Reformer Foundations
The machine, explained. Springs, carriage, footbar, straps, and the seven movements every other class is built on. Slow on purpose.
- For
- New clients, returners
- Level
- All levels
- Length
- 50 min
Ten reformers in a daylit loft on Harbor Row. Classes cap at ten and most run eight, so by your second visit the instructor knows which shoulder you favor.
Everyone starts in Foundations, including people who have done Pilates for years. It takes two classes to learn our reformers. After that the whole schedule opens up.
The machine, explained. Springs, carriage, footbar, straps, and the seven movements every other class is built on. Slow on purpose.
Foundations at speed. Fewer cues, heavier springs, and transitions that keep you moving from the first footwork to the last stretch.
No machine, no excuses. The original repertoire on a mat, with rings, bands and small balls when they earn their place. Travels well.
One reformer, one instructor, one hour built around your body. Injuries, pregnancy, a marathon in March, or you simply prefer it quiet.
Six time slots, seven days, ten reformers. Book up to fourteen days ahead. Spots update Monday morning; cancel free up to twelve hours before class and the credit goes back on your pack.
Scroll sideways for the full week
| Time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:30 AM | FlowTomas | FoundationsMaren | FlowTomas | FoundationsJune | FlowTomas2 spots | No class | No class |
| 7:45 AM | FoundationsMaren | FlowPriya | FoundationsMaren | FlowPriya | FoundationsJune | FlowElliotWaitlist | No class |
| 9:30 AM | MatHana | FoundationsJune | MatHana | FoundationsElliot | MatHana | FoundationsMaren3 spots | FlowPriya |
| 12:15 PM | FlowElliot | No class | FlowElliot | No class | FlowElliot | MatHana | Slow MatHana |
| 5:30 PM | FoundationsPriya | FlowMaren3 spots | FoundationsPriya | FlowMaren | FoundationsJune | No class | No class |
| 6:45 PM | FlowJune1 spot | MatHana | FlowJune | MatHana | No class | No class | No class |
Any mix of Foundations, Mat, and Flow once you are cleared for it. The clock starts at your first class. If life gets in the way, we extend it once, no questions.
Claim the intro| Option | Price | Per class | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drop-inAny single class | $34 | $34 | Visitors, the occasional Sunday, still deciding. |
| 5-packThree months to use | $155 | $31 | The first pack after the intro. Most people buy it twice. |
| 10-packSix months, shareable with one person | $290 | $29 | Twice a week, or once a week with a friend. |
| Unlimited monthlyRolling month, cancel any time | $219 | About $18at three a week | Three or more classes a week, plus one guest pass a month. |
Privates are $95, or five for $440. Packs pause for injury or travel; just write to us. Grip socks are $14 at the desk, or bring your own.
Required on the reformers. Any pair with rubber on the sole works. We keep them at the desk for $14 if yours are in the other bag.
Ten, after the first time. On your first visit an instructor walks you through the carriage, the springs, and how to get on and off without a bruise. It takes eight minutes and it changes the class.
Backs, knees, wrists, shoulders, a pregnancy, a surgery, the thing that only hurts on Tuesdays. Say it at the desk or quietly to the instructor. The springs change, the cues change, and the class gets better for you.
Straps catch on loose shorts. Leggings and a fitted top are the uniform for a reason. Jewelry lives in the locker.
Two Foundations classes before Flow, whoever you are. People who have done Pilates for a decade still learn something about our springs. Then the whole schedule is yours.
Every instructor here holds a comprehensive certification, teaches at most four classes a day, and takes someone else's class once a week. That is the rule, and it is why the cueing sounds the same from Maren on Monday to Hana on Sunday.
Opened Reformer in 2018 after nine years teaching in other people's studios. Runs Foundations like a language class: one word at a time.
The 6:30 Flow is his. Expects you to breathe on the count and will wait, pleasantly, until you do.
Half her Wednesday privates are in the second trimester. The other half are new parents finding their core again.
Works alongside two local physios and reads their notes before your class. The person to see after a back.
Heavier springs, longer holds. Saturday Flow fills first every week and it is entirely his fault.
Built the Mat schedule and teaches the slow Sunday class. Thinks the reformer is a very good mat.
Joseph Pilates built the first reformer out of a hospital bed and a set of springs. A century on, the idea has not needed improving, only good light and a studio that keeps the classes small.
A spring loads the movement going out and coming back. The muscle works the whole way, and the small stabilizers, the ones that quit first on a mat, do not get to sit out.
The carriage takes your bodyweight so the joints can move without being asked to hold you up. That is why physios send people here, and why a first class can feel easier than it is.
Springs are numbers. Two reds in October, three by February, a blue on the footwork by spring. Nobody has to guess whether it is working.
The loft is above the sailmaker on Harbor Row. Take the elevator at the harbor end of the building or the stairs by the bike racks, and follow the light.
14 Harbor Row, Loft 3C
Port Ellery
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Bike racks on the ground floor, two showers up here, lockers you do not need a coin for.
The desk opens fifteen minutes before the first class of the day.
Call (555) 555-0147
or write to book@reformer.example
We reply within a few hours, and always before the next class you asked about.