ABOUT JAQI

It all started with mom...

Jaqi was born and raised in Hong Kong, the city of lights in the Orient. A quiet and shy girl her mother put her in leotards and leg warmers at the age of 9 for dance aerobics, which sparked her love of fitness ever since. At 9th grade, she petitioned and succeeded in putting step classes on the sports curriculum for her peers as an alternative to team sports requirements or hitting the weight rooms with the dudes and wrestlers in the school gym. While completing her B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania she taught step aerobics classes at the Gymbel gym.

Then she became one herself...

She took up yoga to calm her mind during two back to back pregnancies, but unfortunately injured her neck and shoulders after a year of practice. She not only found Pilates to rehab her injuries, she also regained her midsection tone back quickly with Pilates after exhausting other modailities including yoga, cardio and weight training. Pilates did it and she has been hooked ever since.  

Education and Certifications


  • University of Pennsylvania, B.A. '97. Political Science
  • Certified Usui Reiki Master. NYC. '98
  • PhysicalMind Institute: Mat Pilates 2003
  • Polestar Pilates: Complete Studio Apparatus 2005
  • Peak Pilates Full Studio Certification 2008
  • Power Pilates Comprehensive Apparatus Certification 2010
  • Russian Kettlebell Training, Certified HKC 2012
  • Certified Health Coach, Institute of Integrative Nutrition 2013
  • Certificate of Sound Healing, Master Satya Brat, NYC, 2015
  • VoiceBio Practitioner
  • Bodytalk Systems Advanced Practitioner-In-Training
  • Inherited Family Trauma with Mark Wolynn
  • Level 3 Practitioner- Soul Detective with Dr. Barbara Stone
  • Soul Realignment Level 2 Practitioner
  • Steel Mace Flow Honors Coach
  • Steel Mace Vinyasa Level One
  • Viking Ninja Steel Mace Coach Level One
  • Enlifted Mindset Coach Level 3 
  • Advanced Teacher Mentorship with Philadelphia "Pilates Doyenne" Karen Carlson- ongoing