Gail Knops

• Certified Balanced Body® Mat Pilates Instructor

• Certified OSU Better Bones & Balance® Instructor

• Retired Board Certified Family Medicine physician

• Springboard instructor through Neu Pilates®

Having benefited from group exercise and then Pilates for many years Gail became certified as an instructor in Mat Pilates and Better Bones in Balance in 2023. She has taught classes at JOP since then. She added Springboard Pilates to her repertoire in 2025.

Gail earned an MD in 1989, completed a Family Medicine residency in Minnesota and practiced primary care medicine from 1992 to 2019. In 1994 she returned home to Bellingham, where she was born and raised. Regular exercise fits well with her ongoing interest in preventive medicine and health. Other activities she enjoys are hiking, trail biking, cross country skiing, cooking, reading, travel and volunteering locally and abroad, Otherwise she likes dabbling in gardening and occasional art projects. She has 3 fully adult children and is waiting for her husband to retire as well.

Gail wonderfully instructing one of our BBS classes!