About Body Temple
A nurse’s eye. A mover’s hands.
Jennifer Mapalad, RN, built Body Temple for people who need more than a class. Every program here is built and overseen by her, whoever you see.
In her words
“I don’t need to know what you were diagnosed with before you walk in. I need to watch you move.”
Jennifer Mapalad, RN
Founder & lead instructor
She came to movement from medicine, and never left either behind.
Her nursing background is not a credential at the bottom of a bio. It is the reason the intake looks the way it does, the reason the assessment comes before the program, and the reason she is comfortable with the people other studios turn away.
She reads surgical histories, imaging reports, and what your physician wrote. She does not diagnose. She reads other people’s diagnoses, and then she watches how you actually move.
Registered Nurse (RN)
BSN, Indiana University
Fletcher Pilates Faculty Member
PMA-Certified Teacher
BASI-Trained
Arcus Hip & Knee Certified
Critical Care & Level 1 Trauma
20+ years clinical and movement
How she works
She sees what your body is compensating for.
The hip doing the shoulder’s job. The breath that never reaches the ribs. The guarding that made sense during an injury and kept running long after it healed. Then she builds a program so specific to that body it would be useless to anyone else.
Body Temple has never run a group class. Her clients arrive with surgical restrictions, bone density concerns, curves, fusions, and pain four other providers have not explained. That work does not happen in a room of twelve people on a schedule.
Individualized attention is not a feature here. It is the whole method.
The Body Temple standard
Whoever you see, you get Jennifer’s method.
Body Temple does not hire instructors who have not been trained directly under Jennifer.
PMA-recognized certification
Every teacher holds a certification recognized by the Pilates Method Alliance. No exceptions.
Trained directly under Jennifer
Additional training under her direct supervision, specific to Body Temple’s clinical approach.
Programs built by Jennifer
Your program is built and overseen by Jennifer. Your teacher works within it.
Progress reported back
Every teacher reports your progress to Jennifer, and your program is adjusted from what they see.
Body Temple teacher
Sharon
Fletcher Pilates Teacher in Training · Body Temple-Trained
Sharon began her Pilates journey in January 2024. Under the direct mentorship of Jennifer Mapalad, she is becoming a Fletcher Pilates Teacher, training at Body Temple every step of the way.
For years she searched for a way to feel her best each day, and found it in a method that aligns the body and elevates how it functions from the inside out.
If you want a teacher who brings real enthusiasm, personal investment in the method, and the full oversight of Jennifer’s program, Sharon is a wonderful fit.
The studio
Private. Quiet. Built for serious work.
A private studio in Broad Ripple. No group classes. No one else in the room during your session. Equipment maintained for the clinical work Jennifer does, in a space designed to let you focus.
Jennifer owns the building, works in it every day, and personally oversees every program that runs in it.
Join our team
Want to teach movement as medicine?
Body Temple trains certified Pilates teachers under Jennifer’s direct mentorship.
In their words
“Compassion, knowledge and integrity. She cares about each of her clients individually and has the deep medical knowledge to help sort through medical issues related to pain.”
Sara
“Jen doesn’t allow you to slide through the exercise. She talks about how your body works and demonstrates how the movement should work. I don’t feel that a moment of the lesson is wasted.”
Client
Your next step
Ready to get started?
Contact us to schedule your free phone consultation with Jennifer.