Work one-to-one with Jennifer, who will introduce you to Contrology (aka Pilates), and restorative movement principles, various Pilates apparatus and foundational exercises. We'll discuss goals, health history and studio policies. You'll learn to move safely and confidently on the apparatus while experiencing a whole body workout unique to Pilates. Most importantly, you'll have fun exploring movement, while becoming stronger, more flexible and confident in your own skin, in a welcoming, supportive, inclusive space!
Solos can be short term: frustrated with tight hamstrings or grippy hip flexors? Struggling with your Rollup on the Mat? Need help making sense of physical therapy exercises for your shoulder? Schedule a solo or two, to help address specific goals or general movement concerns.
Solos can be long term: for students who prefer to work alone, or for someone coming back to a movement practice after an illness, injury or long hiatus from exercise.
Please note: Jennifer is not a medical professional and cannot diagnose or treat any illness, injury or disease. Our work together is meant to support and supplement medical care, not to replace it. Please contact your medical provider if you have any health concern that may affect or interfere with your time at the studio.
Dynamic Duos are private sessions reserved for two—friends, family, co-workers, etc.—working together, with Jennifer, who will introduce you to Contrology (the original Pilates method) and restorative movement principles, as well as various Pilates apparatus and foundational exercises. We'll discuss goals, health history and studio policies. You'll learn to move safely and confidently on the apparatus while experiencing a whole body workout unique to Pilates. Most importantly, you'll have fun exploring movement while becoming stronger, more flexible and confident in your own skin, in a welcoming, supportive, inclusive space.
Duos may be short term: perhaps you're both new to Pilates and a little nervous to join a class; Duets give you an introduction to the work in a less intimidating setting.
Duos may be long term: for students who prefer to work with a chosen partner, at your own preferred time, focus and pace.
Please note: Jennifer is not a medical professional and cannot diagnose or treat any illness, injury or disease. Our work together is meant to support and supplement medical care, not to replace it. Please contact your medical provider if you have any health concern that may affect or interfere with your time at the studio.
Private ZOOM sessions are perfect for students who are not local, are traveling or otherwise unable to get to the studio, but still want to mantain a movement practice. If you have Pilates apparatus at home, we can incorporate it with our sessions. If not, Jennifer can help you gather props you already have at home, and/or supplement with other items (i.e. exercise bands, Magic Circle, bolsters, etc) for a dynamic, personalized, effective home movement practice.
Jennifer will introduce you to Contrology (aka Pilates), and restorative movement principles and foundational exercises. We'll discuss goals, health history and studio policies. You'll learn to move safely and confidently on the apparatus while experiencing a whole body workout unique to Pilates. Most importantly, you'll have fun exploring movement, while becoming stronger, more flexible and confident in your own skin, in your own space!
Solos can be short term: frustrated with tight hamstrings or grippy hip flexors? Struggling with your Rollup on the Mat? Need help making sense of physical therapy exercises for your shoulder? Schedule a solo or two, to help address specific goals or general movement concerns.
Solos can be long term: for students who prefer to work alone, or for someone coming back to a movement practice after an illness, injury or long hiatus from exercise.
Please note: Jennifer is not a medical professional and cannot diagnose or treat any illness, injury or disease. Our work together is meant to support and supplement medical care, not to replace it. Please contact your medical provider if you have any health concern that may affect or interfere with your time at the studio.
For Zoom sessions, please have internet access, a Zoom account and a device such as a laptop, phone or tablet for our meetings.
restore: (ri' stôr, t. verb) to give back, return; to put back into existence or use; to bring back to a former or original state. Synonyms: repair, renew, recover, rehabilitate, revive, recondition
I am a certified Restorative Exercise Specialist (c-RES) with a program called Nutritious Movement, and Rage of Motion is rooted in this perspective. if I could teach only one class for the rest of my life, this would be it. Nutritious Movement is as close to an owner's manual for our bodies as we can get; it offers a clear, accessible framework around what "movement" means, and how it applies to our own bodies, to help us make lasting changes.
In Rage of Motion Flow, we get curious. We have fun. We alchemize rage into change by dismantling big movements— the Pilates Hundred or a warrior pose in yoga, perhaps—into smaller parts, (feet, ankles, hands, wrists, hip joints, knees, spine...). We work toward restoring the strength, flexibility and most important, the resilience, of our forgotten but essential parts. So many metaphors for the world around us to explore within this class...join us, and rage on.
Find order in the chaos: curate your own strong, flexible foundation with Joseph Pilates's original work, Contrology.
Contrary to what social media might portray, Pilates is not a bunch of random exercises done on a mat (or reformer), that "shreds" your abs and "burns" your ass. If that is what you're looking for, please know that is not what I offer.
Pilates is a low-impact, bodyweight exercise program developed by the man behind the name, Joseph H. Pilates, that stretches and strengthens your whole body, not just your abs or ass. He called his work Contrology, and his original mat work consists of 34 exercises taught and practiced progressively, in order. If you want to truly know Pilates, get to know the exercises, the order, the method behind the madness. Matwork is both the Alpha and Omega of the Pilates system.
I teach Pilates with deep respect to the original exercises and order, in the spirit of the OG himself, Joseph H. Pilates. I apply a contemporary biomechanics lens, to make the work as accessible as possible, for as many bodies as possible, the way I feel Joe had intended.
Find order in the chaos: curate your own strong, flexible foundation with Joseph Pilates's original work, Contrology, taught with a contemporary biomechanic's lens.
In this Reformer/Tower class, you'll be introduced to foundational Contrology concepts and exercises that the rest of the system builds upon: Footwork, Long and Short Box exercises, Long Stretch series, Elephant, Stomach Massage and more. Please attend at least five Contrology I classes before advancing to Contrology II.
If you're experienced on the Reformer and the order, this is your space, too, to refine the foundations and principles of your own practice. The basics become profoundly advanced by layering in more principles such as precision, concentration and control.
Reformer/tower classes use reformer, tower, mat and other tools for a challenging, creative, mindful movement experience. I teach all my classes with a restorative movement lens—alignment and clarity matter.
We follow Joseph Pilates' original order of exercises, and the principles of breath, centering, concentration, control, precision and flow to guide the class.
