Garage Pilates Los Alamitos is a boutique Pilates studio that offers private Pilates training, Pilates group reformer classes, Mat Pilates classes, Yoga classes and Bounce classes on mini-trampolines. We prefer to keep our reformer classes on the smaller side in order to provide individual, personalized instruction as Pilates is a very precise method of movement unlike any other forms of workout.
Kristin has the honor of being selected as an Ambassador for the Pilates conference Momentum Fest 2020 which is held in Denver, Colorado June 26 -28th.
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8:30 am Group Reformer
9:30 am Group Reformer
10:30 am Group Reformer
4 pm Bounce Class
5 pm Group Reformer
6 pm Yoga
6 am Group Reformer
8 am Bounce Class
9 am Mat Pilates
10 am Group Reformer
4:30 pm Group Reformer
5:30 pm Bounce Class
6:30 pm Group Reformer
7:30 pm GPYP Class
9 am Group Reformer
10 am GPYP Class
11 am Bounce Pilates Combo
3:15 pm Youth Pilates
4 pm Youth Pilates
4:30 pm Youth Pilates
5 pm Group Reformer
6:30 pm Bounce Class
7:30 pm Yoga
8:30 am Group Reformer
9:30 am Yoga
10:30 am Bounce Pilates Combo
4 pm Bounce Class
5 pm Group Reformer
6:30 pm Group Reformer
7:30 pm Group Reformer
8:30 am Group Reformer
9:30 am Jump Board
10:30 am Bounce Pilates Combo
12 pm Yoga
4 pm Bounce Class
7:30 am Group Reformer
8:30 am Group Reformer
9:30 am Jump Board
10:30 am Bounce Class
8 am Yoga
9:30 am Group Reformer
The name tells the story. After leaving a corporate career in Pharmaceuticals, I earned my Pilates instructor certification through Long Beach Dance Conditioning in 2003 and began teaching at local studios and Physical Therapy offices in Los Angeles County as well as my own garage. My husband’s job kept us on the move so my slightly used reformer (which I have now upgraded) and I actually taught Pilates in 5 different garages throughout the country: LA, Northern California, the Midwest, New York, and Orange County. We settled in Los Alamitos about 5 years ago and quickly fell in love with the tightknit, supportive community. Although I have graduated from the garage studio, the name serves as a reminder for the evolution of my Pilates life. Garage Pilates now offers Yoga, Bounce Classes on mini-trampolines, Pilates Classes on both the mat and all apparatus and Private lessons.
Joseph Pilates based his precise exercise regime called Contrology on his experience as a gymnast, boxer, yogi and eccentric holistic healer. His Pilates moves first gained US recognition as he successfully rehabilitated injured ballerinas in the early-mid 1900s utilizing spring-loaded equipment he designed and created himself. Soon he acquired a large following in NY to fill his studio on 8th Avenue. The Pilates Method requires you to engage your whole body with primary focus on the breath and abdominal core. This Method takes lots of concentration and mindfulness- you can’t simply go through the motions while daydreaming. The Pilates Method is never completely mastered as the moment you gain comfort in one exercise, Pilates offers another movement slightly different and slightly more challenging.
Resistance training, the essence of Pilates, is scientifically proven to create lean muscle and rev up your metabolism to burn calories all day long. Cardio is great; but the second you hop off the bike or the treadmill, you stop burning calories. With Pilates, the second you’re done, you start burning calories.*
