What We Offer

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Looking to supplement your private lessons? Enjoy working out with a group? Our Small Group Classes offer the community of a class while allowing for personal instruction at half the cost of a private lesson. We now offer Small Group Classes at the following times:

• Mondays, 6 PM: Intermediate Tower Mat Class with Dawn
• NEW! Tuesdays, 6 PM: Intermediate Mat Class with Lu
• Thursdays, 6 PM: Beginner Pilates Class with Dawn
• Fridays, 7 AM: Intermediate/Advanced Tower Mat class with Andrea
• Saturday, 8 AM: Intermediate Mixed Apparatus Class with Andrea 

Classes must have a minimum of two people to run and will have a maximum of five people to ensure personalized instruction. Just like our  private lessons, clients must register for classes by calling the studio and signing up for desired class. Clients may book a standing spot in a class, but  must cancel 24 hours in advance to avoid being charged. See our Rates page for Group Class rates.

We will begin the  next program for students who are interested in becoming certified  instructors through Romana's Pilates International in Summer 2025. If you are interested, please contact the studio as soon as possible to schedule a lesson to assess your skills. Students must pass an assessment with Rhonda Celenza to be admitted to the program. In addition to Rhonda, we have two Level IV instructor trainers at Pilates Connection who can prepare you for your assessment. 

New guidelines for entering the program now require that students:

• perform an Intermediate Reformer with transitional Advanced exercises and know purposes for each exercise;
• perform an Advanced Mat and know purposes for each exercise;
• demonstrate familiarity with Intermediate and commonly taught Advanced exercises on other apparatuses.

Saturday, October 19, 2024

9AM-5PM

Cost: $425

Pilates Connection Chicago will host a CPE with Juanita Lopez for Romana's Pilates certified instructors at our studio in Evanston, IL. All Romana's Pilates instructors are required to attend at least one CPE each year.  

UPDATE: Registration is now closed for this CPE. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please contact us.

Shoulder Mobility and Scapular Control: Placement and Functionality

Sunday, October 20, 2024

9AM-11:30AM

Cost: $200

Registration is still open; email or call (847) 492-7200.

In this interactive workshop, we will gain practical knowledge and understanding of the relationship between the spine, shoulder girdle and arms from a functional perspective. It will take us through an interactive discussion looking at scapular control with horizontal and vertical push/pull motions in our Pilates practice. We will focus on  proper positioning, biomechanics, muscle function and ways it can be used to improve movement patterns. This workshop will help give you the structure needed to make exercise choices, thus improving your efficiency and effectiveness in teaching your clients and in your personal Pilates practice.

Maria Sison-Wright is the owner of Inner Core Wellness in Fairfax, Virginia. She has been practicing as a physical therapist for 33 years with extensive experience in orthopedic, neurological and sport injuries. In 2004, she received her Pilates certification under the tutelage of master teachers Romana Kryzanowska and her daughter, Sari Mejia Santo, in New York City. She is currently a Level IV Teacher Trainer for Romana's Pilates. She is a SFMA (Selective Functional Movement Assessment) specialist and also a fully certified MELT Method instructor. Thanks to her strong interest in Pilates, functional movement and the MELT Method, she has been able to apply the Pilates principles and functional training in her physical therapy practice with positive results from her patients. She believes in a “w”holistic approach of physical therapy addressing the body as a whole, thus rehabilitating not only the specific injury but the overall well-being of her clients. She is an active member of the APTA and Romana’s Pilates. Maria is a very passionate and active member of MMOM USA which provides free volunteer medical services to the underprivileged in the Philippines and Guatemala.  

Pilates Connection Chicago hosted the Advanced Seminar of the Independent Instructor Training Program, taught by Juanita Lopez in September 2024. 

Interested in becoming a certified Pilates instructor? Contact us for more information!