Private Instruction

We encourage you to start with Private Instruction so you will begin your Pilates practice while addressing needs and goals specific to you. You’ll be surprised at how quickly you reach your goals and get deep core strength, balance, flexibility, and full body strength.

Private instruction gives you an opportunity to focus on your own goals, strengths, and weaknesses. Working one on one with a highly trained instructor gives you the opportunity to progress in Pilates at your own pace. Deep core strength, balance, and flexibility along with many other wonderful benefits can be achieved in a private session. Whether injured or working toward specific goals, private sessions will help bring you to a uniformly developed body with a strong core.

For Beginners

Non experience, no problem. We welcome new clients to start with private session to begin grasping the work and after that have beginning mat and reformer classes each week.

Reformer Class

Reformer Class (beginner to expert available) is the foundation to a strong Pilates career. The Reformer is an exercise apparatus developed by Joseph Pilates to help strengthen instabilities and become stronger. The full body strength gained on the Reformer comes from its design; the resistance of the springs are the magic of Pilates. Working on the Reformer teaches you how to move from the core with control and flowing movement. Hone in on your core and abdominal muscles in this full body workout. Using the spring loaded Pilates Reformer, you will increase your full body strength.

Mat Class

Mat Class is an amazing workout that demands focus on the spine and abdominals. Mat work is an aerobic series of floor exercises designed to create long lean muscles, core strength, and endurance. Most Mat exercises are done lying, kneeling, or in an upright seated position to keep stress off of the heart and lungs. Working against gravity with controlled movements requires and builds strength in the core. Flowing through the Mat exercises brings heat into the body which creates more spinal flexibility which in turn strengthens the core.

Chair Class

Chair Class works the deep core muscles with this unique piece of equipment. The strengthening benefits of the chair come from the springs as well as the challenging exercises it offers. Whether rehabilitating injuries or partaking in extreme sports, chair class is appropriate for everyone.

Barre Body

A modern, challenging, and safe barre class that sculpts your body while providing a calorie-burning cardio workout. Set to an up tempo and fun mix of music ranging from classical to contemporary, this class targets specific muscle groups through repetitive movements. It incorporates weights, thera bands, exercise balls, and the ballet barre to build core strength while developing long, lean, flexible muscles. (Sorry barre classes are on hold as we begin 2024 as we focus on Pilates and Aerial yoga!)

Aerial Yoga

Aerial Yoga is yoga done in a colorful silk hammock floating from the ceiling. A few feet off the ground, the silk offers support and challenge to traditional yoga postures. The benefits are numerous, you'll feel your hips and low back decompress, it'll strengthen your balance and posture, and swinging in the silk you’ll feel like a kid again! No two classes are the same at Body Essentials. There's tons of postures that can be laced together, expertly designed by our teachers to promote grace, strength and flexibility . These classes can be done by most anyone. Bring a mat and prepare to be invigorated!
What to wear: non-slippery tight fitting exercise clothes that cover your armpits and legs. PLEASE! NO JEWELRY. NO ZIPPERS, NO VELCRO
Sorry Aerial Yoga is not good for people with vertigo, recent injuries' (neck and head especially), surgeries, and during pregnancy. Please inquire with specifics and we'll let you know if it's a good idea to try the class, or if you should check with your doctor first.