Month: December 2021

Janelle grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and started her fitness career while studying marketing at Colorado State University. She received her Group Fitness Instructor certification from the American Council on Exercise in 2013, BODYPUMP certification from Les Mills in 2016, Lagree Method certification in 2019, and indoor cycling certification in 2020.

She currently teaches Lagree at Higher Terrain and indoor cycling at Cyclebar. Her favorite moves on the Megaformer are cobra, super lunge and tailbone angel for the full-body shakes. When she’s not teaching fitness classes, Janelle leads marketing for The Little Nell hotel.

Janelle’s teaching style is informative, motivating and enthusiastic. “Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. That’s when we see change!”

Certifications: Lagree, Pilates, Yoga Therapy

Hometown: Santa Barbara

Certifications: Lagree, Pilates, Versaclimber, SRT, Bloom Method

Favorite Lagree Exercise: Bear

When not teaching you can find me: Snowboarding, Hiking, relaxing with my husband Jeff, and dog Thor.

Karen Morian hails from St. Louis, and has lived in Aspen since November 2012. She moved to the mountains for a quiet, simple lifestyle in a small town that values nature, activity, and community. Karen is a certified Personal Trainer, and loves teaching Lagree at Higher Terrain. She also teaches Pilates and Barre around the community.

If you’re taking Karen’s Lagree class, you can bet you’ll be doing some escalator lunges, and getting a lesson on the importance of shoulder stability in EVERY movement! Karen loves to share information about how your body works, how what you’re doing in studio helps you in “the real world,” and always encourages efficient movement.

Karen will tell you, “if you can focus on the intention of the exercises, and push past those hurdles of discomfort, you’ll unlock power you never knew existed… keep breathing through it!”

Jen Metcalf from Miami is a physical therapist, and Certified Pilates Instructor. After taking a Lagree Method class in Miami, she fell in love with the method that is both challenging, and low impact. She became certified in the Lagree Method in 2019, and opened Higher Terrain, a licensed Lagree Method studio, which offers high quality form focused Lagree and Pilates workouts in downtown Aspen, Colorado.