Bio for Wendi August:

Wendi August, P.T.A, STOTT Certified Pilates Instructor.
Wendi is a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant who recently relocated to Nevada County from Santa Cruz where she worked at a Sports Medicine and Outpatient Orthopedic Center. While there, she was instrumental in establishing community based mat Pilates classes for post-rehab patients, staff, and the general public.

Wendi has been teaching a variety of fitness classes for over 15 years including step aerobics, water aerobics, and balance/proprioception classes for seniors. She was certified through Stott Pilates as a mat instructor in 2004 and was Stott trained in the reformer in 2006.
Wendi received her B.A. degree in Exercise Physiology in 1995 and worked seasonally for the U.S. Forest Service as a wild land firefighter during the summers. As a firefighter, she traveled over most of the western U.S. and developed a love of the outdoors and an appreciation for hard physical work. She went on to explore several other jobs, which included working at a cross-country and mountain bike resort, a natural foods store, and worked as a community outreach coordinator for the Dept. of Health and Human Services before returning to school to become a Physical Therapist Assistant in 2000.

In addition to teaching group classes and private sessions at the Pilates Place, Wendi also works at Seivert Physical Therapy with post-operative orthopedic patients, as well as postural dysfunctions, and balance/proprioception disorders. She is also taking a year-long manual therapy training program taught by John Seivert, P.T.
Wendi enjoys anything outdoors including biking, running and swimming. She completed her first half-ironman in 2006 and is currently training for the Death Ride, a 129 mile road ride through the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountain range.