Pilates Classes In NW Portland at Studio Blue – Studio Blue Pilates

Welcome to Studio Blue

Studio Blue is a very special place. Although we have achieved local and national acclaim for our classes and private instruction, we never lose sight of our mission to care for each and every one of you with an unmatched level of personalized service. We strive to treat you like family, to ensure you are warmly welcomed, and to see that you always feel better when you walk out our door.

Studio Blue is your “third place” – that place where we always know your name, where we have earned your trust to care for your body and your well-being, and where you are a part of our Portland Pilates community of teachers, healers, family and friends. We’re passionate about helping you achieve your personal goals and honored that you chose us!

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Getting Started Pilates Sculpt Yoga Springboard TRX Rehabilitation

Getting Started

As a new client you’ll get a free week (7 consecutive days, starting any day you choose) of unlimited mat classes including Pilates, yoga, Sculpt (these classes incorporate light free weights), Bosu/Fitness Ball, Springboard equipment classes, and TRX Suspension Training.

We encourage you to take as many group classes as you can while they’re free and get to know our different instructors and class formats.

Mat Pilates

Pilates Mat Classes are the floor work version of the Pilates method. These classes take place in a group setting using your body weight as the primary source of resistance.

Focus is placed on precise movements originating from the center or core of your body. Working from the deepest layers of muscles, which stabilize and support your spine and pelvis, resulting in a strong, flexible spine with ideal posture and alignment. Classes emphasize the foundational principals of Pilates while offering modifications and variations to suit each students individual needs.

Studio Blue offers a wide variety of Mat Pilates classes for all levels of experience including:

All Levels

Pilates Sculpt Classes at Studio Blue in NW Portland

Sculpt

In this boot camp styled class we will combine free weights, personal training and traditional Pilates body-sculpting exercises in a fast-paced class. This class will work those key muscle groups to the point of fatigue and then lengthen and stretch those muscle groups to give you the kind of body that is strong and contoured, yet long and lean.

Yoga Classes at Studio Blue in NW Portland

Yoga

This is a gentle yoga class where we move our bodies “in a flow” incorporating the breath toward a more meditative awareness. You will move through a series of stretches and strengthening body poses. This class is suitable for all levels, especially beginners, and we will cultivate greater mental and physical awareness, strength, and flexibility.

Classes include:

Core Yoga

Springboard Classes

Springboard

The Springboard is a perfect balance between our Pilates floor work with the Reformer. Exercises can be done seated, standing, kneeling, and lying down using resistance and assistance training to build core strength, coordination, balance, and flexiblilty. Classes will also help articulate the spine, strengthen weak back muscles, while also improving posture.

TRX

Try a TRX suspension training class! TRX classes will push your training to another level. And with over 100 different exercises, TRX training is a full body workout that will always challenge your body with something new and different. You’ll build lean muscle mass and get toned!

Created by U.S. Navy Seals, TRX Suspension Training® is a revolutionary method of leveraged body weight exercise. A versatile strap system builds power, strength, flexibility, balance, and mobility, all at the intensity YOU choose. Instead of lifting WEIGHTS, the TRX suspension system utilizes your body weight –essentially, its your body versus gravity.

Private Rehabilitation Sessions at Studio Blue in Portland Oregon

Rehabilitation

This class is for anyone who wants to start a low impact Pilates-based exercise regime, it will show you how to alleviate chronic aches and pains while discovering freer movement. Rotation and length of the spine will be emphasized.

You’ll learn easy, pain-free ways to improve your flexibility, as well as how to engage your pelvic floor for improved core strength and stability. This class is the perfect choice for anyone who needs to move slowly and thoughtfully due to chronic pain, or while recovering from injury.

Basic to Advanced

Reformer Classes

Getting Started Beginner / Rehab All Levels Athletic

Studio Blue Reformer Classes

GETTING STARTED

At Studio Blue we offer a variety of small group Reformer classes in several different formats. Our reformer room accommodates 1 to 4 clients at a time so you are sure to get individualized attention and correction in a group class environment.

If you’re new to Studio Blue or have never been on our reformers, you must take at least one private session, discounted to $50, on the equipment before being approved for group reformer classes. This is to ensure your safety getting on and off the equipment in a group setting, and to make sure you can adjust the springs, foot bar, head rest, and other features of the apparatus while keeping pace with the rest of your classmates.

Studio Blue Private Sessions

Beginners / Rehab

These classes are best for those who are new to the equipment and for clients who may have preexisting health conditions, chronic pain, back issues, recent injury or surgery, or any other condition which may require the instructor to offer individualized modifications of the exercises for each client.

Studio Blue Reformer Beginners Class

All Levels

After completing 10 Beginner level classes, you are allowed to advance your practice to All Level. In these classes the instructor will expect you to to adjust your springs and know how to modify exercises as needed, as well as advance to more challenging versions of many of the exercises that your instructor may cue.

Studio Blue Reformer

Athletic

Our 60 minute Athletic Reformer class is the perfect way to add challenge, coordination and a little bit of cardio to your Pilates routine. We start class using the jumpboard to get the heart rate up and build strength in the lower body. Next we work in multiple planes and using compound movements — necessary strengths and skills for just about any athletic activity. We stand on the reformer challenging your balance and coordination, doing planks and adding spinal rotation! You’ll firm and tone and definitely work up a sweat!

One-on-one instruction

Private Sessions

Getting Started Rehabilitation Athletic Conditioning Duet Sessions

Getting Started with Private Sessions at Studio Blue

GETTING STARTED

Whether you’re starting your Pilates practice to build core strength and stability, to rehab an injury or recover from surgery, or to improve your athletic performance, Pilates private sessions are a great way to start. At Studio Blue, your private Pilates lessons are held in an intimate, comfortable setting.

You won’t be in a big room filled with other clients and their trainers. It’s just you and your Pilates instructor working together to meet your goals in a fully private setting.

Private Rehabilitative Mat Classes at Studio Blue

Rehabilitation

Private sessions are the ideal way to jumpstart your recovery process. Initially you and your instructor will meet behind closed doors in a fully private equipment room to review any notes from your physician or physical therapist, assess your condition, and begin planning the best course of treatment for you.

Athletic Conditioning Classes at Studio Blue in NW Portland

Athletic Conditioning

Athletes know that flexibility is a key component to avoiding injury — and passive stretching is not always the answer! Pilates exercises incorporate eccentric muscle activation — that means actively lengthening while strengthening your muscles — which is essential to strength and flexibility.

Adding Pilates to your athletic lifestyle will increase these nine specific performance factors which are essential to creating an athlete who knows how to train and perform at peak levels while greatly reducing the chance of injury:

Posture
Balance
Mobility/Flexibility
Stability
Coordination
Functional Strength
Endurance
Proprioception/Body Awareness
Mind/Body Connection

Duet Sessions at Studio Blue in NW Portland

Duet Sessions

Duet Privates (semi-private sessions for you and spouse or a friend) are available and can be an ideal (and cost effective) way for two to work out together who are of similar physical ability and want more personal attention than in a group class.

We also offer a special Introductory Duets package that saves you $35 per person on your first 3 Duet sessions. You’ll get 3 private duet sessions for just $100 per person!

private rehab classes

REHABILITATION

Getting Started Private Sessions Reformer Classes Mat Classes Testimonials

GETTING STARTED

Are you suffering from chronic pain and nothing makes it go away? Are you preparing for upcoming surgery or recovering from one? Have you had a recent injury that is in need of rehabilitation?

If you said “yes” to any of the above, then using Pilates for rehabilitation could be the answer to strengthening your body, reducing recovery time and minimizing or even possibly eliminating your chronic pain.

Private Rehabilitative Mat Classes

Private Sessions

Private sessions are the ideal way to jumpstart your recovery process. Initially you and your instructor will meet behind closed doors in a fully private equipment room to review any notes from your physician or physical therapist, assess your condition, and begin planning the best course of treatment for you. You will be given a postural assessment, if necessary, and your instructor will gently guide you through a series of Pilates exercises, noting your areas of strength and weakness, flexibility, and range of motion with careful, hands on guidance to make corrections and ensure proper alignment.

Throughout your session your instructor may also test muscles to see if they are firing in the proper sequence. After your first session, he/she will make notes in your folder for you next session and to document your progress. For maximum benefit and improvement, we recommend coming in for privates a minimum of two times per week.

Studio Blue Rehabilitation Reformer

Reformer Classes

If your condition does not require intensive one-on-one attention, group reformer rehab classes may be a good fit. These classes focus on joint stability and spinal mobility, while building core strength.

You will still have the full attention of your instructor to make any adjustments necessary and to ensure that you are engaging the right muscles in each exercise. In these classes your instructor will teach your abdominal exercises while maintaining a “neutral spine” position rather than going into spinal flexion.

Neutral spine abdominal work is recommended for clients with osteoporosis, osteopenia, previous spinal fractures and those with herniated discs. But even without spinal flexion, you can still learn how to move from your core safely with the supervision of your instructor.

Private Rehabilitative Mat Classes at Studio Blue

Mat Pilates

Over time and as your body recovers and you have less of a need for the stability provided by the Pilates equipment, you may want to consider moving into rehabilitative mat classes. Mat work will require you to stabilize your own body in many exercises, without the assistance the equipment provides. The mat rehab repertoire is built on low or zero impact exercises, core strengthening, posture enhancement and slow and thoughtful movement.

These classes are also great for anyone who may be suffering from occasional back or neck tension, or recent minor injury, such as a twisted ankle or broken toe. That way you can keep coming to Pilates while you work your way back to your previous performance level slowly and safely. These classes are limited to 8 clients to ensure that the instructor can offer appropriate modifications to everyone and make any hands on adjustments.

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Testimonials

“WARNING: Studio Blue may cause intense feelings of happiness! I have been working with Tami at Studio Blue since 2011 when I was diagnosed with a bulging disc in my lower back. My pain was somewhere around 8 on a scale of 1-10, and I was given the option of surgery. As a “back patient” I was told to avoid exercises that push the spine into extremes of flexion or extension, and I found Tami to be an expert in helping me move and grow stronger while keeping me safe. Her expertise and hands on knowledge puts me at ease during every session. I am challenged, yet never forced to move where my body isn’t ready to go. After every session I leave feeling stronger, pain free, and with a smile on my face!”

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