meet your instructor

Allie Myszka is the owner and founder of Havenwell Pilates. She has lived with a multi-level spinal fusion for scoliosis since 2007, and has been teaching movement since 2017.

After discovering how much exercise helped her chronic pain in her early 20s, Allie switched careers from journalism to fitness. Her mission is to help people with spinal fusions and chronic pain regain their confidence through Pilates so they can live life with a sense of adventure and true joy– no matter what their body’s story is. Her unique, empathy-filled teaching style is fueled both by her own personal story and by the hundreds of clients she has walked with through spinal fusion recovery and chronic pain management. 

Allie is a Nationally Certified Pilates Instructor, NASM Certified Personal trainer, and trauma-informed Pilates practitioner. In 2021, she opened Havenwell Pilates in Franklin, Tennessee, and has since garnered international reach with online spinal fusion education and adaptable Pilates classes for those living with fusions or chronic conditions. 

Allie can (and will, if given the chance) talk your ear off about the ins and outs of pain science and the importance of mind and body harmony. When she’s not in the studio she’s typically working on a DIY home project, running, baking, or curled up with a book in a cozy chair.