Inside the studio

Group Reformer classes run on the Reformers in the main room, capped at eight people. Everyone follows the same class program, and your instructor gives modifications when you need them.

Each Reformer has five springs. Changing the springs changes the resistance, and lighter is not always easier: some stability work gets harder as the spring gets lighter.

The room is small enough for your instructor to reach everyone. If a cue is not landing for you, they walk over instead of calling it across the room.

Sheer curtains soften the daylight, the walls are white and plants sit along the mirrors. The music stays soft and the pace slow, working on one movement at a time rather than long flows.

The money goes into the machines rather than the fit-out, so the studio is clean and uncluttered without feeling clinical.

Reformer boxes, rings, light hand weights, small balls and bands sit beside the Reformers. They are used to add balance, coordination and control challenges when appropriate, and to modify an exercise when you need more support.

Private and semi-private Studio Pilates use the wider apparatus by the window: the Cadillac, Wunda Chair, Ladder Barrel, Avalon Chair and Spine Corrector. A session usually stays with one or two pieces of equipment so you are not jumping around.

The apparatus supports a movement as much as it challenges it. A lunge can be done holding the ladder, and the same exercise can be taken lying down on the Cadillac or sitting upright on the chair. With experience, the same equipment allows inversions that do not happen in a group class.

Check in at the front desk. Your instructor introduces themselves, asks whether you have done Pilates before and shows you the machines before you start.

The first-visit FAQs cover what to bring and when to arrive. Email Prack Pilates before your visit if you need current parking, entrance or accessibility information.