About Meagan Koehler
Since 2010, Meagan Koehler has built her life around classical Pilates. She has completed more than 2,600 hours of comprehensive teacher training, all of it earned in person, and brings that depth to a warm, personal approach to teaching. Meagan founded The Pilates Mind in downtown Asheville, NC, a private studio where clients experience the full classical method in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
In 2019, Meagan graduated from The Red Thread® Pilates Professional Advanced Teacher Training (PPATT), an advanced program created and taught by world-renowned second-generation teacher Kathryn Ross-Nash. Kathi trained closely with Romana Kryzanowska for many years in New York City. The Red Thread® goes beyond the how of Joseph Pilates' method to the why, when, and where, giving Meagan a deep understanding of how the work connects and progresses.
Meagan has also studied at conferences and intimate workshops across the country with classical elders and master teachers including Jay Grimes, Sonjé Mayo, Chris Robinson, Blossom Leilani Crawford, Mari Winsor, and Brooke Siler. Today she passes that knowledge on. Through her workshops and seminars, Meagan helps teachers and dedicated students understand the why behind the work. In 2027, she joins her teacher Kathryn Ross-Nash as a presenter at the Chicago Classical Pilates Conference.
Meagan has worked with clients at every level, from professional athletes to people navigating chronic health challenges. Her understanding of movement patterns and biomechanics, paired with a hands-on teaching style and genuine warmth, helps clients build confidence quickly and come to know their own bodies.
Meet Indie
Meet Indie, the heart of The Pilates Mind and Meagan's devoted four-legged assistant. Clients adore her. She's always nearby, bringing a calm, steady energy and the occasional gentle tail wag during sessions. Research has linked time with dogs to lower stress and even lower blood pressure, and it's something nearly every visitor seems to feel. Whether she's waiting for a treat at the front door or keeping watch from her favorite window, Indie makes your time in the studio even better.
A Note from Meagan
People tell me I have an eye for detail. Add the joy I find in getting lost in movement, and I never really had a choice. I was always going to fall in love with teaching Pilates.
Over the past fifteen years, Pilates has carried me through some of life's hardest moments. It has also given me a steady source of strength, and with it new love, lasting friendships, and a community I'm proud to be part of.
Classical Pilates has taught me how to grow, how to heal, and how to become stronger in body and mind while staying humble. It isn't only physical. It's a practice that organizes my thoughts and quiets the outside world when things get noisy.
Pilates reminds me every day what it feels like to be alive!
It asks everything of me and never takes anything from me. It builds consistency, accountability, and quick problem solving, and it keeps teaching me better ways to move. I'm so grateful for what this practice has brought to my life, and I hope it brings the same joy to yours.
STUDIO TOUR
Inside The Pilates Mind private training studio
Tucked into downtown Asheville, The Pilates Mind is a private,
light-filled studio built for focus. It's appointment-only: no front desk, no walk-ins, no crowds. Just you, Meagan, and classical apparatus from Gratz Pilates and Pilates Designs.
This is where you learn the method the way it was meant to be taught.
“When I met Meagan Koehler, I knew someone special had just entered my life. She has an openness of mind and heart. Meagan has loyalty and dedication to everything she does, from her love and care for her friends and family, to her students, to the Pilates method and her continued studies. I have had the privilege to be part of her Pilates journey, and I know any student of hers will find that all her special qualities make her an amazing teacher and woman.”
— Kathryn Ross-Nash | Owner of KRN New York Pilates and creator of The Red Thread®
GALLERY
“The Pilates method of body conditioning is gaining the mastery of your mind over the complete control of your body”
- JOSEPH PILATES
