Pilates targets all those little muscles you never knew you had!

Pilates lets you move and live like a child again - with ease and total body connectedness - while also helping you to develop the focus and inner power needed to achieve any goal, physical or otherwise. Pilates can improve your golf game, alleviate low back pain, reconnect you to your core after childbirth and keep you looking good in your jeans. Joe Pilates (the creator of this inspired workout system) knew intuitively that true vitality and healing could only be achieved by working with the whole being. Health practitioners of all stripes are increasingly recommending their patients to Pilates because it makes sense in the body. Pilates feels good and is good for you. Balance is the key. How we breathe, strengthen from the inside out, open to flexibility, and align ourselves are of equal importance. Pilates works the deepest muscles in the body, keeping the knees, shoulders and back strong and able to move with confidence, while creating long, lean muscle tone - strength without the stiffness! At Integration Pilates Studios we offer everything Pilates. The Matwork Classes are usually the best place to start for newcomers. Our unique approach to Pilates Matwork includes elements of yoga, calisthenics, and rehabilitation using balls, rollers, magic circles, gliding discs and resistance bands so you are never bored – each prop helps you connect to new muscles in your body. Pilates Equipment Classes have revolutionised group exercise. Integration has several levels of classes using the Universal Reformer, Tower, and Wunda Chair. Springs are used for a resistance-training workout that allows the body to move more than it could on its own. Muscle tone is developed very quickly without straining or jarring the joints. At Integration we are noted for creating a comprehensive and evolving core workout system. In that vein we also offer classes in Vinyasa Flow Yoga, and Gravity Straps – a boot-camp-like workout that works with your own body weight to develop functional strength and agility, plus the weight of the Kettlebar – a free weight that that works to develop high velocity strength and explosive power. Come to our open house Aug. 31- Sept. 2 to try a free class in something new. Our new session of classes begins Sept. 13 and runs for 14 weeks. Check out our website for more information and class schedules, www.integrationpilates.com.