The Pilates Method:
New York Certified Pilates is a system of exercises developed by Joseph Pilates which increases flexibility, balance, and control. Pilates promotes physical harmony and balance for people of all ages and physical condition while providing a refreshing and energizing workout. Pilates of Dunwoody teachers were certified by Romana Kryzanowska, the only living protoge of Joseph Pilates, and Sari Mejia Santo, her daughter.


Is Pilates right for you?
Pilates body conditioning is used internationally by people at all fitness levels including professional dancers, performing artists, and sports teams to improve muscle tone, balance, and overall conditioning. Regardless of your current level of fitness, New York Certified Pilates can be your primary mode of body conditioning and injury prevention.

There was a real Pilates:
Joseph Pilates was born in Germany in 1880. He had a lifelong interest in body conditioning. As a frail child dedicated to improving his strength, he later became an accomplished skier, diver, gymnast, and boxer.

Pilates became a nurse in England during WWI. During his internment, Pilates designed exercise equipment for his immobilized patients by attaching springs to hospital beds. This system became the foundation for his style of body conditioning. He brought this system to New York when he opened his first Pilates studio in 1926.