What clients are saying...
"After experiencing years of excruciating pain, I was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease in 2012. It wasn’t until I started practicing Pilates did I feel any relief. After a year of twice a week sessions, I have strength, flexibility and minimal pain. I’m grateful to Trudi and Pilates for helping me regain my life!” Lisa M. (38)
You too can benefit from PILATES
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Relive back and neck pain
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Improve posture
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Restore range of motion
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Strengthen core (abs and back)
Reformer
This class is designed with your specific needs in mind. It will improve strength, coordination, flexibility, balance and stability. The Pilates Reformer is a piece of equipment that provides resistance with a series of springs and ropes.
Mat
Increase your flexibility as you flow through a series of dynamic movements that restore balance to core muscles of the lower back and abdominals. The ultimate class of focus and self-awareness.
Chair
This group class utilizes a modern version of the Pilates Chair. It is truly amazing how many variations of the basic Pilates exercises are possible using this versatile piece of equipment.
Why Pilates? The History of Pilates is for Every Body!
German-born fitness innovator Joseph H. Pilates (1881-1967) developed the Pilates exercise system in the 1920s. His interest in physical fitness stemmed from determination to strengthen his own body and improve his health after a sickly childhood. With a background in yoga, Zen meditation, martial arts and other ancient fitness techniques he succeeded as a gymnast, diver and boxer. Joseph Pilates devised a unique sequence of movements that worked the mind and muscle in harmony.
He fine-tuned his wellness regimen while interning in England during the First World War, claiming it helped him and his fellow internees resist an influenza epidemic. Working as an orderly at an infirmary, he engineered a way to rig springs on hospital beds to offer light resistance exercises to bedridden patients, and thus the seed for Pilates equipment was planted.
After the war, Joseph Pilates moved to New York and with his wife Clara, opened up a studio near the New York City Ballet in 1926. It wasn't long before he drew a following with dancers who took to Pilates for its ability to create long, lean muscles and a strong, streamlined physique. Soon, some of his students began opening studios of their own - some making subtle adaptations to the method - and word of Pilates slowly spread.
Pilates didn't really hit the big time, however, until the 1990s. The mind and body movement took off as baby boomers started seeking gentler paths to health and wellness. Ancient techniques such as yoga and tai chi enjoyed a resurgence of popularity and Pilates followed suit.
No longer that enigmatic workout on strange contraptions, Pilates' reputation broke free from elitist studios and started popping up at neighborhood gyms for fitness as well as for rehabilitative purposes.
The Pilates "buzz" has taken on a life of its own, the positive results have taken on a life of their own. Joseph Pilates always claimed he was ahead of his time, and his legacy lives on beyond his wildest expectations. The popularity of the Pilates Method has spread steadily since the day when Pilates first opened his studio. Pilates has now become a worldwide phenomenon with over 12 million people practicing, and the numbers continue to grow due to its effectiveness and adaptability.