Pilates | Movement | Recovery

Pilates focuses on controlled movements to strengthen the core, improve flexibility, and enhance posture. Suitable for all fitness levels and ages—including adults, children, athletes, dancers, and seniors—it emphasizes breathwork, alignment, and mindful body awareness. Lessons may include a reformer, Cadillac, chair, ladder barrel. Sessions may have the capacity to move outside, with a group at a center, near a hike, at your home with friends or party, at the studio, etc.

Pilates supports rehab and recovery by promoting controlled movement, core strength, and flexibility—key elements in healing from prolonged hospitalizations, post-operative care, and deconditioning after injury or illness. Its gentle, adaptive approach helps restore mobility, improve posture, and rebuild overall body confidence in a safe and mindful way.

The Oov creates a dynamic 3D environment that supports movement in all three planes, mimicking the natural curves and motion of the spine. By enhancing motor control, it helps reduce injury and pain while improving balance, strength, and overall functional movement.

Primal Flow and similar movement practices focus on restoring the natural, fundamental movement patterns humans evolved with—such as crawling, squatting, and twisting. These practices enhance mobility, strength, and coordination by reconnecting the body to its innate, functional movement potential.

Meditation is a powerful complement to Pilates, deepening the mind-body-soul connection that lies at the heart of the practice. By cultivating stillness and awareness, meditation enhances focus during movement, encourages mindful breath, and supports emotional clarity and resilience. Group meditations will be offered twice a week—Morning Rise to gently awaken the mind, and evening sessions to quiet mental noise and promote inner peace.

LifeForce Pilates offers children, adolescents, and young adults a supportive and engaging environment to build physical strength, body awareness, and mental focus. Though age-appropriate movement, Pilates helps improve posture, coordination, balance and mobility — laying a strong foundation for healthy movement patterns that support cognitive development and emotional regulation. The structured yet playful nature of these sessions fosters, confidence, discipline, and a lifelong appreciation for movement and self-care.

Weekend Youth Movement Experience “Where the Wild Ones Thrive” Offered on Saturdays, this unique weekend experience invites children and adolescents to explore movement through a creative blend of Pilates and artistic expression. Designed to nurture imagination, emotional growth, and self-confidence, this class encourages each child to move freely, express themselves authentically, and connect mind and body in a joyful and supportive environment.

Dr. Vern-Gross is certified and trained in the Petit Pilates Method, an internationally recognized approach that emphasies developmental growth, self-discovery, and emotional regulation. Sessions may take place in LifeForce Studio, Outdoors, or within an educational setting - meeting children where they tend to feel most comfortable and supported.

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