To be truly successful at making any positive change, we need to work from the inside out. Pilates is no exception. In fact, Pilates is a fantastic way to learn to engage from the inside.

What muscle do we want to initiate the movement?

What muscle is actually initiating the movement?

What muscles carry the movement beyond the initiation?

How do we make this exercise one that, in Joe Pilates’ words, is: "for the whole body?" Can you actually feel these things? Yes! You can!

It has been my profound pleasure to learn, study, and teach Pilates for the past 16 years. I came to Pilates in my 30's already suffering from a 'bad back.' After my first mat class, I felt like a new person, and I was hooked.

I have immense gratitude to my teachers and mentors, to Joe and Clara Pilates, and first generation teacher Ron Fletcher who created a unique, elegant and beautiful, dynamic body of work infusing what he learned from Clara Pilates, Joe Pilates, and Martha Graham to create Fletcher Pilates.