Vancouver Pilates Centre

Seeking bone-friendly exercise?

Join VPC teacher Lorrene for a 6-week progressive series integrating foundational Pilates exercises with basic strength training and functional movement principles.

Designed specifically for people with low bone density, you will:
⭐️ Develop proprioception and body awareness
⭐️ Practice weight-bearing and resistance exercises
⭐️ Build core strength, ground-reaction force, and dynamic stability
⭐️ Improve mobility, flexibility, supportive strength, and balance

Registration is open at the link in bio!

💪 Pilates Mat for Healthy Bones
🗓️ Wednesdays 10:45 – 11:40 am / Sept 9 – Oct 21, 2026

ELDOA™ helped Carolyn understand her body more deeply. Now, she teaches the method at the VPC, helping others to release tension throughout the body.

Our intro-level ELDOA™ class (Tuesdays at 12:45 pm) is on our ✨ first class for $20 ✨ offer for those new to the VPC.

If you have ELDOA™ experience, we also offer classes on Mondays and Thursdays at 12:45 pm.

🗓️ Browse all of our small-group classes through our link in bio. We invite you to join us on the mat!

Ever wondered how the Pilates method became so intertwined with dance?

Mairin shares a brief history lesson about Joseph Pilates' journey with the dance community. Spoiler: he wasn't a dancer himself!



Images from:
Pilates’ Return to Life Through Contrology
By Joseph H. Pilates & William John Miller
Original copyright 1945

Happy International Day of Friendship 👭

Noelle and Lindsay are certainly joined at the hip 🩷 Tag your Pilates bestie below!

☀️ In August, try our Intro to Mat classes for our lowest rate ever! ☀️

🕶️ Six classes for only $90
🍉 Classes Mondays & Thursdays 5:30 pm
🌺 Open to all levels (but aimed at beginners)
⛱️ Package valid August 10 to 27. No extensions.

📍Purchase through link in bio

Looking for a hands-on Pilates teacher training program that integrates theory learning, one-on-one mentorship and personal embodiment of the method?

The VPC's Teacher Education Program Level 1 is a 400-hour certificate that will prepare you to teach beginner to intermediate exercises on all apparatus.

The next VPC-TEP Level 1 course will begin Fall 2027. Subscribe to the TEP Starter Kit at the link in bio to learn more! 💙

Pilates for Dancers | Episode 3

VPC teacher and former professional dancer, Carolyn, found her way to Pilates after experiencing a number of dance-related injuries.

Today, she helps others to release tension and stress in the body through Pilates and ELDOA™.

Pilates can be an excellent resource to keep you moving with ease, no matter who you are or what you do (no professional dance career required!) 💪

Photo credits:

'Red Brick' by Serge Bennathan
September 2010
Photo by Julia Gotz

'Quand les Grand-mères s'envolent'
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON, 1992/93
Photo by Cylla Von Tiedemann

'Chronicles of a Simple Life'
from Tanztage 1995, Berlin
Photo by Cylla Von Tiedemann