Movement work in the same studio as the scalp work

Pilates & CoreAlign in Fort Collins

The other half of Aligned from Within.

Classical Pilates and CoreAlign movement work in the same Fort Collins studio as the scalp work — because circulation, stress and posture are part of the same picture, and because Amy is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and a Balanced Body Pilates instructor, Reformer and Mat certified.

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Private, semi-private and small group · reformer, tower and CoreAlign

Book a Pilates class

The current class schedule, live from the studio calendar. If what you are looking for is not listed, it is booked by phone.

Or call (970) 698-6800

What is in the studio

Reformer and towerClassical Pilates on Balanced Body equipment — spring-loaded resistance and tower work, taught privately, semi-privately or in small groups.

CoreAlignMovement work for posture, gait and core stability — standing, loaded, and closer to how you actually move.

Movement assessmentWhere imbalance and instability are identified before a program is built, including golf-specific work.

TPI Fitness Level 2Golf-specific screening and conditioning, which almost nobody in Northern Colorado offers alongside clinical work.

Why it is here and not somewhere else

A CoreAlign session in progress at the Fort Collins studio — CoreAlign work in progress.

Because stiffness and pain are usually about alignment, imbalance and core instability rather than flexibility — and because the same person who assesses your scalp can see how the rest of you is moving.

Pilates and movement work stand on their own. You do not need a hair concern to book them.

What a private session looks like

One instructor, one client, one hour. Nobody is following along at the back of a class hoping they are doing it right.

First

A movement assessment

How you stand, how you load one side more than the other, where the range is missing. The session is built from what that shows rather than from a class plan.

Then

Reformer, tower and CoreAlign

Spring resistance lets the work be scaled precisely, which is what makes Pilates usable whether you are rehabilitating something or training hard.

Also

Golf-specific work

TPI Fitness Level 2 — rotation, sequencing and the physical restrictions that show up in a swing.

By appointment, in the Fort Collins studio. Plenty of people come here for movement and nothing else.

What Pilates actually is

The framed Pilates definition on the studio wall at Core & Crown Collective in Fort Collins — On the studio wall, next to the reformer room.

Worth saying plainly, because the word covers everything from a mat class in a gym to clinical rehabilitation, and they are not the same thing.

Pilates is a method of intelligent movement developed by Joseph Pilates in the early twentieth century, first used to rehabilitate injured soldiers and dancers. It is built on breath, core control, spinal alignment and precise, low-impact movement — strength built without loading the body the way heavy training does.

That is why it holds up across such different people. The same method serves someone rehabilitating an injury, someone sitting at a desk all day, and someone training hard and losing range because of it.

Posture and alignmentStiffness and pain usually come from alignment and instability rather than from a lack of flexibility. That is the part the method works on.

Core integrationControl through the middle, which is what makes everything above and below it work properly.

Pain preventionLow-impact by design, scaled by spring resistance, so it can be built up rather than survived.

All experience levelsBeginners, experienced practitioners and people returning after an injury are taught the same method at different loads.

In a private session the load, the range and the tempo are set for the body in front of you rather than for the middle of a class.

Pilates in Fort Collins: common questions

Where in Fort Collins is the Pilates studio?

At 300 E. Boardwalk Drive #1B in the Landings Complex, the same studio as the scalp work. Sessions are by appointment. Call (970) 698-6800 to book.

Who teaches the sessions?

Amy Gray. She is a Balanced Body Pilates instructor, Reformer and Mat certified, a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and TPI Fitness Level 2. Her CoreAlign certification is in progress.

Do you offer private Pilates sessions?

Yes. Sessions are private, semi-private or small group, on the reformer, the tower and CoreAlign. Private work starts with a movement assessment, so the session is built for you rather than from a class plan.

Book a private introduction

A single private session is the honest way to find out whether it suits you. Call and ask for a movement assessment.

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