Our South Austin Private Pilates Studio
Mat Pilates ATX also offers Private and Semi-Private Personal Training on Mat, Reformer and Chair in South Austin Studio
For individuals and couples (friends, siblings, partners and spouses), we offer semi-private and private Pilates training by appointment at a private home studio in Circle C Ranch in south/southwest Austin, Texas. We welcome beginners.
In private sessions, we design workouts to meet individual goals. Pilates sessions for two people are called "duets" or partner Pilates. Pilates private and semi-private "duet" sessions may use different Pilates apparatus including the mat, Pilates reformer, Pilates chair, and other equipment such as hand weights, weighted balls and props.
about the studio
Why do we use apparatus like reformers, chairs, towers and other equipment in a Pilates studio?
In short: variety, resistance, and assistance.
Our studio includes a Balanced Body Springboard, two Balanced Body reformers and Peak Exo chair. Historically, Pilates equipment was created to support the shapes and movement of mat exercises. Everything in a Pilates studio was designed to help people move better and feel better in their bodies. Pilates refers to a large body of work that was informed by all kinds of movement including gymnastics, boxing, dance, calisthenics, and probably yoga.
(Do we have to make exercising a history lesson? No. Yet a lot of Pilates enthusiasts, both teachers and students, feel connected and inspired by its origin story and history, and we appreciate the equipment, exercises and body of work that was handed down from teachers to students.)
So is it harder to work out on Pilates apparatus?
It depends on the person and the exercise.
Sometimes Pilates equipment is supportive and makes things easier. For people who cannot easily get up and down from the floor, the reformer brings the floor to them.
Sometimes Pilates equipment makes exercises harder because it moves, gets heavier or lighter, and feels less stable.
Why would we want to do Pilates on a reformer, chair, Cadillac, tower, Pilatesstick or other apparatus?
The truth: it is mentally stimulating and full of physical challenges. You never stop learning.
And with that mindset about a mat or a machine, then doing Pilates is fun. It becomes a natural source of endorphins and hormones that enhance well-being.
