“When we invest in women and girls, we invest in the people who invest in everyone else.”

— Melinda Gates

Meet the Owners

  • Katie Hughes Ryan

    CO-OWNER, Indigo Pilates

    Katie Hughes Ryan is a Fully Certified Classical Pilates Instructor through Power Pilates studios in Charlotte, NC and New York City, NY, a 500-hour Register Yoga Instructor via Asheville Yoga Center and Blue Osa Yoga Retreat Center in Costa Rica, and a 300-hour AYAMA Applied Yoga Anatomy Muscle Activation instructor via Blue Osa Yoga Retreat Center in Costa Rica.

    Katie is an intuitive mover, drawn to graceful, yet powerful movement disciplines. Katie’s passion for technical, breath-based movement led her to receive teaching certifications in Hatha-Vinyasa Yoga in 2018, Tantra Yoga / AYAMA (applied yoga anatomy muscle activation) Technique in 2023 and the Classical Pilates Method from 2020-2023.  Drawing on her diverse understanding of anatomical and functional movement from a varied background in ballet, contemporary dance, competitive figure-skating, yoga and Pilates, Katie brings a form-focused, athletic yet attainable approach to her sessions.  Her sessions adhere to the methodology, sequencing and technique of Joseph Pilates’ Contrology with an added fluidity and emphasis on progressions that leaves her students feeling strong, balanced and agile.

  • Julie Hughes

    CO-OWNER, Indigo Art

    Through my work, I strive to combine the every-day with the ephemeral. To capture real moments that are viewed from a surreal lens. My themes are not concerned with what the world should be, but rather with what the world is—while choosing to see reality with slight distortions.

    Moreover, I strive to communicate the essence, power and movement of a scene or a person. Whether painting from life or in the studio, I am drawn to the tension and mood I sense in that moment. I am drawn to the life within my subject matter, the energy illuminating their form. Be it a component of nature, or the figure, each possesses a spirit that I strive to capture in my work.

    My recent works are all about motion, specifically motion as we see it in the art of bicycle racing. I seek to combine my passion for painting the human figure with a love for anything related to cycling. It's all about speed, motion, and gravity-defying angles, and how such intangible things can be put on canvas in a more tangible way.

    -JH