About
The Work Sustaining mobility, incredible strength, flexibility, balance, control and endurance throughout your life - that's the gift of Classical Pilates. Building muscle without bulk, gaining a flattened abdomen, becoming long, lean, firm and toned, improving posture, alignment and bone density, relief of back, neck and shoulder pain - those are more of the benefits you will experience. And it all begins with the breath.
Classical Pilates is the original repertoire of 500 exercises that Joseph Pilates created. I specialize in Classical Pilates but also focus on what your body needs in the moment. If needed, I can modify with some rehab or contemporary exercises to make you feel your optimal best. Every workout is tailored to each person's individual needs and goals. The studio is fully equipped with reformer, ladder barrel, wunda chair, electric chair and Cadillac and all of the accessories.
Pilates is an exercise system based on springs not weights. Where weights work from the outside and leave a bulky aesthetic, the springs work from the inside out, waking up all of the muscles in your body from your toes to your head. Clients often say 'I didn't know I had a muscle there!'
The springs elongate your muscles and as it lengthens, you gain incredible freedom of movement. You become strong from the inside out, in a way you never have before.
Bio
Michelle is a masterful instructor, having been involved in the Pilates community from New York to Los Angeles, New Orleans and Atlanta and now back in Los Angeles. In New York, she practiced yoga regularly and was heavily involved with mind/body healing through breath work. Then she suffered a terrible back injury and was healed through Pilates. In Pilates, she found a way that incorporated everything she believed in about physical and emotional health.
For four years, she worked and trained in New York at the studio that for many years was considered to be the world's 'center' of Pilates, largely because the world renowned protege of Joseph Pilates, Romana Kryzanowska, was based there. Michelle learned directly from the teachers that trained with Romana, and it was during these four years that she cultivated her in-depth knowledge of Pilates. That, coupled with continued education, cemented Michelle's Pilates expertise.
She then operated her own Pilates business in Beverly Hills for 6 years. At the same time, she worked at some of the top Pilates studios in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, as well as working with rehab clients for physical therapists and chiropractors. Michelle then moved South for a few years and worked privately with clients in New Orleans and Atlanta before returning home to L.A.
Michelle is proud to say that many of her clients have experienced great changes in their bodies very quickly while working out with her. Whether it be losing inches, healing back, hip and knee problems or strengthening a weak core, Michelle's focus and dedication to her client's goals provide results in a short period of time.
Michelle is a Pilates genius. I admit I was hesitant to take private classes because of the cost, but Michelle is a steal when you consider what you get. She has years of experience. I feel very spoiled to have someone of her skill level teaching here. This is not like using a video or taking a mat class at the gym. This is the real deal. My body has completely transformed and for the first time in my life I understand what it means to have "core strength" - plus I think I've gotten taller! Thank God for Michelle!
Jonathan S.
★★★★★