Emory Pilates

I’ve been taking a pilates mat class with Emory for the last couple of months with a 10-​session package and I can’t wait to continue on with more sessions. Emory is such a sweet woman and is always willing to work with you with any special needs or requests. After my class this week she even gave us little holiday gifts — tshirts and tote bags with her logo on them (sure she gets the advertisement from us when we wear and use them but hey, gifts of any kind are awesome!)
I’d only done pilates mat work via a few attempts at the Windsor pilates routines that I’d downloaded over the years but in class with Emory I was able to work up to a Level 2 in just the first couple of classes. Mat class sizes are small (3 – 4 students per times slot) and are held in her home. She has rollers, balls, magic circles, thermabands, and all the fun little pilates toys for you to use as part of class she might even get you on the Wondachair (that will really kick your butt)! I leave every class feeling refreshed and rejuvenated and even though I work up a sweat and can really feel my muscles burning I’m rarely ever sore the next day and never painfully so. I seriously sleep like a rock the nights I have class, I love it. Another plus about the mat class is that it’s still small enough so that Emory can give you personal attention and correct your form or help you modify an exercise to make it work best for your body and she always starts the class by asking you how your body is doing so that she can keep in mind any troublesome areas when creating the routine. She’ll even let you skip out of doing «the hundreds» if you’ve got a cold (based on Pilates theory). I’ve never gotten bored with a class because Emory always gives you a couple new exercises to try and really pushes you to be able to do some things that you may have thought to be impossible!
The pricing structure is really inexpensive (see her website for the most current specials) and like I said earlier, she IS willing to work with you. I’m going to start doing some private and duet sessions with her come January and by that time I hope to be at Level 3!