Pilates Machine Classes:

Inspiral Motion is pleased to announce our launch of machine classes. In order to enroll in machine classes, you must have machine experience. If you are coming from another studio, you may take a private lesson so we can assess your level and place you accordingly. If you are new to machine work, you must sign up for our $200 Preliminary Reformer Series. Click the Reformer class title to read more.

The first day of class is the most basic day and the class slowly progresses over the weeks, increasing in intensity and complexity. Students are taken safely through the levels and may not advance until they are proficient in the movement patterns and concepts of their specific level.

Pilates Level 2 Reformer Quad

This class is for those who have passed level 1 or those who have learned Pilates Reformer at another studio or a health club. The Level 2 Pilates Reformer course takes participants beyond the Fundamentals and into the essential Pilates syllabus. This course requires students to build on core awareness and strength, while integrating fluidity, breath, joint release, centering and spinal alignment. We build upon our knowledge of the movement fundamentals taught in level 1 and we use this knowledge and apply it to further strengthening and fluidity. We continue our study of movement fundamentals and try to integrate our bodies fully in the work. We begin to learn the essential syllabus taught by Joseph Pilates including The Hundred, Elephant, Stomach Massage, Pulling Straps, Short Box, Mermaid, Pelvic Press and more.

At this stage, students should have the fundamentals of Pilates under their belts. They should understand how to lift their heads without neck pain, they should understand how to breathe properly, they should understand pelvis stability and the role of the rib cage. Students may not move on until these concepts, among others, are understood and mastered.