We Speak Pilates is a blog about classical Pilates, the system Joseph Pilates called Contrology.
I’m Cassandra Palo. I’ve taught the classical method for 20 years and I own NICE Pilates, a studio on a corner of San Francisco’s Richmond district that maxes out at 5 per class with no mirrors and only enough instrumental background music to drown out the sounds of the city. I work from primary source materials and with my own discipline. I do not opine on anyone else’s experience. Pilates is a solo sport.
The essays here are my musings about how the method works: the order, the apparatuses, the 6 Principles, and what 10,000 repetitions teach you that instruction can’t. Each entry closes with Tales from the Studio, a true story from the work.
If you’re in San Francisco, come do the work in person at NICE Pilates. If you’re anywhere else, read on. The system travels.
We Speak Pilates 