OUR STYLE
Care·To Pilates is designed to help clients feel better by finding a balance of strength and flexibility in their body. We value control and proper alignment to keep the body healthy and pain free. Re-education is an important part of our mission. Our team is here to help you gain knowledge that you can apply to other workouts and everyday life. Through the connection of breath, proper alignment and control our clients can achieve the balance of strength and flexibility.
OUR TEAM
Kerttu Veske, Owner/Founder, Instructor
Haline Victorio, Instructor
Hannah Croft, Instructor
Julie and Justin Fuller, Creative Team
OWNER`S STORY
Kerttu was born in a small town of Estonia and moved to New York in 2011. She grew up surrounded by the arts and also worked as a contortionist. Years of high intensity exercise, dancing and working as a contortionist put a toll on her body at some point. Kerttu had a very serious back injury that suddenly limited her ability to move. Having gone from an active lifestyle to almost zero movement really forced Kerttu to start listening to herself and her body. Through rehabilitation she was introduced to Pilates. It changed her life! Kerttu started to learn about a healthy and conscious way of moving that helped her to rebuild a deeper connection between the mind and body.
Shortly thereafter practicing pilates, she was able to move better with little or no discomfort. Even though Kerttu was suffering under terrible pains every day for over a year, she is thankful to have found such a passion in her life.
After living and working in New York for 8 years, traveling for guest teaching and leading workshops, Kerttu decided to bring her practice to Boulder, Colorado. After few years of living in Boulder, she saw the opportunity to create something new and incredible. With the tremendous support of her clients, she put together an amazing team and the rest is history…
STORY BEHIND THE NAME Care·To Pilates
Kerttu had always had trouble explaining her exotic name in the American culture. The easiest way to teach people to say her name was to say “do you care to grab coffee”, “Do you care to go for a hike?”, “Do you care to do pilates?” etc. After having established that connection, she thought it was a fun take on the caring side of the word while also keeping a deep connection with Kerttu’s roots from Estonia.
Haline
Haline has background in ballet and modern dance from her childhood in Brazil. She found pilates to be the perfect daily activity for her dynamic daily activity and requirements. She started her pilates journey in Portugal over 13 years ago.
Hannah
Hannah was born and raised in Arizona and has been dancing from a young age. Her love for dance and movement led her to study at Grand Canyon University where she earned a bachelor’s in dance education and encountered Pilates for the first time. She instantly fell in love with the Pilates method and knew it would be the perfect way to not only enhance her dance training, but also enhance the lives of so many. After college, Hannah completed a comprehensive Pilates certification and has greatly enjoyed seeing the positive effects that Pilates has had on those she has been blessed to share it with.
Abby
Abby Price, Connecticut native, is a Pilates Instructor, Yoga Instructor and Pilates Teacher Trainer. Abby’s experience as a Ballet and Modern dancer led her to Pilates which significantly helped relieve her chronic lower back pain. She received multiple Pilates certifications and attended many trainings through her years living in New York City, including Prenatal and Postpartum Pilates, Somatics, special injuries, Anatomy and Biomechanics. Abby’s teaching style is fun, compassionate and informative, leaving you feeling strong, joyful and empowered.
Sterling
Sterling Manka is from Fishers, Indiana. In 2019 he graduated from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with a Bachelor of Science in ballet, and in 2021 he completed his comprehensive Pilates Certification
through the PhysicalMind Institute and Sarah Woolgar Movement. Sterling has danced professionally for Cincinnati
Ballet, Eugene Ballet, and Boulder Ballet.
