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Pilates

Pilates

This class focuses on the basics of Pilates providing gentle stretching and easeful movements with a focus on proper core engagement, pelvic stability, and better body awareness.

Pilates: Double the Fun! | Sarah | 60 mins

In this beginner Pilates mat class, we will do two variations of many of the exercises, so you can feel different muscles, and double your fun! :-)

Pilates: Magic Circle | Sarah | 60 mins

In this class, we’ll use the famous Pilates prop, the Magic Circle, to help tone, strengthen, and stretch! In place of a magic circle, you may use a pillow or ball.

Pilates: Props to you! | Sarah | 60 mins

In this beginner Pilates mat class, we’ll work the whole body using bands, a small ball, and light weights (or if you don’t have these props, use a towel, a pillow, and soup cans).

Pilates: Neck & Lower Back Relief | Sarah | 60 mins

We’ll add a few nice neck and lower back stretches to our beginner Pilates mat workout.

Pilates: Stretchy Loop! | Sarah | 60 mins

We’ll add to our regular exercises some fun and challenging resistance moves using a stretchy loop! You may feel it tomorrow!

Pilates: Animal Moves | Sarah | 60 mins

We’ll have fun in this class doing a regular mat class, while incorporating as many exercises named after animals as we can!

Pilates: Hip Openers | Sarah | 60 mins

In this Pilates class, we will focus on strengthening and opening the hips, to try to find balance and freedom of movement in the body!

Pilates: Arms! | Sarah | 60 mins

Work your arms with light weights (or cans of soup), while also strengthening your core in this beginner mat Pilates class!

Pilates: Planks all day! | Sarah | 60 mins

One of the best ways to tone and strengthen your core is with planks! We’ll pepper in some different plank exercises throughout this beginner mat class.

Pilates: Stretchy Band Fun | Sarah | 60 mins

While doing some basic Pilates exercises, we’ll mix it up by exploring some exercises using the stretch band!

Pilates: Wall Moves | Sarah | 60 mins

In this beginner Pilates mat class, we will use the wall for several exercises in order to engage the core and stretch everything out!

Pilates: Precision in Movement | Sarah | 60 mins

We’ll focus on clean, precise movements (one of the principles of Pilates) in this beginning Pilates mat class.

Pilates: Opposition | Sarah | 60 mins

This class will emphasize the principle of opposition in exercise. The core is activated and length is found by moving and stretching in opposite directions.

Light dumbbells (or 1 lb cans of food) will be used in this class.

Pilates: Breathe, Breathe, Breathe! | Sarah | 60 mins

In this pretty straight-forward beginner Pilates class, we will be focusing on incorporating specific breathing patterns with certain exercises.

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Pilates: Shoulder Openings | Sarah | 60 mins

In this class, we’ll incorporate movements that open up the shoulders and relieve tension in the upper back. If you have a foam roller, great! If not, you’ll still be able to perform these exercises without one.

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Pilates: Small Prop Fun | Sarah | 60 mins

We’ll use a towel and small ball (if you have one, but not necessary) to help us engage the core and open up the joints.

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Pilates: On Your Feet | Sarah | 60 mins

We’ll be doing about half the class standing, focusing on balance, strengthening, and stretching while on our feet! The second half of class will be more traditional Pilates mat work on the floor.

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Pilates: Fun with the Small Ball | Sarah | 60 mins

This class will focus on a whole body workout but with the added benefit of a small ball. If you don’t have a ball, you can use a pillow or a rolled up towel. If you don’t have any of these things, you can still do all the exercises in class without them.

Props/Equipment: (optional) small ball and a pillow or towel

Pilates: Lengthen Your Spine | Sarah | 60 mins

In today’s class, we will explore different exercises that address spinal mobility, so get ready to work your core and liberate your spine!

Pilates: Foot & Ankle Freedom | Sarah | 60 mins

In this beginning Pilates mat class, we will do all the great full-body exercises but throughout class, we will focus on ways to open up the feet and ankles.

Pilates: Exploring the 6 Principles of Pilates | Sarah | 60 mins

In this beginning Pilates mat class, we will strengthen and stretch simultaneously while practicing the 6 principles of Pilates: concentration, centering, control, balance, flow, and precision.

Pilates: Hips and More Hips | Monika | 60 mins

Join me for a fun, hip-focused Pilates session.

Props/Equipment: a Yoga block, bath towel or blanket, two light weights or small cans from the pantry.

Pilates: Back Mobility | Monika | 60 mins

60 fun-filled minutes of refreshing our spine through a full set of movements.

Props/Equipment: small towel, blanket, block (or use the towel)

Pilates: Balance and Hips | Monika | 60 mins

Join a one-hour session focusing on strengthening your hips and enhancing your balance.

Props/Equipment: yoga block or thick book

Pilates: Hip Work | Monika | 60 mins

Welcome to this 60-Minute Exploration hip awareness, strength and release work.

Props/Equipment: block or thick book, blanket

Pilates: Arms and Shoulders | Monika | 60 mins

Join in for 60 Minutes of simple Mat Pilates exercises with focus on shoulder and arm functional awareness.

Props/Equipment: strap or towel, block or ball, 2 light weights or canned food

Pilates: Back Body | Monika | 60 mins

This session focuses on body awareness of the body’s superficial back line, which is the connective tissue connection running continuously from the bottoms of or feet to our eyebrows.

Props/Equipment: small towel

Pilates: Find Your Wings! | Jean | 60 mins

This class will focus on scapula placement and stabilization. Our shoulder blades move in six different directions which allows us to have a full range of motion at the shoulder joint. Learning how to stabilize your shoulder blades will improve your mobility and decrease stress on your neck!

Props/Equipment: Flexband or yoga strap or hand weights.

Pilates: Pillow Talk | Jean | 60 mins

Mat Pilates with a pillow for support and challenge!

Props/Equipment: A bolster or firm pillow.

Pilates: All the Props! | Jean | 60 mins

Beginning mat Pilates using a variety of props from flex bands to soup cans!

Props/Equipment: Flexbands or yoga strap. Hand weights or soup cans. A pillow or pad to support your head in side lying positions.

Pilates: Integration | Briley | 60 mins

This week’s class focuses on integration and coordination by layering on to essential exercises to create challenge the mind and body.

Props/Equipment: none

Pilates: Building blocks to Double Leg Stretch | Briley | 60 mins

This week’s class focuses on core work with a series of progressions to build up to Double Leg Stretch, a high endurance exercise that requires full body integration and coordination!

Props/Equipment: none

Pilates: Glutes, Glutes and More Glutes | Briley | 60 mins

This weeks class focuses on the glutes utilizing the entire class to center in on how to access the glutes, how to work them at a low, medium, and high levels, and how the glutes play a role in pelvic stability.

Props/Equipment: none

Pilates: Upper Body Challenge | Briley | 60 mins

This weeks class adds hand-weights to aid in increasing the challenge of familiar exercises, provide feedback and strengthen the shoulders.

Props/Equipment: hand weights

Pilates: Increasing Proprioception | Briley | 60 mins

This week’s class focuses on increasing our proprioception by focusing on Pilates exercises that are specifically designed to help you become more aware of where your body is in space. This continues to assist in aiding in better posture and body alignment which can reduce overall pain.

Pilates: Spinal Articulation | Briley | 60 mins

This week’s class focuses on spinal articulation and mobility which can aid in reducing shoulder pain, lower back pain and improve your posture.

Pilates: Ab Challenge | Briley | 60 mins

This week’s class focuses on strengthening all layers of the abdominals in a variety of ways to challenge your endurance.

Pilates: Full Body Workout | Briley | 60 mins

Building off of previous classes, this class provides a full body workout continuing to focus on building abdominal strength and spinal mobility.

Pilates: Building on the Basics – Part 2 | Briley | 60 mins

This class builds on Week 5 continuing to build on the basics working on all aspects of the body providing a gentle full body workout.

Pilates: Building on the Basics – Part 1 | Briley | 60 mins

This class breaks exercises down and builds on the basics working on all aspects of the body providing a gentle full body workout.

Pilates: Core Stabilization | Briley | 60 mins

This week focuses on stabilizing the core more efficiently and effectively to aid in reducing low back pain helping to achieve better posture and body awareness.

Pilates: Pilates Principles cont. | Briley | 60 mins

This class continues to focus and build on the Pilates basics increasing abdominal stability, proper glute engagement and spinal mobility.

Pilates: Pilates Principles cont. | Briley | 60 mins

This class continues to focus and build on the Pilates basics increasing abdominal stability, proper glute engagement as well as spinal and shoulder mobility and strength.

Pilates: Pilates Principles | Briley | 60 mins

This class focuses on the Pilates basics learning how to access and properly control the deepest layers of your core as well as mobilizing the spine, shoulders, and hips.