Penny's love of movement disciplines began 30 years ago with her involvement in the study of Iyengar Yoga & dance at Creighton University & the University of Nebraska in Omaha, which began with ballet & later led her to a modern dance career where she met her mentor/teacher that taught all classes without mirrors in order to be in the body & feel the movement from within. With the use of verbal imagery & cues, Penny developed her keen sense of the biomechanics of movement along with a strong intuitive ability to problem solve using the building blocks from the Pilates method. In 1997 she began her practice & study of Pilates at a dance studio in Chicago taking mat classes for dancers. A year later Penny found a fully equipped Pilates studio & concentrated her focus on the study of the work that fit in with the background already set. In 2001 she began her certification process to become a teacher of the Pilates method  through the Core Dynamics program with Michele Larsson, a second generation teacher who apprenticed with first generation teacher Eve Gentry.  In 2003 she took on another comprehensive program to further strengthen her understanding of the anatomy involved when teaching Pilates & movement to clients as well as the classical work established by Joseph Pilates himself. She received her certifications from both schools in 2005 & 2006 after more than 1000 hours of study, practice & apprenticeship between 2 studios. Later in 2007 she created the name "InSideOut Pilates" & opened her own studio in Chicago where she taught for 3 years on her own. In 2010 she moved to Oregon & eventually found her way to Inward Bound Wellness in June of 2011 & continues to teach with passion & the desire to empower the students of Pilates with a greater understanding of their own bodies within the work.