Your journey starts here

How To Begin

Because first impressions are important, A Pilates Practice is a comfortable private studio setting with professionalism at the top of its' list.  This rare and unique studio concept and pristine Pilates environment offers services in the perfect setting for safe, one-on-one sessions, and small group equipment classes.

Because every client deserves to receive the very best, A Pilates Practice only offers small group equipment classes with an attendance of 4 clients maximum.

Mary Liz understands that learning Pilates is essentially learning an entirely new approach to movement and body conditioning. This purely private studio setting offers a studio formula and class concept original only to A Pilates Practice. You have the opportunity to choose from two starter packages. For beginners we offer the Essential Apparatus Series, and for those with prior experience we offer a Prior Experience Equipment Series. For new clients who are very well-versed in performing Pilates on all of the apparatus provided, please contact Mary Liz. Privates sessions or prior experience required prior to enrollment and attending equipment classes.

When scheduling services with A Pilates Practice, every client during each private appointment and in each group class reservation is reserved a Reformer/Half Trapeze Table, a Combo Chair, a Tower and a Ladder Barrel, with all of the necessary small props that bring your practice to life. All carefully placed in a dedicated space that’s purely your own. This well-rounded signature approach provides a class atmosphere which positively supports movement, and exercise - with unmatched results.

Within this unique and rare environment you'll be able to concentrate on your hour, without multiple instructors in the studio, or multiple class distractions. Your Pilates time is purely devoted to you.  With patience and guidance, all sessions combine descriptive and tactile cueing strategies designed to enhance correct muscle response.  You'll finish your session feeling awake, alive and invigorated!

The method emphasizes posture and alignment, power drawn from our center, concentration, focus, deep, healthy breathing, and controlled movements. In these sessions, Mary Liz's original studio formula, and desire for pure Pilates connection will get you on your way towards feeling and looking your best!  Your body awareness, posture, muscle control, fluidity in movement, and flexibility and strength will dramatically improve. The Pilates method strengthens and tones the entire body, builds skeletal muscle, improves posture and coordination, and increases protein muscle synthesis. This practice is personalized dedication to your Pilates practice. Without compromising the Pilates principles, you will look forward to seeing your practice expand in repertoire with increased proficiency and self-confidence.

5 Preliminary Private Sessions Designed for Beginners

Essential Apparatus Series

Mary Liz is very excited to share with you this opportunity to begin living a healthier more beautiful, stronger and longer life!  Take action today and give yourself the permission to live your life well. Live life to the fullest with a healthy, strong, moving body.

This series of 5 private sessions will cover the classic approach to engaging the Pilates powerhouse, the principles of Pilates, the rules of engagement and movement, and the introduction to the Pilates apparatus. These sessions are a required prerequisite to Private and Semi-Private appointments, and Reserved Standing Group class and Drop-in class reservations. You will learn a select list of exercises from the Pilates repertoire which will allow you to incorporate your newly found Pilates knowledge into our group class environment. The principles are taught with detail and are simple, safe and easy to understand.  As a result, your transition into a group class, or semi-private session is smooth and effective, delivering great results! 

You'll love the experience of connecting with your own body and exceeding your own expectations in this Essential Apparatus Series. You’ll find that a strong, toned, sculpted body translates into a healthier, stronger, more confident life in general. Begin your journey towards the healthy life of your dreams, better performance, and faster results. 

Once you complete the Essential Apparatus series, you are eligible to attend group class.

A Pilates Practice requires that ALL clients new to Pilates take these initial private sessions before continuing. These one-on-one sessions are for your benefit and will address your individual needs. The Essential Apparatus Series is required before attending apparatus classes.

3 Preliminary Private Sessions

Prior Experience Equipment Series

REVIVE and reinvent your Pilates practice with practical elements of pilates education that will define your Pilates practice at a higher, more movement-conscious level.  There are classes that teach choreography and then there are classes that purely define a Pilates practice that is worth your time and effort!!  It’s in the details of the work that matter most!  The absolute and valuable elements in the work and the overriding unique principles in the method that can only be found in Pilates.  A Pilates Practice allows for this collaboration of celebrated ideas and principles which is the perfect opening for your success.  Definitely don’t miss this chance to reinvent your practice at a deeper level of movement education.  From each private session, to advancing to any of our classes you will have pure attention and support from the very beginning.  Longevity is important and how we want to live as our future mobile and healthy selves is important.  A Pilates Practice knows the importance of appropriate application to movement and exercise that is important to different individuals at different stages of their lives.  Join Mary Liz in this immersive Pilates experience and feel the well-being that comes with practicing Pilates. Connect with Mary Liz and get started.

Reserved Standing Group Class Setting

Discover the endless and everlasting body conditioning possibilities with a breath-infused Pilates class. Rich in enthusiasm and goal oriented these class settings bring your Pilates practice to life! With a group class limit of four participants, this class environment offers a class concept original only to A Pilates Practice. By providing a rare and unique studio practice focused on the essentials of Pilates through the mat repertoire, and through the unique studio apparatus class formula, every client benefits. Each client in each class is reserved one of every piece of apparatus for their use. That means you will have a Reformer/Half Trapeze Table, a Combo Chair, a Tower and a Ladder Barrel, with all of the necessary small props reserved just for your use, in EVERY class. This well-rounded signature approach provides a class atmosphere which positively supports movement, and exercise - with unmatched results. You'll connect in every class as you are guided through detailed and creative high quality instruction in a class that offers variety.  A purely Pilates, purely private, mind-body engaging, and safe class. You'll soon find that when Pilates is performed regularly, you'll look and feel your best! 

Private Setting

Private Settings are ideal for those who enjoy the benefits of one-on-one instruction and prefer achieving their fitness goals in a private setting. Master the repertoire in a variety of ways utilizing the full Pilates apparatus system. An excellent choice to fine-tune your Pilates practice and hone your body conditioning results.  Get the most out of your sessions with all the attention focused on you!

Private settings are additionally advantageous for clients recovering from physical injuries, have persistent ailments such as knee, neck or back problems, and/or have severe physical limitations. As with group class settings, private settings emphasize safe body conditioning techniques that are respectful of your physical limitations. Choose a full-hour or half-hour private session.

As always, consult your doctor or health professional before beginning this or any exercise.