Pilates with Jo

Nestled in the heart of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn in a private home studio, fully equipped and with sessions designed to make you feel at ease, supported and ready to move. Jo employs an intuitive and personalized method of instruction that meets you wherever you are in your movement practice. Offering a contemporary and athletic approach to the Pilates method, combining therapeutic fundamentals and functional training in unison.

Utilizing the reformer and chair equipment to create an individualized and dynamic program to attain a client's personal goals and needs in a supportive yet challenging way. The duality of the apparatuses allows you to simultaneously stretch and strengthen your body. Exercises integrated with principles such as breath, centering, precision and flow will equip you to create a mind body awareness that can be carried into your daily life and activities.

What is Pilates?

Pilates is a conditioning method of vigorous yet low impact, strengthening, mobility, stability and postural exercises. Focusing on the core which consists of the muscles in the abdomen, low back and hips along with targeting the smaller, supporting muscles is vital in improving stability and strength. This full body workout emphasizes building functional strength, body awareness and overall balance in the body. Open to all fitness levels, offering modifications to accommodate beginners or challenge advanced movers.