California Pilates

07/23/2026

Help keep me be accountable. Join my practice starting Tuesday, August 4th at 2pm PDT /
5pm EDT.

After a year off from my consistent Pilates practice I need your support to get back in the saddle. We will find reverence in each exercise to develop form rooted in all the principles of the classical Pilates repertoire.

Sped up 2x

07/23/2026

Help keep me accountable. Join my practice starting Tuesday, August 4th at 2pm PDT / 5pm EDT.

After a year off from my consistent Pilates practice I need your support to get back in the saddle.

07/11/2026

It’s no secret that most people find classically based Pilates in their 40’s. If you are on the fence here are some reasons to start.



A 6-month Pilates-based exercise program improved several postural-alignment measures in healthy adult women, including shoulder alignment, head position, and pelvic alignment.

Citation:

Cruz-Ferreira, A., Fernandes, J., Laranjo, L., Bernardo, L. M., & Silva, A. (2013). A systematic review of the effects of Pilates method of exercise in healthy people. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92(12), 2071–2081.

Reformer Pilates improved functional mobility, balance, and lower-extremity range of motion in adults over 65 at risk for falling. A randomized controlled trial found that 10 weekly Reformer sessions improved functional mobility, static and dynamic balance, balance self-efficacy, and hip and ankle active range of motion compared with no exercise.

Citation:

Roller, M., Kachingwe, A., Beling, J., Ickes, D. M., Cabot, A., & Shrier, G. (2018). Pilates Reformer exercises for fall risk reduction in older adults: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 22(4), 983–998. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2017.09.004.

A 2024 randomized controlled study assigned 70 sedentary women ages 18–45 to a combined mat-and-equipment Pilates program or control group. After 10 weeks, the Pilates group showed improvements in fatigue and physical self-perception measures.

Citation:

Sarıtaş, D., & Pişirici, P. (2024). Investigation of the effect of Pilates combined exercise program with mat and equipment on fatigue and physical self-perception in sedentary women: A randomized controlled study. Turkish Journal of Kinesiology, 10(2), 110–118. https://doi.org/10.31459/turkjkin.1475057

Long airport corridors, stairs, uneven streets, luggage, boats, gardens, museums, and long dinners all ask something of the body. Pilates can help support the balance, mobility, strength, posture, and movement confidence that make travel feel less physically demanding.

Citation:

Roller, M., Kachingwe, A., Beling, J., Ickes, D. M., Cabot, A., & Shrier, G. (2018). Pilates Reformer exercises for fall risk reduction

07/08/2026

If budget is an issue and you are struggling where to begin buy “Return to Life through Contrology” by Joseph Pilates. He lays out his philosophy and his original mat exercises.

Unfortunately, Mr. Pilates book is one size fit most. If you find it a bit hard to follow, seek out your neighborhood Pilates instructor and tell them you want to learn all the classical mat exercises or you can find each exercise explained from a modern lens’s in my on-demand library for free.

Exercise: Gondola on reformer 2 springs

01/19/2026

My work lives at the intersection of movement, curiosity, and care. I’ve spent years studying how the body adapts, protects, and communicates, especially under pressure, and I’m continually guided by what it teaches.

Aligned Executive grew from that curiosity. It’s a space for thoughtful movement, nervous system awareness, and building strength that supports life beyond the studio. I value precision, patience, and practices that respect the body’s timing rather than forcing outcomes.

While I consider myself a Classical Pilates teacher because any non-classical work offered is meant to supplement or educate so we can add new classical exercises. I am not naive enough to think Pilates is a perfect system for special populations.

Outside of sessions, I’m most at home in quiet moments, walking trails, creative work, time with my daughter, and anything that invites deep connective conversation.

If you’re an executive seeking greater alignment, clarity, and capacity so your leadership creates deeper, more sustainable impact, I invite you to explore this work further. Details are in the bio.

01/19/2026

Pilates has never been just fitness.
It has always been wellness.

From the beginning, the work asked for breath before effort, awareness before force, integrity before repetition.

Every exercise carries a conversation between posture, breath, nervous system, and intent. It echoes how we should show up in life for ourselves and others.

My transition back to executive wellness isn’t a departure it’s a return to the deeper truth of the method.

Going forward, I’ll be sharing how Pilates embodies whole-system wellness:

•How the breath assigned to each exercise correlates to evidence based methods of nervous system regulation.

•How the Pilates repertoire plays together.

•How alignment reflects decision-making.

•How the body is holding long before the mind admits it.

This is Pilates as strategy, longevity, and embodied clarity as intended through the profound body of work Joseph and Clara Pilates created.

Stay close. The work goes deeper from here.

01/13/2026

Such a wonderful chat with Jackie about wellness.

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01/09/2026

Happy New Year!!

A bit late to the party. Wishing you all a joyous, healthy, and prosperous year!