Leslie has been teaching mat Pilates, Yoga, and group exercise classes since 2009. In 2022 she received her reformer teaching certificate through Power Pilates. Leslie has experience working with older adults, pregnant students, and teens. She works on the reformer, cadillac, high chair, wunda chair, pedi-pole, and barrel. Because of her knowledge of the equipment and her work with a variety of ages and body types, she is able to design a class based on the special needs of her clients.
Please reach us at leslie@baypilates.net if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Classical Pilates with modifications is what we practice at Bay Pilates. For the reformer and mat we follow a choreographed sequence of exercises developed by Joseph Pilates. New exercises are layered into the choreography as the student progresses from novice to beginner to intermediate and beyond. Contemporary Pilates typically has less formal teaching methods and teachers teach in no particular sequence. When contemporary students join our group classes they are for the most part not connected to their core and are lost as to the names and set up for the exercises we teach. That is why we recommend private lessons with a classically trained teacher before joining a group and we require it before joining our advanced group.
It depends. You should have a diagnosis of your pain issues and any contraindicated exercises and bring with you to your first lesson. Many of our clients have stiff spines and lack a strong core. We can help with that, which can relieve some of those issues.
Pilates will help tighten abdominal muscles and help to correct poor posture which is sometimes the cause of protruding abdominal muscles. We can not control the calories that you ingest, which are typically the cause of extra pounds.