Studio 400 Instructors

Mandee holds a full certification in StottⓇ Pilates and has been teaching since 2011. She holds further certificates and has taken courses in Injuries & Special Populations, Zenga & Fascial Movement Foundations, Core Align, EDS/Hypermobility, specializes in Prenatal/Postpartum and Pelvic Floor, and is a Neuro Studio Level 2 Teacher, specializing in Pilates for neurological conditions. She has taken master courses with training in the cervical spine & whiplash, hip & knee replacements,hypermobility, lymph and the fluid body, and many, many more areas of specialty. She helps students with a myriad of conditions such as SI pain, traumatic brain injuries, pelvic floor dysfunction, EDS/Hypermobility, fibromyalgia, back pain, hip pain, chronic pain, endometriosis, brain fog & brain disorganization, post surgery rehab, and many, many more.

Through Pilates Movement Therapy, she strives to create body awareness for her clients and empower them to make lasting changes through homework and personalized reset routines. Her goal is to help people live differently in their bodies to create a pain free life of movement.

In 2015, she left her corporate job as an apparel developer at Nike to pursue wellness full time. She traveled to India in early 2016 to study alignment-based yoga and completed her 200-hour yoga certificate through the Yoga Alliance. She has since returned to India several times, both to pursue Yoga trainings in Ayurveda & Lunar Cycles and for retreat. She has taken an additional Iyengar Yoga teacher training with Julie Lawrence.

Mandee has found deep joy in making her passion her lifestyle, and being able to share it with others brings her deep contentment, otherwise known as Santosha in sanskrit, the ancient language of yoga. You can read more about her story of moon-lighting as an Instructor and making the switch to full-time teaching here.

Katie has been working as a Lead Exercise Specialist with Beaverton Physical Therapy since 2021 and with Santosha Pilates Movement Therapy®️ since 2025. She enjoys working with a dynamic PT team whose passion aligns with hers, to help clients regain full body movement with optimal ease following injury or surgery. Katie has completed several STOTTⓇ Pilates courses with Pacific Northwest Pilates and is currently completing her testing to become a certified STOTT Pilates Instructor. 

Katie is passionate and eager to get people moving. She is excited to help educate people on how to improve their body’s function and develop healthy patterns of moving and living throughout their life stages. Katie firmly believes that being able to freely engage in ones’ interests and activities is a necessity for all.

Early in her life, Katie fell in love with movement and dance. Following that passion, she attended and graduated with honors from University of California, Davis with a BA in Dramatic Arts with emphasis in Dance, where she received the Jere Curry Award for Excellence in Choreography. For 10 years, Katie danced with the Linda Bair Dance Company in Davis California before moving to the Pacific Northwest. 

Brooke Armstrong earned her BFA in Dance and Choreography from VCU then moved to Orlando to dance for several companies including her own. Dancing at that level inevitably led to injuries and set her on her path to Movement Therapy via Yoga. She started yoga for cross training and fell in love with the deep connection, love and appreciation she was making with her body after years of trying to fit it into a box and sweat it into submission. So she, having been described as somebody who "eats information for breakfast, lunch, and dinner," didn't stop there and started seeking more knowledge beginning with a Yin and Restorative Yoga certification. A few years later she completed a 16 month apprenticeship in the EKS Method earning a 1,200hr yoga and pain management certification. Most recently, she has been studying NeuroKinetic Therapy, NKT, protocols and is currently Level 1 certified. Brooke owns Orlando Private Yoga and I also met her through The Friday Society. Brooke's Yoga style seems the closest I have found to my Pilates informed Yoga style, and she even also uses the term Movement Therapy to describe her Yoga sessions! She excels in several areas that I do not, so please take advantage of her knowledge!

Jean taught at Studio 400 Santosha Pilates until this past April when she lived out her dream and moved to France with her dog! She continues to teach occasionally via Zoom, stepping in for Mandee when she's out of town or doing fun workshop like Rehydrating Your Fascia with the Melt Method.

One of the original founders of Pacific Northwest Pilates, Jean now teaches clients at the Multnomah Athletic Club, Studio 400 and Studio Blue. Jean also teaches for STOTT PILATES as a floating Instructor Trainer around the world. Jean received an M.S. in Dance and Kinesiology from Indiana University in 1990, and went on to pursue a PhD in Dance Education from New York University. Jean became certified in the MELT Method in 2011, and has been offering workshops and classes using the patented MELT balls and rollers ever since.

She has been a STOTT PILATES certified instructor since 1998, and an Instructor Trainer since 2000. Jean has taught in physical therapy clinics, health clubs and private studios throughout Portland and has taught overseas for STOTT PILATES in South Korea, Cyprus, Ireland, Iceland, Taiwan, Japan, India, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and China.