Romana Kryzanowska was a force of nature. If you had the privilege to work with her, you never came with anything but your best. And many of her pearls of wisdom that she bestowed upon me were (and are) strictly observed. But it hasn't been until much more recently that I have had the chance to look at her teachings through the looking glass of my own experience and truly understand what she was really saying.

When I did my teacher training with Romana, she was a very vocal detractor of the current trend to dump a large number of people on reformers to do a Pilates workout. Her view was that you would not get all the benefits of Pilates on the apparatus if the teacher was lowering the standards of the workout so everyone could participate. And perhaps more importantly, safety would be compromised.

At Uncle Joe's, we honor that tradition. That's not to say that we don't have people doing group sessions. We have a lot of ongoing group sessions every day! The difference is that we take the time to make sure you end up in a group that works for you, not against you.  We take many factors into consideration when we put you in a group session...

• your experience - someone who is just starting pilates would definitely be frustrated working in a group of highly skilled people (and vice versa!).
• your health - someone who just had a baby, or knee surgery, or a stress fracture, no matter how experienced, isn't going to be able to just jump right back into their regular workout.
• your goals - maybe you want to be a pilates superstar and learn all the 'super advanced' repetoire, or maybe you just want to look better in your swuimsuit. Either way, you're going to feel great after your workouts with us!
• your availability - Do you need a 6am workout before work/school/car pool? Or an after work appointment that will burn away all the stress of the day? We can accomodate you.