Sharin Wolfe, Owner & Instructor
Sharin Wolfe MS, RD/LD is the owner of Coredination Pilates. Movement has always been a part of her life. She started dancing at the age of five and continued through high school by performing regularly with the Louisville Ballet. A scholarship to the University of Oklahoma brought her to Norman. It was through the dance department at OU that Sharin started taking and teaching Pilates. “I took a class on a friend’s recommendation, and I enrolled in Pilates class every semester after that.”She graduated with a B.A. in Psychology and continued her education at the Health Sciences Center where she earned a Masters of Science in Nutrition and became a Registered Dietitian. Sharin received her Pilates training through the PhysicalMind Institute® during her senior year of college and taught Pilates during graduate school. “My original plan was to pursue a doctorate in counseling and to work with dancers with eating disorders. However, I was having so much fun teaching Pilates that I couldn’t see myself doing anything else with my life.”
In 2005 she earned her certification with the Pilates Method Alliance—the first in the state of Oklahoma to do so. After a few years of teaching full time, Sharin recognized that Pilates was being distorted by traditional exercise. The “no pain no gain” philosophy had made its way into the Pilates world, and she could see how that weakened the effectiveness of the work. Since 2006 Sharin has been working to redefine fitness and health. Toward this goal, she completed an intensive mentoring program called Passing the TorchTM with Madeline Black and, in 2013, was certified in the GYROTONIC® method of exercise.
“It is amazing to me that you can have this type of relationship with your body; it’s like magic! Of course I know it’s not. It does feel like magic because it is simple and you can experience change in a matter of moments. This is dramatic compared to fact that normally we pay great amounts of money and endure pain and surgery in order to attempt these results. #Thisshitworks!”
Peenut, the little nugget, shares the role of studio therapy dog with his brother Spaz. He may be a little vocal when he first meets someone, but he calms down as he becomes more familiar. He spends most of the day burrowed, sleeping in his bed or, sometimes in the laundry bag! Unless there is a sunbeam to lie in, he prefers to be where Sharin is working with a class or a private client.
He has a reputation of being a "lumpa-lumpa," but he is a ferocious hunter at home in the backyard. While he is just a beginner in tea-cup agility, he has great enthusiasm for the sport. His favorite objects are the A-frame and the teeter-totter. The exact things we thought he'd be afraid of. Peenut is a great teacher in not judging a book by its cover. He is sweet, snuggly, soulful, and overall a great companion for a class at Coredination Pilates.
Spaz
His Royal Highness, Spaz, enjoys overseeing the Coredination Kingdom. Lucky subjects entering the kingdom are greeted with a feathering tail wag. Very often, however, upon recognizing his subject, he directly turns to prance back to his bed; ahem, throne. He can be won over as long as treat is produced, giving his subject the great privilege of petting him. Spaz spends his day at the studio sleeping on his throne. He calls court to session by presenting his chest and inviting chosen courtiers to rub his belly. He is rarely refused. His throne, technically, occupies a reformer in the corner of the room, there can be a great fanfare as a porter (usually Sharin, sometimes a client) determines where the throne may be temporarily re-located that will meet his highness’ standards. As being seen sporting is a requirement of royal society, Spaz also participates in beginner tea-cup agility. It is a beautiful sight to watch his nimble jumping and how he traverses the “dog-walk” with this aristocratic Papillon prance. His interpretation of the tunnel consists of running the full length of the tunnel across the top, of course. It is the only way one can be seen. Oh, we tease beautiful Spaz because he is sweet, tender, sensitive, and spontaneous. He wants to go anywhere and everywhere. He would travel the world if he could and would be up for any adventure. Don't let his name fool you, Spaz is calm, and offers great wisdom: 1) Follow your heart: ask for what you want or just go get it. 2) Bravery is sometimes just "doing it" and believing in yourself enough that you can figure it out as you go along. That he relays these important messages while lying ”belly up’ on the studio’s equipment is a beautiful mystery to us all.
