Mariska Breland is the inventor of the Fuse Ladder and runs the majority of the teacher trainings offered in the U.S. and online. Mariska started her fitness career in 2005 with her first certification in Pilates. Since then, she has co-owned three successful Washington, D.C.-based studios, and she has been a presenter at industry conferences and studios in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. She is a popular visiting teacher on Pilates Anytime.

Mariska's classes are a combination of the types of exercise she loves - Pilates, strength training, calisthenics, and even barre and yoga. The majority of her classes have optional music (find the mixes under her Public Playlists on Spotify).

In addition to teaching hardcore workouts for fitness, Mariska is the co-founder of The Neuro Studio, an organization dedicated to teaching movement specialists how to work with clients with neurological disease or injury, as well as offering workouts for people with MS, stroke, Parkinson's disease, and other conditions. Mariska herself has been living with multiple sclerosis since 2002. She might point out some left leg difficulties in her classes, which are a result of her medical condition (and a spectacular 3 bone leg break in 2018).

Her work with the neurological community has been recognized by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of the U.S., MS Hope for a Cure, and the UK MS Society.

Outside of fitness, Mariska is obsessed with her dog children and loves a good book, movie, or TV series. Also food. She's a big fan.