Become Your Body’s Hero
Bodies in Balance serves as a Pilates and Movement Education studio that supports you in cultivating new movement patterns and body awareness to bring more energy and physical ease into your daily life.
“Balance is what happens when the body becomes, simultaneously, both aligned and relaxed: one without the other won’t do.”
– Will Johnson
As one of Portland’s original Pilates studios, established in 1998, we bring balance to the body by drawing on a rich mind-body heritage which includes the pioneering work of Joseph Pilates, Dr. Ida Rolf, Matthias Alexander, and others. We offer private Pilates instruction, Pilates teacher training, Pilates reformer and matwork, and therapeutic bodywork.
Our staff of movement professionals has received training and certification in the Pilates method, massage therapy, KMI Structural Integration, Alexander Technique, the Franklin Method, and other movement practices.
These disciplines combine with Pilates to provide increased core strength and flexibility along with re-education of the body’s musculature, fascia, and movement patterns; allowing your body to achieve its natural alignment and support.
Demands of daily life can lead to physical neglect - causing postural fatigue, holding patterns around chronic pain, and general loss of physical & mental energy.
We invite you to develop the clarity, pain-free movement, and core strength that arise from a sustained commitment to physical balance and well-being. We invite you to become your body’s hero.