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Three equipment sessions for $200! A value of $270!

In just three privates, you can really feel the difference, and you get a fast track on correct form and alignment. Take advantage of this offer, and level up your Pilates game!

 

Hi! I’m Lizzie, and I’m really into Pilates, because it’s exercise that I will actually do. Pilates can do it all: from private sessions to address special circumstances to mat class where you get to see all your friends and get a great workout, Pilates is a lifelong friend. 

I love to help people retain and regain mobility through learning this elegant system of exercises that has the potential to do so much more than just get you in shape.

So what, exactly, is Pilates? 

It’s an exercise system initially devised to rehabilitate injured soldiers, which evolved through supporting dancers, and which now has morphed and developed into a technique to both stay in shape and to heal injury for people worldwide.

Pilates was developed by Hubertus Joseph Pilates, who was born in Mönchengladbach, near Düsseldorf, Germany in 1883. His father was a locksmith and gymnast; his mother was a naturopath. In his early years, Joseph was interested in and influenced by both Western and Eastern forms of exercise, including yoga. He achieved some success as a boxer, a gymnast, a skier and a diver. During WW I, he taught wrestling and self defense.

After the war, he had the opportunity to try to help injured soldiers. He developed systems of springs that attached to hospital beds which later evolved into what we now know as the piece of equipment called the Cadillac or the Trapeze Table. His system focused on developing core strength to support posture, balance, and alignment. 

Joe and his wife Clara immigrated to New York in 1926, and opened a studio in a building already containing the studios of many well-known dancers, which is how Pilates came to be adopted first in the dance community. Clara continued to run the studio after Joe’s death in 1967. One of their students, Romana Kryzanowska, later took over the studio. The first generation teachers are often referred to as the “elders.” The Power Pilates Education Program was developed by instructors who were trained by Romana Kryzanowska in the early 1980’s.

Pilates study can take shape in a variety of directions. You might need to address specific work using “the system,” or a series of exercises developed by Pilates moving through the various pieces of equipment and on the mat, in a private session. Or, you might want to do a weekly 50 minute mat in a group setting simply to stay in shape and have a social group exercise outing. 

Why not try a free consult, so you can see what Pilates could do for you?