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Quiet Form Pilates · Toronto

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Level 1 · 50 minutes · max 8 people

Reformer Foundations

Your first 10 to 15 classes. No experience needed, ever.

Foundations is where every Quiet Form practice begins, even if you've done mat Pilates for years. We take the pace down until the machine makes sense: how the springs load, where your breath goes, what a neutral pelvis actually feels like under moving resistance. Nobody is left guessing at the back of the room, because there is no back of the room. Eight reformers, one teacher, names learned by week one.

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Close-up of a reformer headrest and shoulder rests in warm afternoon light, a potted plant softened in the background

Inside the class

How the 50 minutes go

  1. Before class

    Your reformer, explained

    Arrive ten minutes early. Your teacher meets you at your reformer, sets the springs, and shows you the carriage, the straps, and how to stop.

  2. Minutes 0 to 10

    Breath and footwork

    Lying down, pressing the carriage out through your feet. Small moves with a lot to notice.

  3. Minutes 10 to 40

    The classical core

    The hundred, leg straps, and short box, each one explained before you try it, with a smaller version always on offer.

  4. Minutes 40 to 50

    Standing work and stillness

    A few standing exercises and stretches, then two quiet minutes before you get up.

What to expect

The work, plainly

  • Spring settings explained before every exercise, not shouted mid-set
  • Footwork, the hundred, leg straps, and short box: the classical spine of the work
  • Hands-on adjustments only with your consent, asked at the start of class
  • A pace that lets you ask questions out loud

Good for

  • Complete beginners
  • Returning after a long pause
  • Mat practitioners meeting the reformer

Before your first one

  • Grip socks are required. Your first pair is free with the intro offer.
  • Tell your teacher about any injury, surgery, or pregnancy before class. If you're not sure reformer work suits you right now, ask your doctor first.
  • You won't be asked to keep up. Every exercise has a smaller version.

Pregnant, recently postpartum, or working around an injury or surgery? Please check with your doctor, midwife, or physiotherapist before you book, and tell your teacher before class. We teach movement; we don't diagnose or treat.

Who teaches it

3 teachers, one standard

Mara Ellison seated cross-legged on a reformer in the studio, warm wood tones and a mirrored wall behind her

Mara Ellison

Founder and lead teacher Classical reformer work, eccentric strength, teacher mentoring Meet Mara Priya Nair smiling as she guides a student through a seated rowing exercise on the reformer

Priya Nair

Senior instructor Foundations pathway, dancers' cross-training, breath mechanics Meet Priya Sofie Andersen smiling in the studio in a raspberry training top

Sofie Andersen

Instructor, pregnancy and postpartum lead Pregnancy and postpartum adaptation, returning bodies, midday classes Meet Sofie

On the timetable

When Foundations is on

Pick a day and time

Monday

  • 7:00 a.m. with Priya
  • 12:15 p.m. with Sofie
  • 6:30 p.m. with Sofie

Tuesday

  • 9:15 a.m. with Sofie
  • 5:30 p.m. with Priya

Wednesday

  • 7:00 a.m. with Sofie
  • 12:15 p.m. with Priya

Thursday

  • 8:00 a.m. with Mara
  • 6:30 p.m. with Priya

Friday

  • 7:00 a.m. with Priya
  • 4:30 p.m. with Sofie

Saturday

  • 8:30 a.m. with Sofie

Sunday

  • 10:15 a.m. with Priya

Same template every week, bookable 7 days ahead (14 for members). Plans change. Release your spot up to 12 hours before class and the credit returns to your account automatically. Later than that, the class is used. No-shows are treated the same way, never with an extra fee.

What it costs

Prices, with the terms beside them

All prices in Canadian dollars. HST added at checkout. Memberships from $148 a month also cover this class.

All prices and memberships
Intro offer (new clients) 3 classes within 30 days of your first
$49
Drop-in One class, paid when you book
$42
5-class pack $39 a class · use within 3 months
$195
10-class pack $37 a class · use within 6 months
$370
20-class pack $35 a class · use within 12 months
$700

Asked about Foundations

How many Foundations classes before I move to Flow?

Most people take 10 to 15. Your teacher will tell you when the vocabulary feels like yours, and you can keep mixing the two for as long as you like.

I've done reformer before. Should I still start here?

Plenty of experienced students drop into Foundations for the slower pace and the detail. If you've trained regularly elsewhere, Flow may be the better first booking. Ask us and we'll tell you honestly.

More questions? Read the full FAQ.

Other classes

Level 2 · 50 min Reformer Flow The continuous class. Fewer stops, longer sequences, and the machine starts to feel familiar. About Flow Level 2 to 3 · 55 min Deep Form Slow eccentric strength on heavy springs. The hardest class we teach, at the quietest volume. About Deep Form 1:1 · 55 min Private Sessions Fifty-five minutes, one reformer, one teacher, one agenda: yours. About privates

Begin quietly. It suits you.

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