Pilates allows you to change the way you move. Pilates aims to create efficient and effective movement by working to strengthen and lengthen muscles and improve neuromuscular patterning. Moving efficiently and effectively will help prevent injuries and allow you to optimize your performance in sports, dance, and daily activities. In addition, Pilates can be helpful in rehabilitating injuries and can play a role in managing certain diseases, such as diabetes.

In a studio class, an instructor works with a maximum of three students. Each student is given his or her own program, with the instructor teaching an exercise to one student and then moving on to the next while the first student completes the repetitions of the exercise. Mat classes are group classes, with all students in the group performing the same series of exercises together. Allegro classes are group classes using the Reformer equipment.

Pilates exercises target muscles close to your core. Depending on your exercise history, you may not have worked these deep muscles for quite some time - or ever! Muscles that haven’t moved for a while often react to exercise with some stiffness and soreness. This kind of soreness, called Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS), is common any time you begin a new exercise program. DOMS usually peaks two days after the new exercise, and typically subsides in a couple of days. If the soreness lasts longer than a few days, please check in with your instructor or physiotherapist.

An initial consultation is important to assess your physical condition and allow us to understand your goals and needs. The initial consultation also gives you the individual attention needed to learn to correctly engage the muscles targeted in Pilates, such as the deep stability muscles.

Please turn off your mobile phone before entering the studio. For your own comfort and safety, it's a good idea to remove any chunky jewelry and dangly earrings. To be considerate of other students, please avoid excessive moisturizer, perfume, or hairspray. For your own comfort and that of other students, please avoid wearing very short shorts, or other clothing that could leave you feeling overexposed as you perform a variety of exercises on the Pilates equipment.

Your health insurance will cover Pilates sessions with a physiotherapist. Depending on the type of health insurance you have, it may cover non-physiotherapist classes.

Once a week is good; two to three times a week is optimal.

It depends on what you would like to get out of your Pilates classes. Studio classes provide individual attention and are tailored to your specific needs and goals. The mat and Allegro classes give you a full body workout focusing on core stability and spinal movement.

An initial consultation is recommended before starting mat classes, in order to learn correct activation of the core stability muscles, but is not required.

Physiotherapist have a detailed understanding of anatomy, physiology, and different pathologies. They use the Pilates repertoire, along with other tools and techniques, to help you achieve your goals in rehabilitating injuries. Pilates instructors are well suited to helping generally healthy clients achieve their health and fitness goals. In our studio, we take a team approach, with physiotherapists and Pilates instructors working together to help our clients achieve their individual goals.

Pilates and yoga both stress the connection between mind and body, and are complementary forms of work. Properly taught classical yoga is as much concerned with spiritual health as physical health. Many forms of yoga instruction emphasize holding a static posture, often as a way to clear the mind for meditation. Pilates, on the other hand, emphasizes movement. Modern Pilates has been heavily influenced by physiotherapy and ongoing research in anatomy and physiology.