What’s the Best Pilates Studio in Boulder, CO?
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The Pilates Center was founded in Boulder in 1990 by sisters Amy Taylor Alpers and Rachel Taylor Segel. The sisters trained under Romana Kryzanowska, Joseph Pilates’ protégé, and starting The Pilates Center was their way to foster the legacy and tradition of the original, classical method of Pilates founded by Joseph Pilates. While many teacher training programs have diverged from this original method, The Pilates Center has stayed committed to maintaining the powerful integrity and originality of this work over the last thirty years.
We believe in sharing our understanding and knowledge of the Pilates method in a nurturing way and from a humanistic perspective with our clients, students, graduates, and teachers.
At The Pilates Center, we teach the original Pilates method to empower people to transform their health and Return to Life.
Amy Taylor Alpers and Rachel Taylor Segel have played an integral role over the last three decades in teaching The Pilates Center’s teachers and staff the original Pilates method founded by Joseph Pilates. Every TPC staff member has also completed the Advanced Teacher Training program and can perform up to the advanced work and higher.
Each of our teachers believes in teaching from a place of intention and providing a nurturing space for learning and growth so that students can start, continue, or advance their practice and find wholeness and healing. We meet our students where they are and support them in cultivating a Pilates practice that promotes a healthy mind and body connection.
Co-founder of The Pilates Center, Amy received her Pilates training at the original NYC Pilates studio with her sister Rachel Taylor Segel, under Romana Kryzanowska, Joseph Pilates’ protégé. Little did they know, but they would play a significant role in the rebirth of the industry as well as become an integral part of Pilates’ history.
Before starting on their Pilates journeys, Amy and Rachel studied ballet and danced professionally—Rachel with the David Taylor Dance Theatre and with Brent Mason and Company, and Amy with The Garden State Ballet. Amy and Rachel met Romana in New York City in the mid-1980s, founded The Pilates Center in Boulder in 1990, and the rest is history.
Today, Amy and Rachel are Master Pilates Teachers and Teacher Trainers, published authors of the “Everything Pilates Book,” and designers of a line of classically inspired Pilates equipment called CenterLine in partnership with Balanced Body.
If you are interested in scheduling an appointment with Amy, please contact our studio manager, Pace at pace@thepilatescenter.com
Co-founder of The Pilates Center, Rachel received her Pilates training at the original NYC Pilates studio. Rachel is a Master Pilates Teacher, Teacher Trainer, author, and designer of a line of classical Pilates equipment with Balanced Body.
Director of Education, Licensed Teacher Trainer, NCPT—Kelli has been teaching Pilates since 2005 and believes that Pilates can empower you to take charge of your health and that movement can help improve your strength, flexibility, and balance. She received her education from The Pilates Center and, since graduating, has mentored closely with Amy Taylor Alpers and Rachel Taylor Segel. Today, Kelli resides in Texas and continues to work remotely for The Pilates Center and travels to teach workshops.
If you would like to get in touch with Kelli during normal business hours, you can contact her at kelli@thepilatescenter.com
Licensed Teacher Trainer, TPC—Kaile has been studying the Pilates method since 1997 and has been hooked ever since. She loves how Pilates can help you become empowered, stronger, more flexible, and able to approach life and movement with a sense of confidence. She received a Certificate of Completion from The Pilates Center Teacher Training Program in 2004 and The Master’s Program in 2008. She’s been a Licensed Teacher Trainer with The Pilates Center since 2010, after passing the National Pilates Certification exam in 2009. And you can always find Kaile on the move—dancing, climbing, skiing, hiking, biking, skateboarding, playing guitar, and spending time with her teenage sons.
Licensed Teacher Trainer, TPC—Devoted to teaching, Debora is inspired by how developing a Pilates practice can support us in becoming more fully human and finding deeper satisfaction in life. She has been teaching with The Pilates Center since 1991 and she became a Licensed Teacher Trainer in 1999. In addition to training with The Pilates Center, Debora has trained with Eve Gentry, the original Pilates Institute, Eric Franklin, and Stephan Frease. Before joining The Pilates Center, Debora had her own home studio and created the first Core Dynamics workshops to carry on Eve Gentry’s legacy.
Licensed Teacher Trainer, NCPT—Leah helps others learn to be in control of their health and well-being through Pilates. She passes on her insight and understanding of different movement patterns during her online lessons and when she visits Boulder and other TPC studios. Leah started her career in dance but it was her interest in health and well-being that turned her toward Pilates. Seeing how Pilates could benefit everyone, in 1999, Leah got her Certificate of Completion from The Pilates Center’s Teacher Training program.
Pilates Teacher, Host Advisor, NCPT—Aubrey has been teaching Pilates since 2011 and loves how Pilates can have a positive impact on your body, general health, and quality of life. She graduated from The Pilates Center’s Advanced training program in 2016 and is a nationally certified Pilates teacher and Host Advisor at The Pilates Center. Having been a dancer for most of her life, Aubrey believes in the power of movement to heal the body and has continued to advance her studies by enrolling in TPC’s Master’s Program.
Pilates Teacher, Host Advisor—Sue has been a Pilates teacher for more than 10 years and is also a Host Advisor for The Pilates Center, helping to train and mentor the next generation of Pilates teachers. Having completed The Pilates Center’s Advanced Teacher Training Program and Master’s Program, she supports her students with the Pilates method and by weaving in her love for movement having been a professional ballet dancer.
Pilates Teacher, Host Advisor—Yevett has experienced the life-altering benefits of Pilates and now teaches others how to access strength, flexibility, balance, and a deeper understanding of their bodies and well-being. After 10 years as a client at The Pilates Center, Yevett decided to deepen her practice and understanding of the Pilates method and received her Advanced Teacher Training diploma from The Pilates Center in 2010 and has been an Advisor for the Teacher Training Program since 2017. Yevett’s approach to teaching is one filled with fun, safety, and empowerment promoting physical and mental well-being.
Pilates Teacher, Host Advisor—Melissa’s passion for fitness brought her to Pilates over 26 years ago, where she discovered balance and core strength through her practice. She began her teacher training in St. Louis, MO in 2000 and completed her Advanced Certification with The Pilates Center in Boulder in 2003. Melissa opened up her own studio in 2005, becoming a Master Teacher, Host Advisor, and Host Studio through TPC. In 2022, she relocated to Boulder and is now with The Pilates Center full-time.
Pilates Teacher—Olivia is a third-generation Pilates teacher and focuses on teaching dynamic alignment to support whole-body health, strength, and mobility. Having graduated from the Advanced Teacher Training Program in 2022, she is committed to continuing her education to best support her clients and bring joyful Pilates classes to all.
Joan came to teaching exercise through a lifelong love of movement and a desire to share it with others. She has been teaching Pilates since 2002. She completed The Pilates Center Advanced Teacher Training Program in 2021. She is certified through the Pilates Method Alliance.
Joan feels that it is essential that exercise be enjoyable as well as correct and doing movement as well as possible within the limitations of one’s own body is essential. She likes to teach autonomy in exercise so that students can feel that they own the exercise and can do it without assistance.
Joan attended Oberlin College and earned a B.A. in art. She moved to Colorado in 1991. Her other loves are her garden, anything outdoors, her husband and their cats
Assistant to Director of Education, Studio Manager—Pace is an extremely valuable asset to The Pilates Center and assists all clients, students, Host Advisors, Licensed Teacher Trainers, and graduates. She can answer all of your questions, just not questions about the human body as she is not a Pilates teacher.
If you would like to get in touch with Pace during normal business hours, you can contact her at pace@thepilatescenter.com
Jackie lives in Birmingham, Alabama. After graduating from The University of Alabama with a B.A. in Dance in 2013. She moved back home to Nashville, Tennessee where she spent nine years teaching ballet. She is also ABT® Certified Teacher in Pre-Primary through Level 5 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. With her years of experience teaching ballet she saw Pilates as the perfect complement to fill the gaps in teacher training. In 2021 moved to Birmingham, Alabama to be closer to friends and family along with starting The Pilates Center Training Program. She graduated from The Pilates Center’s Advanced teacher training program in December 2023.
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