic bodywork sessions for muscular, myofascial soft tissue care, and Zero Balancing Core I Training.
Christina Montoya
EMBODIED FITNESS
Christina brings a unique background of dance, movement, and the healing arts to her Embodied Fitness work. In addition to her BA in modern dance, she grew up immersed in the healing arts. Polarity therapy, acupuncture, authentic movement, bio-energetics, cranial sacral therapy, 5 rhythms movement meditation, yoga and Pilates have all been significant influences on developing her movement and fitness practice. Christina loves to engage and move the body, encouraging strength, flexibility and energy flow, while maintaining a strong awareness of breath, sensation and feeling. Stefan Knight, amazing and beloved founder of Vineyard Pilates, named Christina’s multifaceted approach Embodied Fitness.
Sarah Omer
BIODYNAMIC
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY
Sarah grew up on Martha’s Vineyard and has spent most of her adult life here. She began her journey into physical and energetic healing modalities well over a decade ago with yoga and reiki and began her study of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) in 2018, graduating from The Colorado School of Energy Medicine in Boulder, CO in 2022.
Having been a client for many years prior, she is passionate about sharing this subtle yet powerful work and its orientation to, and support of, the body’s innate intelligence and inherent treatment plan.
Daryl Owens
GYROTONICS® & PILATES
Daryl has been a core member our of team for nine years. She completed her Pilates training with Stefan Knight and The Pilates Center in Boulder. She fell in love with GYROTONICS® while on her honeymoon on Maui, and returned home to pursue GYROTONICS® and GYROKINESIS® certifications under master trainers Billy Macagnone and Lisa Marie Goodwin-Rice. Prior to moving to the Vineyard, Daryl trained as dancer at the North Carolina School for the Arts, and danced | choreographed in NYC.
Ruthie Pfeiffer
PILATES
Ruthie's core belief is that the one constant in our lives is our body and it must be honored. Ruthie has taught Pilates since 2007. After completing the Advanced Teacher Training Program at The Pilates Center in Boulder, Colorado, she went on to complete the Master’s Program there and has continued to attend and teach a variety of training workshops throughout the years. Her focus is on understanding the fundamentals of the exercises. Ruthie is committed to creating fun and challenging Pilates classes, helping her students find strength, mobility, and showing them how to honor their bodies so they can feel recharged and ready to move forward.
Dani Whiting
PILATES
As soon as Dani discovered Pilates, she knew it would become both her lifelong practice and her career. What began as curiosity quickly grew into a deep passion—an ongoing exploration of precision, control, and the powerful connection between mind and body.
But movement is just one part of the picture. As a certified health coach and Ayurvedic nutrition and digestion coach, Dani believes true wellness comes from addressing the whole person—body, mind, and spirit. Her approach blends the principles of classical Pilates with individualized guidance on nutrition, digestion, and sustainable lifestyle practices, helping you feel strong, balanced, and energized from the inside out.
As a transplant to the Island, Dani now calls home, she’s continually finding true kindness and community every day—something she strives to foster in her studio space as well. Whether you’re stepping onto the mat, refining your movement, or seeking support for your overall health, Dani is here to guide you every step of the way.
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Ty Romijn, L.Ac.
FIVE-ELEMENT ACUPUNCTURE
ZERO BALANCING
Ty mastered his studies of Classical Five-Element Acupunture at the Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture, where he is now a flex-time instructor. His extensive background in Asian Bodywork Therapies (Qi Kung Massage, Zen Shiatzu Acupressure, and Jin Shin Do) led him to pursue certification in Zero Balancing. He practices both Acupunture and Zero Balancing here in the center, separately, but with equal finesse and success!
JENNIFER KNIGHT
Jennifer believes in the transformative power of mind, body, and spirit. She delights in facilitating her clients’ connection to the strength, flexibility, and joy that integrative movement and creative expression can bring to their lives.ou experience what it feels like to feel good, moment-to-moment, sustained, in community.
Jennifer Knight
OWNER & PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTOR
Prenatal & Postpartum Pilates Specialist | Holistic Health Coach
Expressive Arts Coach | Intuitive Coach & Transformational Facilitator
Lesley University Graduate Student Licensed Mental Health Counseling: Specialization in Expressive Arts Therapy
PILATES PRACTICE
Recovering from a back injury in 2004, Jennifer asked her physical therapist if there was anything she could do proactively to prevent a relapse. When the PT suggested that Jennifer try Pilates, Jennifer immediately called the Vineyard Pilates Center with the thought of engaging the experts there for one session and then transitioning to a more affordable group class elsewhere. Ten private sessions later, she was hooked and wasn’t going anywhere else. She became a daily fixture at the studio, taking weekly private sessions, duets, and multiple mat classes each week. Pilates was the first form of exercise that Jennifer practiced simply because it felt good in her body. The Pilates method engaged her curiosity and facilitated a positive conscious experience of her physical body. This love of Pilates inspired her eventual teacher training and career path.
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Jennifer brings calm, welcoming energy to her clients’ Pilates experience, placing deep focus on the connection between breath and movement. Her sessions are tailored to suit her clients’ needs and address the body, mind, and spirit as they present themselves in the moment. Sometimes that means offering gentle stretching, supporting recovery from an injury, preparing for the birthing process, or coaching an intense workout. Clients leave their sessions feeling better than when they walked into the room: more connected to their physical bodies, awake, alive, and at ease.
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PRE-NATAL & POSTPARTUM PILATES SPECIALIST
The Center for Women’s Fitness by Carolyne Anthony
A happy, healthy mother of two boys, Jennifer specializes in helping mothers nourish themselves so they are able to raise happy, healthy families. Her individualized work with pre-natal and postpartum clients supports their nutritional, physical, spiritual, and emotional needs.
Jennifer loves to empower women using the Pilates Method. While pregnant with her 2nd son in 2014, she traveled to California to study prenatal and postpartum Pilates. The concepts and exercises that Jennifer learned were immediately applicable in her own body. She practiced them to support her own healthy pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum experience.
Private and semi-private sessions are tailored to the body’s changing needs. Whether strengthening the core in the first trimester, working toward opening and delivery in the third trimester, or recovering post-delivery, sessions with Jennifer meet each client where she is.
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EXPRESSIVE ARTS COACH, INTUITIVE COACH & TRANSFORMATIONAL FACILITATOR
Jennifer creates, nourishes, and shares safe, sacred space. From a place of deeply grounded presence, she inspires women to reconnect with their inner wise selves. Jennifer birthed her intuitive coaching business, Mamas Ignite, with the vision of creating a heart-centered world by supporting mothers. She facilitates transformation with creativity, clarity & compassion. Her background in teaching, health coaching, pre/postnatal Pilates, expressive arts, and Motherhood enables her to incorporate a wide variety of tools to invigorate and reconnect body, mind & spirit. Using singing mantra meditations, guided visualization, intuitive painting, conscious breathing and creative movement; she supports women in life transitions as they move through the crossroads and evolve into the next expression of themselves.
CONTACT US
508.696.6452
455 State Road | Vineyard Haven
We are located on State Road in the Woodland Garden Center, adjacent to the UPS store. Contact us to learn more, or schedule an appointment. We look forward to hearing from you!
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PILATES
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with Jennifer Knight, Principal Instructor
PRIVATE $150 (10 for $1400) | Year-round discounted price $120 (10 for $1100)
DUETS $85 per person (10 for $800) | Year-round discounted price $75 per person (10 for $700)
TRIOS $75 per person (10 for $700) | Year-round discounted price $65 per person (10 for $600)
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with Staff Instructor
PRIVATE $140 (10 for $1300) | Year-round discounted price $110 (10 for $1000)
DUETS $80 per person (10 for $750) | Year-round discounted price $70 per person (10 for $650)
TRIOS $70 per person (10 for $650) | Year-round discounted price $60 per person (10 for $550)
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TO SCHEDULE A PRIVATE/DUET/TRIO, EMAIL US!
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GROUP EQUIPMENT CLASS with Staff Instructor
$50 per person (5 for $225)
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GROUP CLASS SCHEDULE & SIGN-UP
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=702&stype=-7&sView=week&sLoc=0
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We are committed to compassionately sharing the full spectrum of what the Pilates method of exercise has to offer you, from fitness-oriented goals to post- rehabilitation strength. Whether you want to get in shape, or are looking to find a powerful way to manage pain and joint problems, we believe Pilates may be your next best paradigm for true fitness.Our highly-trained staff excels in teaching you what integration feels like in your body. Additionally, we teach you how to activate and sequence both your muscles and the exercises for maximum health. Our specialized equipment helps to tone muscles as well as balance muscular forces at the joint level and stimulate circulation by facilitating muscular flexibility, joint range of motion, and proper alignment. In addition, it promotes new neuromuscular patterns, body awareness, and coordination. All these attributes combine to prevent injury and to reduce, or eliminate, chronic pain.
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