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DeeDee Potts, studio owner & leader  
A former radio announcer, stage and film actress, flight attendant and professional artist, DeeDee is the owner, mentor and leader of the studio. After a ski injury resulted in knee surgery, she began to study pilates in 1995.  She became informed of the vitality, energy, body awareness and lean tone that this type of movement rendered and realized how entwined pilates was in maintaining correct posture and health in everyday life.  DeeDee believes that exercise is not something you do for 60 minutes several times per week but rather movement is happening all the time. It is in our everyday activities and recreation. Bad movement patterns lead to pain, poor posture and injury.  Healthy movement patterns must be practiced to counterbalance everyday repetitive stresses.

She is passionate about inspiring joy in movement and places great emphasis on positive mental attitude for attaining anything in life. DeeDee is dually certified in pilates through PhysicalMind Institute and Power Pilates and teaches the classical method but is constantly soaking up new innovation through workshops and her own exploration of movement. In addition to pilates, DeeDee is a certified GYROTONIC® instructor and continues to study all the apparatus in the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM®. Most recently she completed the GYROTONIC® Application for Dancer’s workshop with Adrianna Thompson. She is also the developer of the studio’s PhysicalFusion Barre Sculpt™ workout. She is devoted to learning and growing as a student and teacher in the pilates and GYROTONIC® realm and regularly attends workshops and conferences to learn from inspiring master teachers all over the world.


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Rhode Island’s Award Winning Studio

“As a client of DeeDee’s for over a year and a half, I can attest to her skill, dedication and passion as an instructor. Due to a birth injury my ability to perform some of the exercises was impaired. DeeDee thoughtfully made many adaptations which allowed me to fully participate and get the most out of each session. I now have increased strength and flexibility, better posture and a greatly improved sense of body awareness. “ A. Caldarone