About.
Our bright, light-filled Studio offers Pilates Reformer Classes using state-of-the-art STOTT PILATES® equipment.
Our Pilates classes are performed on the
V2 Max Reformer and progress from Essential to Advanced levels.
Group classes are small, which gives instructors the ability to correct form and pay attention to everyone.
Our goal is to help you build strength, flexibility, and body awareness!
Classes are 50 minutes and accommodate 2 clients at a time. Book with a friend, if you’d like!
What is Pilates?
Pilates is a system of exercises practiced on special apparatus following a specific order invented by Joseph Pilates. Contrology, as Joseph Pilates called it, emphasizes balanced development of the body, core strength, spine mobility, flexibility and mind/body awareness to support efficient, graceful movement. Contrology offers a unique combination of strengthening and stretching with control. Joseph Pilates believed that the continuous practice of Contrology would restore physical fitness, help reach optimum health and in turn, achieve happiness.
Authentic Pilates is practiced on apparatus closely following Joseph Pilates' original designs with specific dimensions and spring tensions. Many different styles of Pilates exist today which differ significantly from the original work. Additionally, there are several manufacturers of Pilates equipment that have modified the apparatus to create a very different feeling. At Winterspell Pilates we teach Pilates on Merrithew’s professional line of equipment. Come feel the difference!
Benefits of Pilates:
- Strengthens and tones the body
- Improves posture and balance
- Encourages mind/body connection
- Corrects imbalances and weaknesses
- Improves spine mobility
- Builds a strong core
- Develops long, lean muscles
- Improves flexibility
- Creates an evenly developed body
- Improves functional movements
- Helps prevent injuries
- Helps create efficient movement
“Change happens through movement
and movement heals.”
— Joseph Pilates