Marisha Doan
Pilates & Gyrotonic Instructor, she/they
Marisha has spent over two decades studying and sharing her passion for movement, wellness and the creative arts. She completed the Comprehensive Innercore Pilates Mat & Equipment training through Innerstellar Pilates & Yoga in Berkeley. Additionally, she holds certifications in yoga from Samadhi Yoga in Seattle, Forrest Yoga through Yoga Tree in San Francisco. She has also studied nutrition at IIN, has created and taught curriculum for a yoga teacher training and has experience as lead trainer in a group coaching container centered on healing chronic pain. And in 2026 Marisha began her Gyrotonic Expansion System training and is seeing Gyro clients in the studio.
Marisha’s style is gentle and restorative, and she’s skilled at helping to uncover and unwind postural imbalances and movement patterns that may be contributing to your pain patterns. She is a pelvic floor expert who loves helping folks who have given birth develop safe, fun, and time-efficient movement practices that keep them strong and healthy as they age.Marisha is especially skilled at working with S.I. joint injury and low back pain; pelvic floor dysfunction and core weakness, Shoulder, arm, and elbow injuries, and Pre- and postnatal Pilates.
In summer of 2022 she returned to her native Seattle and the Pacific Northwest after 15 years in San Francisco, Oakland, and the Bay Area. She lives with her husband, two young kids and rescue pitbull near the lake and enjoys being back home in the rain, trees and moss again.
