Pilates For All is a small, home-based pilates studio at 19A Titoki Street in Lansdowne, Masterton, run by a Comprehensive Instructor trained through the BASI Pilates programme. It offers private one-to-one sessions and small group mat classes. Private sessions are mainly on Stott Pilates equipment, with accessories to assist or challenge each exercise, and the group classes are kept small and focus on movement quality. The method is BASI's Block System, designed by Rael Isacowitz, which works through the whole body from warm-up and foot work through to the spine, hips and upper body. Sessions are set for beginners through to advanced clients, and the studio says Pilates suits people with poor posture, injuries, back pain or athletic goals.
Clients say the classes are small, the instructor is lovely and motivating, and the instructor is very helpful with individual concerns. The instructor's own route into Pilates began in 2015, when a competitive cyclist's headaches from muscle imbalance eased after three sessions. The instructor then trained on the mat course and later on the equipment, and the website says the teaching is for every ability level. For a Masterton visitor, the studio is the place for private equipment work or a small group mat class. Our pick in Lansdowne for small, personal pilates.