About Rhythm’s Creator

Your Ritual is My Passion

Rhythm Ritual Pilates studio is curated and created by a real person who cares about WHO you are, WHERE you’ve been, WHAT you’ve experienced, and who you are BECOMING each and every day.

Corinne Olson is a comprehensively certified Stott Pilates instructor and clinical Frederick Stretch Therapist with over a decade of kinesiology education and experience. Her earliest memories have her magnetically drawn to art, dance, theater & circus, literature, and anatomy. Originally a small town girl from Julian, California, she was lucky enough to spend five years living between Japan, Germany and Iceland. When life allowed it, she enthusiastically studied ballet and opera for 19 years, trained and toured with the Icelandic circus Sirkus Íslands, and performed in musical theater productions in Japan, Germany, England and Iceland. She credits her time living and working on an isolated farm in Iceland as a life changing healing journey that dramatically altered her life path. Her ballet ambitions were halted by a traumatic dance injury that left her permanently physically inhibited; yet led her to discover her profession as a Stott Pilates Rehab Therapist, clinical FST Therapist, and Dance Movement Therapist specializing in neurological disorders, PTSD, and rehabilitation/injury recovery. She is elated to offer a safe space to allow all bodies pain-free, body affirming movement that honors any anatomical limitations and wellness goals. Corinne is especially joyful to finally build a studio space which reflects her unique vision: an environment that reimagines the shape (and shapeless) form of organic movement, and offers a flourishing space for bodies and beings at their most authentic core.

Corinne has lived in North Park for 12 years and truly loves the vibrant, artistic voice within this neighborhood. She is honored to add her own to the chorus of this community!

EDUCATION

  • HILL DANCE ASSOCIATION (2007-2009) Dance Education and Body Awareness in Classical Forms

  • PALOMAR COLLEGE (2012) Philosophical Theater Arts, Improvisational Theater, Dance Therapy

  • SCHOOL OF HEALING ARTS (2013) Herbology, Pharmacognosy, Anatomical/Physiological Studies

  • SIRKUS ISLANDS (2013-2014) Icelandic Circus - Aerial Silk Dance, Contortion, Stagehand

  • FASCIAL FITNESS (2016) Fascial Health and Rehydration in Movement

  • MARSHALL EKLUND STOTT PILATES(2016-2018) Stott Pilates Comprehensive Full Apparatus Certification

  • MELT METHOD (2018) Fascia Hydration and Conditioning Training with Jerome Acosta

  • STRETCH TO WIN INSTITUTE (2021) Clinical FST bodywork training with creators and mentors Chris & Ann Frederick

  • NEURO STUDIO (2021) Pilates for Neurological Disorders, specializing in MS, ALS, Parkinsons, Stroke

  • THE PILATES DANCER (2021) Dance Movement Analyst and rehab specialist certification with Leah Bueno

  • ZENGA Stott Mindful Movement (2021-2023) Movement focusing on fascia & breath

  • PILATES SUSPENSION METHOD (2019) TRX & Pilates fusion

  • ANATOMY TRAINS (2023) Structural Integration and fascia dissection mentoring with Tom Meyers & Kurt Kikuchi

  • WITH;OUT DANCE PROJECT (2023-current) Movement Therapy/therapeutic movement for mental & physical disorders

My Promise : To provide the North Park community with a warm, compassionate, inspiring self care environment which honors each individual’s needs; a movement practice rooted in scientifically advanced kinesiology, extensive clinical training and experience that will provide utmost therapeutic/elite care. To uplift and encourage people in creating healthy relationships with their bodies, minds and movement. To compassionately guide clients through their unique healing process, and towards their personal goals. To interpret the current and ever-developing needs of each individual, dedicated to each persons’ journey with sincere care. To promote and share health and wellness, and to communicate these values with body-affirming language that honors each persons’ experiences and expressions. To train movement practices from a place of self kindness rather than self punishment, and shaping all sessions around a trauma-informed teaching lens. To approach client relationships with a genuine focus on listening and holding space; teaching is equal parts listening and continuing to learn. To be self aware and mindful in my energy when I offer therapeutic touch to FST clients. To arrive with positivity, patience, and a consistently adaptable attitude. To create a safe and supportive environment for clients and fellow team members. To be open and communicative, always willing to learn and expand.  To be reliable, loyal, and devoted to the success and goals of the studio and all attending clients.