At Studio Helix you will discover new and exciting ways to approach health and fitness with the best-qualified instructors in the valley. Our instructors have trained extensively in a variety of body-centered disciplines. Their creative approach to teaching is informed by their involvement in the performing and martial arts.

Co-founders
staff_image Bill Arcand  is a certified trainer, functional fitness instructor and exercise counselor with expertise in somatics and martial arts. He has a diverse background in fitness, movement and education. Bill utilizes his knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics and neurophysiology to deliver movement specific training. He helps his clients learn how to integrate strength, power, flexibility, endurance, speed, balance and coordination to optimize mobility and reduce potential injuries and pain.

Bill is a Fellow Graduate from the prestigious Gray Institute of Functional Training. He is certified as a Clinical Somatic Educator (Somatics Systems Institute); an Exercise Coach (CHEK Institute); a Certified Personal Trainer/Fitness Counselor (Holyoke Community College); an Exercise Specialist (Arthritis Foundation), and a Boxing Coach (USA Boxing Association). His long history of studying Chinese movement arts such as Tai Chi and related martial arts greatly influences his holistic approach to fitness. Bill holds a degree in Philosophy and a Secondary Teaching Certification and has over 30 years experience teaching and offering professional development services.
staff_image Kate Faulkner  is a licensed physical therapist. Kate combines manual therapies and therapeutic exercises to support her patients’ rehabilitative process. She draws from her foundation in movement arts and medical sciences to inform her physical therapy practice.

Kate holds a masters degree in physical therapy from American International College and studied biomechanics in the graduate Exercise Science Department at the University of Massachusetts. She has trained in functional fitness, myofascial release, joint mobilization, craniosacral therapy and pnf among other techniques. Kate began teaching Pilates in 1987 and is a second generation certified Pilates instructor. She has studied with Mary Bowen, Eve Gentry & Marika Molnar among others, and has led several Pilates teacher training programs. Kate holds a BA in dance from Rutgers University and has performed and choreographed throughout the Northeast. She is a certified massage therapist.
Physical Therapists
staff_image Adam Brady  is a licensed physical therapist. Adam received his doctorate in Physical Therapy from Northeastern University. He is also an avid martial artist and dancer, and uses his knowledge in these movement fields to inform his physical therapy work. He is passionate about helping people become healthy and lively and finding enjoyment in movement. In addition to physical therapy, Adam has worked as a personal trainer specializing in injury management and sports fitness programs.
Kate Faulkner  is a licensed physical therapist and the co-founder of Studio Helix. See above for her full bio.
Fitness and Movement specialists
Bill Arcand  is a certified trainer, functional fitness instructor and exercise counselor with expertise in somatics and martial arts and the co-founder for Studio Helix. See above for his full bio.
staff_image Lizzy Tyler  is a certified Gyrotonic, Pilates, and Yoga instructor. Lizzy blends her background in dance, yoga, Pilates, Body-Mind Centering™ and Gyrotonic to deliver unique and dynamic one on one training to her clients. She continues to be a professional dancer as a member of Wire Monkey Dance Company and performs as a solo artist.
Spa staff
Diana Cerutti  is a licensed independent esthetician, reiki practitioner. Diana received her esthetics education in the Pioneer Valley and at the Dermal Institutes in Boston and New York City. With prior training in psychotherapy and reiki, Diana’s first priority is to provide a safe and comfortable space in which her clients feel respected and appreciated. Her services include facials, scalp & foot massage, and face/body waxing. Visit www.MoreThanSkinDeepAtStudioHelix.com for details.
staff_image Jennifer Daly Meltzer  is a licensed massage therapist, a certified pregnancy massage therapist, and an Infant massage instructor. Among other training, she studied extensively with many masters in the field of massage at The Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. Reiki, reflexology, deep tissue, cranio-sacral, swedish and Thai massage are just some of the techniques she brings to her practice. She also has training in oncology massage and working with patients suffering from a variety of diseases, children with special needs and seniors. She holds a BFA in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, worked as a choreographer and teacher of contemporary dance, and currently works for Baystate Health Systems at The D'Amour Center for Cancer Care.
Group class instructors
Krisen Day  Founded The Fix: Physical Restoration, Inc. in 2006 intending to remind every-body that by restoring our physical health we can renew our lives. Her work is an outgrowth of training in dance, Pilates, movement rehabilitation, movement analysis, ergonomics, neuromuscular repatterning, somatics, healthy living, and over 20 years of teaching.
Michele Feldheim  Pilates/breath/stretch instructor. Michele is certified as a massage therapist, body-mind centering™ practitioner and teacher, Pilates matwork instructor, yoga instructor, and trained in Life Energy Fundamentals with Jeff Krock and Polarity Therapy 1st level. She is also a professional pianist and music teacher.
Bob Hannum  Pilates classic instructor. Bob is a certified advanced teacher of Pilates, which he has taught for over 30 years. His teacher, Mary Bowen, is a "Pilates Elder", one of only a few current teachers directly taught by Joseph Pilates.
Kristin Horrigan  Dance Generators dance company director and dance professor at Marlboro College.
Fritha Pengelly  has practiced Pilates and Yoga for fifteen years and was in the Doug Elkins Dance Company from 1994-2001. She is enrolled at the Feldenkrais Institute of New York and is authorized to teach Awareness Through Movement classes by the Feldenkrais Guild of North America. She aims to help others seek ease in movement, efficient alignment and greater understanding of the body. Fritha is an adjunct faculty in dance at the Five Colleges and Springfield College.
Jennifer Polins  Gyrotonic, Pilates, and dance instructor. Jennifer co-directs Wire Monkey Dance, teaches and performs internationally and teaches at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts High School.
Jeff Rosen  Tai Chi and Push Hands instructor. Jeff has studied Tai Chi for almost 30 years and trained with Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming at the YMAA in Boston. He now directs YMAA Western Mass. Jeff is also the Director of Finance for the Solidago Foundation and holds an adjunct faculty position in the Green MBA program at Antioch College.
Saliq Frances Savage  Body-Mind Centering® Teacher and Practitioner, Registered Movement Therapist, Certified Gyrotonic Level I Trainer, and a teacher of Contact Improvisation. He is the Artistic Director of Wire Monkey Dance Company where he dances and choreographs.
Jericha Senyak  believes in bellydance as an intersection of fun, fitness, body-positive community, intergenerational celebration, cultural history, and healing exploration. An experienced and mindful teacher, she strives to bring her students into more joyous relationships with their bodies, focusing on finding deep, thoughtful, and articulate levels of expressive movement in each student regardless of age, ability or experience. More information.
Joe Steitz  Capoeira instructor. Known as instructor Marola, he has been practicing Capoeira for over 15 years. He directed the Omulu group in Madison, WI for 10 years and now directs the newest extension of Omulu Guanabara in Northampton.
Daniel Trenner  Tango instructor in collaboration with Lauren Nunez and Anna Fleischer. Daniel studied with, interviewed, filmed and organized for many of the Milongueros, the older generation dancers. He toured for over 20 years as a tango teacher around and now teaches at Smith College, Amherst College, Mt Holyoke College, and the Performing Arts High School (PVPA).
Amanda Weisenthal  Fitness class instructor. She has been a personal trainer for over 13 years. Her specialty is the client, she has helped clients lose weight, accomplish their dream of running a marathon, and helped elder clients become strong and healthy. She's also worked as a fitness director and marketing manager for gyms.
Lauren Wolk  has been moving her body in gravity since birth! She is avid runner, hiker and yoga practioner. She is authorized to teach Awareness Through Movement classes by the Feldenkrais Guild of North America, and is a candidate for Functional Integration certification in 2013. She hopes to introduce others to the Feldenkrais method so that they too may enjoy reduced stress, ease of movement, and increased functionality. Lauren is also a home-school tutor and full-time mom.
Jackie Ling Wong  Tango instructor. Her great passion is dancing tango and introducing others to the joy and depth of tango. Biannual travel to Buenos Aires for immersion study and practice keep Jackie abreast of the ever evolving "tango nuevo" while at the same time strengthening her appreciation and grasp of traditional tango techniques and style. She also developed tangopulse.net to foster a strong and growing community of social tango dancers.