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HalcyonPilates

Six classes, told apart.

No levels, no numbers, no difficulty rating out of five. A level tells you how hard something is and tells you nothing about whether you belong in it — which is the question you are actually asking.

48 classes a week.2 of the six are open to people who have never used a reformer:Foundations and Rehab & Recovery.

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Three people working through a coordinated sequence on reformers, arms overhead in the straps.
Two people lying on reformers working through footwork in a bright studio, feet in the straps, springs loaded light.

Foundations

Open to newcomers

50 min·12 people·4× a week

The first six weeks. You learn the machine before you learn the workout.

Not for you if — you already train on a reformer every week — you will spend fifty minutes being told things you know, and Reformer Flow is the class you actually want.

What it is actually like →

Three people working through a coordinated sequence on reformers, arms overhead in the straps, in a studio with full-height windows.

50 min·12 people·22× a week

The everyday class. Continuous, cued rather than demonstrated, and it assumes you know the machine.

Not for you if — this is your first month on a reformer.

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Two people working on a tower unit, one lying on the mat with legs in the springs, the other standing and reaching to the push-through bar.

45 min·6 people·6× a week

Six people, springs instead of momentum. The quietest hard thing on the timetable.

Not for you if — it is your first month, because the tower loads differently to a reformer and there is nothing under you if you let go.

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Three people mid-sequence on reformers in a bright studio, one lunging on the carriage with arms raised.

45 min·12 people·6× a week

Cardio, lying down. A board on the end of the reformer, loud music, forty-five minutes.

Not for you if — it is your first month, if you are pregnant, or if you want something quiet — it is the loudest class we run and there is music.

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A pregnant woman sitting on a reformer carriage supported by a large ball, working with a magic circle held at chest height.

50 min·6 people·4× a week

Six people, one instructor who knows the difference between twelve weeks and thirty-four. Booked after a conversation, not before.

Not for you if — you have not spoken to us yet.

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An instructor supporting a client's leg in the strap while he lies on a reformer in a t-shirt and shorts, in a bright room.

Rehab & Recovery

Open to newcomers

55 min·6 people·6× a week

Six people, fifty-five minutes, slower than anything else we run. A movement class in a small room — not a clinic.

Not for you if — you are in acute pain right now, if something is numb, weak or getting worse, or if you have not yet had whatever it is looked at by somebody qualified to look at it.

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A note on levels

We do not number our classes.

Most reformer studios publish a level system — 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 — and it is a genuine attempt to solve a real problem. It half works. A number tells a newcomer how difficult a class is, and leaves them to guess whether that difficulty is for them.

What actually decides where you should start is not difficulty. It is whether you know the machine, what your body is currently doing, and what you want. So we ask those three things directly and name a class, rather than publishing a number and hoping you can do the translation yourself.

The spring load in every class is yours to set. Two people on adjacent reformers doing the same exercise are frequently doing quite different amounts of work, and no instructor here reads that as a ranking.

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