We’ve expanded our CoreAlign schedule to include three levels, making it easier to find the right place to start—so you can keep progressing as you gain experience. Whether you’re completely new to CoreAlign or ready for more challenging work, there’s now a class for you.

Benefits of CoreAlign include upright/functional movement training, posture, balance, and gait improvement, and core stabilization.

COREALIGN LEVEL 1

CoreAlign is unlike most of the equipment in the Pilates studio—you’ll spend much of class upright, working with two independently moving carts that respond to how you shift your weight, step, push, and pull.

Level 1 gives you time to learn how the equipment works and become familiar with its foundational movements.

Expect coordinated stepping patterns, standing and floor work, and plenty of instruction as you learn to work with the moving carts and resistance.

Who this class is for: Anyone who wants to try CoreAlign. No previous Pilates or CoreAlign experience is required.

As with all of our group classes, you must be able to get down to and up from the floor independently and comfortably use stairs.

COREALIGN LEVEL 2

Once the basics of CoreAlign are familiar, Level 2 gives you more ways to use them.

You’ll work with longer sequences, more varied positions, and movements that ask you to coordinate the two moving carts while changing direction, shifting weight, and working against resistance.


Classes move at a steadier pace than Level 1, with less time spent introducing the equipment and foundational exercises.


Who this class is for: Clients with Reformer experience can begin here, even if CoreAlign is new to them. Clients without Reformer experience should first take Level 1 and progress with their teacher’s recommendation.

COREALIGN LEVEL 3

Level 3 takes familiar CoreAlign work and makes it more complex.

Expect longer combinations, quicker transitions, and exercises that ask more of your strength, balance, coordination, and ability to manage the moving carts independently.

There’s less time spent breaking down familiar movements, allowing the class to spend more time exploring advanced variations and more involved sequences.

Who this class is for: Clients who have been regularly attending Level 2 CoreAlign and are comfortable with the equipment, common exercises, and pace of class.

 CoreAlign class schedule

We hope and intend to add more later this year.

CoreAlign Level 1: Mondays at 4pm with Katrina

CoreAlign Level 2: Wednesdays at 9am with Libby and Fridays at 9am with Christine

CoreAlign Level 3: Wednesdays at 4pm with Audrey

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Libby, a 58-year-old teacher, was happily enjoying a very active and fulfilling lifestyle. As a keen cyclist, she loved nothing more than taking off on her road bike and enjoying the freedom of the open road and exploring the trails around her home.

But she was noticing more and more that the hip bursitis that she suffered with occasionally was starting to occur more frequently, limiting her mobility and preventing her from enjoying life to the fullest.

This painful condition, which causes the two major bursae in the hip to become inflamed and painful, meant that Libby was in agony when she experienced flare-ups.

“For me, the bursitis was a huge concern”, says Libby. “and I was noticing that my leg strength was starting to decrease."

"I was really starting to feel my age and reluctantly resigning myself to the fact that I might just have to hang up my cycling helmet for good.” 

Libby knew that she needed to find alternative ways to build strength in her body, to find a way to strengthen her legs, especially her thigh muscles.

Then, a chance conversation with a friend introduced her to the world of Pilates. She’d thought about taking up Pilates in the past, but had always thought it to be too gentle and not in line with her energetic lifestyle.

“I would have loved to have attended classes in person, but with a pandemic in full swing, it just wasn’t an option”, says Libby. “Fortunately, Katrina and Laurie offered online classes that gave me all the benefits of guided classes in the comfort of my own home."

 "As time went on, I started looking forward to the new challenges that Katrina and Laurie had for me and learning new moves in every session.”

The difference in Libby’s strength has been amazing. As a cyclist, she has noticed a dramatic improvement in her leg strength. 

“I have also been pushing myself to perform harder moves that require abdominal strength. Thanks to Laurie’s advice, I can perform these moves with confidence.”, says Libby. 

And Libby’s bike riding days?.....

“I’ve actually just treated myself to a new road bike! 

There’s no stopping me now!”

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