At the PilatesWorks studio, the focus is on safely strengthening and lengthening the entire body, no matter what shape you’re in and what injuries or issues you might have. The studio offers only private instruction, which is the optimal way to learn this precise and effective system of exercise. Lessons are developed to meet the needs and goals of each individual.

Pamela Nelson, owner of the PilatesWorks studio, was certified by Brett Howard, who is the director of education at the United States Pilates Association and the owner of Pilates Haus, a studio in Jersey City. Brett offers one of the most rigorous certifications available in what is known today as classical, or authentic, Pilates. This is the method that most closely follows Joseph Pilates’ exercises and sequences. PilatesWorks has a full array of Pilates apparatus manufactured by Gratz, the best in the industry.

The studio, located in Carmel Hamlet, New York, looks out through large picture windows over beautiful Lake Gleneida. It is open Wednesdays through Sundays and sessions are by appointment only.