About Susan
Susan Authement Dunnam is the Owner/ Director of Destin Pilates Center (DPC) . Susan opened DPC in the summer of 2009 in a friend's home with only one reformer and one client. Susan quickly expanded as her client base grew and now runs DPC and has over 50 regular or 2nd home clients.
Susan , originally from Louisiana ,moved to Memphis in the 1970's and grew up a part a very active "tennis family" and has always loved physical fitness. She started practicing Yoga in 1984 and fell in love with Pilates in 1995 after injuring her back in a snowboarding accident while living in Aspen, Colorado. Susan is continually updating and advancing her education through Pilates workshops and conferences and is looking to bring the newest cutting edge fitness to the area. She will be completeing the teacher training program for Aerial Yoga this fall with Aircat Aerial Yoga in Boulder, Colorado. She is an active member of The Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) and is very committed to the power of Pilates and its connection to our minds ,our bodies and our spirits. Susan is fully committed to spreading the message of "The Pilates Method" as a lifestyle.
Always a dedicated professional , Susan is passionate about inspiring and motivating people to achieve and exceed their fitness goals. Though her unique style of teaching and dynamic positive energy, Susan delivers a workout that produces dramatic results and major transformation in her clients bodies.
Susan currently holds Pilates certifications with The PhysicalMind Institute, Power Pilates and Ellie Herman Studios, a 700 hour comprehensive. Ellie Herman has studios in both New York and California and wrote Pilates For Dummies. Ellie also went on to create the Springboard which is marketed by Balanced Body. She also completed an intensive teacher training with Aircat Aerial Yoga at the Boulder Circus Arts Institute this fall and is now teaching the exciting new Aerial Yoga and Aerial Pilates.
Please contact me at 850-460-2828
