TERESA COCKE - Pilates Heritage Instructor; M-YI

Teresa Cocke has been interested in body movement and flexibility since she began her love of dance at age six, studying ballet, tap and jazz. Growing up in San Antonio, Texas, she continued dancing until age eighteen. She received her Bachelor of Science from Baylor University, was a personal trainer and certified aerobics instructor (AFAA) through her college years. After graduating from Baylor University she moved to Dallas, married her best friend, Jim, and they both continue to enjoy spending time with their 2 now adult children, Jacob and Cassidy.

Teresa began practicing yoga in 2003 as well as mentoring with Team in Training. She gradually changed her focus from aerobic exercise to strength, flexibility and holistic care for the body and became a certified yoga instructor through Holy Yoga. She has earned both her 200hr R-HYI and her 500hr Masters-HYI certifications from Holy Yoga, an international Christ centered yoga ministry, as well as holds certifications in Pre-Post Natal Yoga, Chair and Senior Yoga, Kids Yoga, Touch Training and is a Dr. Fishman's Certified Instructor in Yoga for Osteopenia and Osteoporosis.  She enjoys practicing and growing with her fellow yogis in the Dallas area.  

In 2015, she began her study of Pilates with Master Teacher and mentor,  Chacha Guerrero, exclusively trained with and in 2017 received her Pilates Instructor Certification from Pilates Heritage.  She previously taught in Arlington Tx at Metroplex Pilates and currently instructs in Dallas at Body and Soul Movement Studio.   

She has hosted free community yoga classes, taught yoga therapy with the Restart Ministries for female inmates and Simply Grace House, a ministry encouraging women residents toward sobriety, helped host Jesus at the Core in Dallas and was guest yoga instructor for Regional Dance America. She considers it a blessing to share her passion for health and wellness through the work of Joseph Pilates and the holistic practice of yoga.

"Body and soul, I am marvelously made!  I worship in adoration- what a creation!"  

Psalm 139: 14