Alice Ann Dailey, MS, became the first Pilates teacher in Dallas, Texas. She owned an exercise studio, Oasis Mind-Body Conditioning Center, and later taught PE Pilates at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Dailey's education includes a bachelor of music degree in piano performance from the University of Oklahoma and a master of science degree in exercise physiology from the University of North Texas, which included an internship at the Sports Medicine Clinic of North Texas in Dallas. She earned an American College of Sports Medicine Fitness Instructor Certification in 1985 and the Pilates Method Alliance Gold Certified Instructor in 2005. Her mission in writingDailey Strengthening: 6 Keys to Balance Core Muscles for Optimal Healthis to provide the information she has learned from her students and her own self-healing experiences so that others may create a plan to maintain their body, mind, and spirit in good health.