Mind 2 Body Fitness

05/28/2026

Sign up now for our new summer Saturday Classes: Athletic Reformer and WallTower Chair. More info at https://conta.cc/4fdSVJy

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05/25/2026

Most fitness experiences give you a workout. We give you a body that shows up for your life.

Walking the entire Roger Williams Zoo without your knees complaining ✅

Lifting your grandkids onto the carousel at Slater Mill without bracing for it ✅

Making it through WaterFire standing on cobblestones for three hours and actually enjoying every minute ✅✅

When you have the knowledge, your body stops being something you work around, and starts being something you trust.

05/13/2026

Sometimes the smallest movements make the biggest difference.

The Ped-O-Pull apparatus is ideal for refining standing posture, promoting scapular stability, and strengthening the back.

Get started at the link in bio.

04/27/2026

Took my notes at in New York City last month.

There’s a version of “certified” that means you passed a test. And there’s a version that means you never stopped learning.

After 30 years in this work — and helping write the NCPT exam — I can tell you the teachers who keep me inspired are the ones still asking questions. The ones who worry me are the ones who stopped.

The system rewards curiosity.

2026 CECs through NCPT. In person in Providence, RI or virtually. Link in bio.

June 26-28 Teaching Skills – 18 CECs
Sep 26-27 Integrating Props for Mat & Apparatus – 12 CECs
Oct 23-25 Injuries and Special Populations – 18 CECs
Nov 15 Super Advanced Apparatus – 6 CECs

RhodeIslandPilates

04/20/2026

What’s missing isn’t effort.

It’s the precision hands on cueing.
It’s the eyes that know what they’re looking at.
It’s the teacher who understands what an exercise is doing, not just what it looks like.

A teacher who knows the system deeply changes the experience from a workout to real Pilates.

Come train with us at The Plant on Valley St in Providence, RI

04/13/2026

Not every prop is there to increase intensity. Some of them unlock the work.

By elevating the torso off the ground, the BOSU creates space for the upper and lower body to move freely, allowing you to access the full Swan Dive in a way the mat alone can’t always deliver.

This is what purposeful prop use looks like. Every choice in a Pilates session should have a reason. This one does.

Private and small group sessions in our Providence studio. Link in bio.

04/07/2026

The reformer barely scratches the surface of what Pilates actually is.

Leg Springs on the Cadillac takes everything you think you know about this work and goes deeper, demanding the kind of precision and control that reveals what your body is really doing, and building strength that transfers to everything else.

This is what training in a full Pilates system looks like. If you’ve only ever experienced the reformer, there’s an entire world waiting for you.

We’re in Providence, RI. Come train with us.
Link in bio.

03/30/2026

It’s easy to create new exercises on a reformer and call it Pilates. It’s harder to teach the system as it was designed.

I’ve spent 30 years in this system. I actually helped write the exam that certifies teachers. The shortcut everyone is looking for doesn’t exist, but the system does.

Ready for the full system? Book a private session.
Link in bio.

pilatesforlife

03/26/2026

Joe LOVED props and we do, too! But….

Props are pointless if you’re not working in the system. The system is deep and wide. It takes time and effort to learn it, a long term commitment to know it, and curiosity to adapt it.

That’s what we do here at Mind 2 Body Fitness. We invest in the system so we can adapt and evolve it. That’s where the work is.

We truly love that people are moving more and that Pilates has gained so much visibility, but adding props to random movements just isn’t Pilates.

01/13/2026

Chair Luv - 5 week workshop is back!

This is a progressive weekly 1-hour session on one of our favorite pieces of equipment. Start with the basics and by week 5 you will be ready for some challenging moves. We guarantee you will love the Chair as much as we do!

Space is limited so sign up now!
🔗 in bio!