BS, Exercise Science, University of Oregon, 1994
MS, Sports Medicine, University of Oregon, 1996
Faculty, Balanced Body University
Master Trainer, CoreAlign
Board of Directors, Pilates Method Alliance
Fitness Advisory Board, Lane Community College
Pilates Method Alliance® Certified Pilates Instructor
Polestar Education, Rehabilitation Certificate
Polestar Education, Allegro Certicate
Shawn has always been interested in and fascinated by movement. His first true exposure was as a competitive gymnast. Competing for seven years through the elite level, this was his primary sport and it took up almost all of his time as a teenager. This led him to coaching gymnastics for an additional five years. During this time his interest in how the body moves grew. Entering college, his intent was to continue through into physical therapy. He began this path at the University of Oregon, receiving his bachelors degree in Exercise and Movement Science in 1994. He continued on to receive his masters degree in Sports Medicine in 1996. His professional career began working in a variety of environments in the traditional fitness industry, with responsibilities from personal training to fitness management. During this time, he was exposed to what he felt was a gap between the medical and rehabilitation industry, and the fitness industry and general public. He wanted to fill this gap.
Driven by his fascination with neuromuscular function and rehabilitation, as well as the need to transition people from medicine and rehabilitation to full function, he founded the Carpe Diem Pilates and Personal Training Center with his wife, Hayley in 1998. Carpe Diem is a "rehabilitation to fitness" based facility that caters not only to individuals dealing with diseases and disabilities, but also general health and fitness issues. Carpe Diem is a host site for both Polestar Pilates Education, an international Pilates education company, as well as Balanced Body University and their CoreAlign Training program. Shawn is also a principal educator for Polestar Pilates Education, conducting certificate courses throughout the Western United States, a CoreAlign Master Trainer for Balanced Body, and on the Board of Directors of the Pilates Method Alliance.
In 2010, Shawn became the second official Master Trainer for the CoreAlign training system. In February of 2010, Hayley and Shawn opened the first and largest CoreAlign training studio in the world. As an industry innovator, she has developed the Carpe Diem Group Equipment Training Class Optimizing Repertoire (GET CORe) Systems for both the Reformer and CoreAlign settings. In 2011 Carpe Diem Pilats and CoreAlign Training Center was established in Bend, Oregon.
Hayley and Shawn have also founded Carpe Diem Consulting, a Pilates, CoreAlign and Fitness Studio consulting company. Shawn is the lead business development consultant for Carpe Diem Consulting and has implemented the Carpe Diem liscenced GET CORe Program infrastructure into studios nationwide. This program consists of business modeling, a thirty class progressional curriculum and programming, and an internal teacher training program, which allows studio owners to implement this turn key program into their own PIlates or CoreAlign business.
To give the opportunity to realize and achieve a persons overall potential through exercise and movement.
Transitioning special populations and injury situations from rehabilitatioin to normal functioning/fitness in the Pilates and traditional fitness environment. Implementation and enhancement of business structures into the Pilates, CoreAlign and Traditional Fitness Studio settings.