Our spacious and inviting Pilates/Gyrotonic ® Studio looks out onto a beautifully landscaped green area, providing a warm, welcoming atmosphere for our members and guests. Pilates is an effective, efficient, full-body workout that is based on the core principles of alignment, stability, and breath. This workout will lengthen your muscles and build strength without adding bulk, while also streamlining your body and adding muscle tone.
Our experienced and certified teachers support their clients’ personal goals by bringing physical awareness, fitness, and alignment into each of their client's lives. Our studio is appointed with state of the art equipment including the Gyrotonic Expansion System ® which works your body in a non-linear way through circular movements. It combines elements of dance, yoga, swimming, Thai Chi, and gymnastics.
Another available service in our studio, which provides our members and guests with an alternative approach to Mind/Body, is "Thai stretching". Thai stretching is a blend of accupressure, passive yoga stretching, and reflexology that releases energy blocks and frees the flow of energy in the body. This provides improved circulation, flexibility, and muscle tone. After a session of Thai-stretching, clients with stiff muscles, arthritis, or limited mobility of joints feel revitalized, rejuvenated, and their body is re-balanced.
To schedule an appointment or receive further information about Pilates/Gyrotonic ® or Thai stretching, please contact Kim Kilway, at kkilway@houstonian.com or 713-685-7981.
What Is Pilates?
Pilates is the godfather of core strength training. The core, or in Pilates terminology, the powerhouse, is the upper and lower abdominal muscles, the lower back and the buttocks.
Everyone Can Benefit from Pilates
Pilates is something you carry with you for a lifetime, benefiting people of all fitness levels. Anyone can do it. The benefits range from helping the average person become more physically fit to perfecting the performance of the elite athlete.
Regardless of your physical ability, the Pilates method teaches you a way of life. You sit better, you sleep better, you stand better, and you feel more in control of your body.
Fees:
Private Session: $85.00
Semi-Private Session: $60.00
Mat Classes: Complimentary for Members
What is GYROTONIC®?
GYROTONIC®, offers a truly unique approach to health, fitness, and movement using the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM®.
The GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® is based on dance, swimming, and gymnastics as well as yoga and tai-chi. This system enables one to achieve synchronized strength and flexibility, facilitating full articulation of the joints, neuromuscular coordination and balance.
GYROTONIC® helps our members develop a body with lean musculature – strong, flexible, and injury free.
Fees:
Private Session: $90.00
For more information or to schedule a session please contact the Pilates Department at 713.812.6934.