You Don’t Have to Be Fit to Get Fit

Here is the best news about Pilates: You can do it!

As Joseph Pilates said, “If you will faithfully perform your Contrology (what we now know as ‘Pilates’) exercises regularly only four times a week for just three months… you will find your body development approaching the ideal, accompanied by renewed mental vigor and spiritual enhancements.”  Joe believed that anyone cold look forward to those results, no matter what level of fitness he or she might bring to the first Pilates session.

Pilates is a low-impact exercise, designed to help anyone return to the health they enjoyed when young and learn to move smoothly and confidently, with strong, uniformly developed muscles and calm, focused energy. If you’re out of shape, we can modify Pilates exercises to fit your current ability.

Call today for an initial evaluation 415. 419. 5871.

Amy and Cara in Northern CA!

Don’ t miss this FABULOUS  ‘DEEPER PERSPECTIVES’  PILATES  WORKSHOP here at GRASSHOPPER PILATES OF MARIN, November 13th and 14th 2010.

Cara teaching.

Amy teaching

Invigorate your personal Pilates practice, and find fresh inspiration for teaching and guiding your clients. Address “hard to do” and “hard to teach” exercises, develop more successful ways to see, describe, time the exercises, and achieve movement goals for your self and your clients.

12 Continuous Education Credits honored by both the PMA and The Pilates Center of Boulder.

$100 will reserve your spot, the full registration price for the 2Day Workshop is $480.

Yoga 9am Friday Mornings

Yes we are a classical pilates studio, but every once in a while we like to change things up a bit, even Joseph Pilates  himself was known to practice yoga!

Yoga can be a great complement to Pilates work, and we are now offering Iyengar Yoga upstairs at our Marin Studio location Friday Mornings from 9am-10:30am. An hour and a half of yoga for just $22 drop in, or prepay for a package of 10 at $190.

Annie Joseph, has been practicing and studying Yoga for 30 plus years and has been strongly influenced by Iyengar Yoga which emphasizes structural alignment (good connection with Pilates!) She has been teaching Yoga since 1992 and is also a Certified Pilates instructor and currently in The Pilates Center Masters Program.

Please call or email if you are interested in the Yoga class, or come on in to sign up ahead of time. You will need to bring in your own Yoga Mat.

Teacher Training Weekend

Look at these ladies go!! There were demonstrations and classes, all held to keep our instructors at the top of their game.

Kathleen takes notes, as Suzanne demonstrates.

Aura, rockin' and "rollin' like a ball"

Erika leads symposium, while Fernanda works the chair.

Save $$$

Now through July 23rd, when you purchase a Pilates  10 pack of Mat or Equipment, you will also receive $20 off a private lesson. You’ve been coming to group classes every week, and we want to reward you! Go on … treat yourself to something nice, treat yourself to a private pilates lesson!

*Discounted private must be purchased at same time as 10 pack.

Summer Steal: Basic 10 for $10

Jump for JOY!

Tuesday  nights 6:30 to 7pm.

Grasshopper Pilates of Marin is teaching the short and sweet Basic 10 workout for just $10.

Get all of the bases covered in this half hour no-nonsense class, and still have time to walk the dog (cardio!); or take one of the adjoining equipment classes for an hour and a half workout!!

Summer Special

Get ready for the hot weather!

With the peak of summer heat coming up, there isn’t a better time to tone your body for that hot weather wardrobe.

More 1-on-1 attention than a class, cheaper than a private:

SUMMER SPECIAL – PILATES DUETS!!

For $37.50, our summer special pays your half of a Pilates Duet Lesson (worth $50). So round up a partner, or ask us to pair you up with one,  and schedule your duet today!!

For a full list of pricing and services,

check out our website:

www.grasshopperpilatesofmarin.com

‘Pilates To Go’

Whether you are looking to continue your Pilates training at home or on the road, our ‘Pilates To Go’ Spring workshops are designed to give you the knowledge (and the props) for your workout outside of the studio. Learn how to improve your body alignment, coordination, balance and circulation,while developing strength, increasing flexibility and endurance.

We are starting with the MAGIC CIRCLE:  April 10th, 2pm – 4pm. Tone and sculpt your inner thighs YES! but wait, there is so much more! Arms, abs, glutes… learn it all in this Workshop. Instructor: Tamar Dover. Price includes the Magic Circle (value $37), Exercise worksheet and 2hour Workshop for $95.

Success!

Upside Down Push-up, FUN!

The Intro To Chair class was a Success!! Its been so popular, we are putting it on our normal schedule as the Basic Chair Series. Commit to a month at a time to really get the muscle memory working and see and feel the changes in your body. Wednesdays at 11am, see you there! Cost is the same as our normal equipment classes – so YES you can use your 10 equipment pack to pay for this

Don’t be a square, learn the Chair!

Ever wonder what that simple looking box with a spring loaded paddle is doing here in the studio? Hearing us call it a “chair”, and you think “Well how nice of Joe Pilates to design a place to rest in between all this mat and reformer work.”

Here is your chance, to find out what it can really do from the VERY beginning. Fernanda is going to be teaching a 4 Class Intro to Chair Series. Wednesdays March 3rd – 24th. Come weekly and advance together. 12noon is the time, Grasshopper Pilates of Marin is the place. Her Friday Morning Intermediate Chair class is hoppin’ already, but there needs to be a starting place before jumping right in, so here it is. We hope that you can join us!! Call Fernanda directly if you have any questions 415. 238. 1414.

4 Week Intro Chair Session 12noon – 1pm: 4 classes, PLUS A FREE 1/2 hr private ($50 value) for $130.