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ABS Pilates

All levels · 8 sessions a cycle

Restorative Mat Pilates

Restore your strength, posture and balance with a rejuvenating Mat workout of standing and floor work. All levels welcome, and all equipment provided.

See the class schedule Start with 2 classes for $35
Adults spaced out on mats in the warm ABS Pilates home studio during a gentle standing warm-up

Restore and reconnect

It begins with a gentle warm-up and ends with a body that remembers how it is supposed to stand.

This welcoming mat-based session combines standing and floor work, flowing from that warm-up into a progression of exercises aimed at restoring your posture, core strength, balance and whole-body awareness. All levels are welcome, including anyone just starting out or coming back to a practice you had before.

  • 01 Rebuild core strength from the inside out, not from the outside in.
  • 02 Improve posture through the standing sequences as much as the floor work.
  • 03 Enhance balance: the quiet reason so many clients over fifty keep coming back.
  • 04 Increase whole-body awareness, which is what makes the strength usable outside the studio.
Amanda Smith talking a class through an exercise, hands on her ribs to demonstrate breathing

Level, all levels

What to expect

Mindful, unhurried movement with no equipment to learn, ideal if you want gentle but genuinely effective conditioning, and a good first Mat Pilates class. All equipment is provided; bring water and something to move in.

A supportive, restorative flow: slow controlled movement, breath-focused exercises, gentle standing sequences and traditional Mat Pilates conditioning, held at a calm and steady pace the whole way through.

  • Slow, controlled movement
  • Breath-focused
  • Gentle standing sequences
  • Traditional Mat conditioning
  • Calm, steady pace
  • All equipment provided
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Virtual Restorative Mat/Reformer · 5 sessions

You can take this exact class from home

“Don’t ever miss The Best Hour of Your Day again.” The Restorative Mat class is taught live in the studio and joined virtually from your home or from vacation, a real class with Amanda in real time, not a recording. Five virtual sessions run each cycle.

Find a virtual class Or stream ABS On-Demand

$15per live virtual class

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