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Showing 1–10 of 13The 6 AM Email: tomorrow’s open class picks the night before
Every morning at 6 AM we send a short email with every class still open today at both studios, in time order, with a…
Studio Sessions: Halloween Week
Seven classes, seven playlists, one week at The Studio Pilates in Atlanta. October 26 to 31. Pick a theme, book your class, and come…
The September Milestones Mix: 46 of You Crossed a Class Club
Big month at both studios. Forty-six of you crossed a class club in September. Here's the list, by tier, both studios combined.
Contrology is What Will Save America”: Joseph Pilates’ Unsuccessful Quest to Pitch His Fitness Method to U.S. Presidents
If you were to step into Joseph Pilates’ original studio at 939 8th Avenue in New York, you would find a man who looked…
Juneteenth at The Studio: a little history, a vendor day, and a reading list
Juneteenth is Friday, June 19, 2026. Here's a short history, what's happening at both studios that day, our June 19 class pack offer, the…
Pride Month at The Studio: Pilates for Queer Bodies and a raffle for Lost-N-Found Youth
Two community classes, body-neutral and sliding scale, taught by Laura Caffrey, plus a raffle benefiting Lost-N-Found Youth Atlanta. Here's everything happening for Pride Month…
Joseph Pilates’ Pre-War Circus Life (1912–1914) | The Acrobat Who Became a Teacher:
Before he was a teacher, Joseph Pilates trained, performed and taught across England in the early 1910s, including time as a circus performer. Here's…
The Roots of Pilates: From European Gymnastics to Contrology
Before Pilates became the global movement system we know today, it was part of something much bigger: a 19th-century fitness revolution across Europe. From…
Joseph Pilates and the Original Reformer | History of Leather Straps
Joseph Pilates, the founder of the Pilates method, designed a unique exercise apparatus known as the Universal Reformer. One distinctive feature of his original…
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