Norma Jean Nolan
Norma Jean grew up in Lake Tahoe. She danced and swam competitively throughout her childhood. She started skiing competitively in Junior High and continued through college. Needing a change, she moved to Hawaii where she learned how to windsurf and became a SCUBA diving master. While in Hawaii Norma Jean was in an accident that caused a serious and permanent back injury. At that time she was looking forward to pursuing a career in Dance. Determined, she began physical therapy and moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dream. After two years of hard work her back still hurt and she was on the verge of giving up. Then, one of her dance instructors suggested Pilates. Twenty-five sessions later, the pain went away and she danced professionally for the next six years. Norma Jean swears by Pilates. It has given her a life doctors said she would never have. Norma Jean has been teaching for four years and loves it. She is able to re-create the same miracles on her clients that she experienced herself. Norma Jean pursues and teaches Pilates with passion and feels she was born to do this.

Jesse Sospirato
Jesse earned her Pilates certification through the instructor program at Absolution-a distinguished Pilates studio in West Hollywood, CA. Jesse’s enthusiasm for Pilates is contagious. She inspires all levels from newcomer to experienced students with her fun and challenging style. Her method is focused on the “Classical” technique created by Joseph Pilates. She has been teaching Pilates since 2002. Jesse is an exceptionally motivated teacher who is dedicated to challenging while inspiring her students toward breakthroughs in their level of health and fitness.

Taryn Wayne
With a background as a professional dancer and an education in physical and energy work, Taryn Wayne brings to her clients a unique perspective on the subjects of Pilates and fitness training. Taryn has 600 accredited hours of formal education, resulting in her certification in the cutting-edge Half Moon Pilates method in New York. She has over 15 years of personal Pilates experience and extensive experience teaching Pilates on both the East and West Coasts. Currently Taryn is pioneering new technologies in functional flexibility as well as continuing her studies in the areas of Anatomy and Biomechanics. The desire to further her healing ability has led Taryn to seek the culminant degree- that of Master, practitioner, and teacher- in the Usui Reiki Method of Natural Healing. Taryn began her performance career as a professional ballet dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, WA. After receiving her B.A. in Anthropology from Princeton University, she moved to New York City and began her contemporary/modern dance career with the Extended Dance Company. She is currently dancing with TRIP Dance Theater in Hollywood, and is happy to be on the team of excellent instructors at Bad Cat Pilates!

Susan Paolini
Susan E. Paolini, comes to Bad Cat from Boston, MA where she began her training in Pilates, with mentor Sheila Donovan (The Pilates Studio, Canton, MA), after receiving her B.A. in dance from Dean College. She began integrating Pilates and yoga into her lifestyle as part of her training as a professional dancer/entertainer to maintain and sustain strength, flexibility, and proper body alignment while in or out of classroom, on the road performing, or teaching. Susan began her training as a Stott Instructor at Pilates on 5th, in New York City, NY and continued the extensive training program at The John Gary Pilates Studio in Long Beach, CA. Susan integrates the Stott method, yoga, dance, stretching, and weight training into personalized workouts she designs specifically for each individual client based on body type to create and produce a long, lean, toned, and aligned body.