Healthy Changes Pilates in Reading in Reading

I can not say enough good things about this studio ! I had never done Pilates before. I took a few private lessons with Karen. and instantly become hooked!! Erica the owner is awesome she changes up the class each time so you never get bored with the same routine ! When I started I had a hip injury but really think the Pilates has helped strengthen my hips so much I cancelled the surgery I had scheduled ! All the teachers there are awesome I can honestly say I’ve never been to a class I didn’t thoroughly enjoy ! If you have the chance to take a class you won’t regret it! I now am back to loving exercise agsin thanks to this place 🥰

Give yourself the gift of health by going to Healthy Changes Pilates. Erika and her team are superlative: knowledgeable, enthusiastic and encouraging. I leave every session feeling better than when I arrived and look forward to returning. The supportive and welcoming other members of the classes have been instrumental in helping me, a complete novice, learn and make progress. Go for a trial class and experience the excellence of Healthy Changes Pilates, you will be glad you did.

I have been taking group classes at Healthy Changes Pilates for 5 years and during the pandemic started woking with Erika individually. Working with her has been truly a wonderful experience. She brings incredible knowledge, competence and depth of experience to each session, which I am greatly appreciative of. She is quick to assess strengths and weaknesses and works with the areas that are in need of strengthening while continuing to strengthen the entire core. I tell her she is a miracle worker as she knows how to work around an injury and has me feeling better at the end of a session. Through working with her I have come to better understand how my body muscles function, have gained strength and flexibility, and I feel and look fit! I am so glad to have the opportunity to work with her. I highly recommend Erika and Healthy Changes Pilates to any pilates enthusiast! -Sally

First off - this is the 1st review I have EVER posted for any service ever! And, I'm excited to leave one for such a deserving and OUTSTANDING group of people and service!! Starting with Erika as the owner and head instructor! Her knowledge and passion for wanting to help people is second to none. She makes you feel welcomed, comfortable and truly helps you to fall in love with the discipline by creating such a warm atmosphere. I even love everything about the studio (peaceful, cheerful, clean, the best equipment and all around lovely!) Also, I love the music she plays...it's so relaxing but at the same time you get an incredible workout - just like the other reviews gave testament to! Even myself...I was unable to attend class for a little over a week due to family commitments and my right ankle started to click again as it did prior to joining pilates in June! Pilates, especially at Healthy Changes Pilates, is so enjoyable I think it was easy for me to loose sight of the fact that it was really helping me because I was enjoying myself so much! Unlike other forms of exercise, I never dread the idea of leaving the house to "go exercise". It never feels like a chore nor as if I have a grueling 50 minutes ahead of me. Rather, it is always so enjoyable - to the point that I may have lost track of just how much it was helping me...until I was away for a week. All-in-all, you couldn't ask for better. Whether you have never tried pilates or you're at the instructor level, you will not be disappointed in attending a class at Healthy Changes. Oh, one more thing :) Each instructor has their own style so not only is each class different (which I love the variety because you never really know what you're going to do during class - meaning which sequence of exercises you are going to do) but each instructor has their own "style", so it's even fun to attend different classes with different instructors. I'm telling you - you can't go wrong! I *HIGHLY* recommend taking a class! Thank you Erika and team! Love you guys and am so grateful to you...for your knowledge, patience, sense of humor and passion!

I've been practicing and training at Healthy Changes in Reading for one year. The studio environment is welcoming, professional, and well organised. As a mentor, manager and owner - Erika is fantastic. She has provided thoughtful guidance throughout my BASI training and created a structured program to dive deep into the repertoire. Training with BASI has been an insightful and empowering program to build my pilates career. I'm thrilled to continue to grow with BASI and apply my knowledge to clients (and myself).

I started attending classes at Healthy Changes Pilates in January and love going! Each class I attend is different and a great workout. My favorite class is multi level Chair with Lisa on Friday's at 8:00 a.m. She makes us come out of our comfort zone even if we are nervous about it! I try to make it to pilates at least twice a week and have learned something new each time.. Looking forward to many more classes in 2017!

Having taken Pilates in San Francisco and Honolulu, I never thought I would find the best Pilates instructor in the suburbs of Boston while on a trip! I’ve been taking Pilates for the past 7 months after my physical therapist suggested it to strengthen my core to relieve lower back pain caused by years of sitting at a desk with bad posture. It was difficult finding an instructor teaching a session that is both challenging and emphasized proper form. I was either powering through a challenging Pilates session while performing the exercises with horrendous form, or performing with good form on unchallenging exercises. Enter Erika from Healthy Changes Pilates. She is by far the best Pilates teacher I have worked with. She has been helping me build a strong Pilates foundation - from thoracic breathing, to spine articulation, to the principle of opposition, to pelvis tilt, to ribcage placement, and so on. With this approach the simplest exercises have become so challenging and it is very rewarding to know that I am performing these exercises with proper form. Erika has also been helping me correct my posture and body alignment. I never thought something as simply as knowing how to stand and sit with proper posture could make such a huge difference in how my body feels! People of Reading, you are so lucky to have her in your town and able to work with her all year long! I wish I could!

I have been going to Healthy Changes Pilates since Feb 2012. Initially I went to help build my core after a C-Section. Can not tell how much of a difference it made. I continued to work with the instructors through my second pregnancy and postpartum. Pilates truly made my recovery and ability to bounce back so much easier. Erika and her team of instructors really work with each client. Even though you are in a class of 2-6 (depending on the class/day), you get individual attention each time. I love to switch the apparatus each time for a different approach (reformer, tower and chair)... Erika and her team (Lisa, Lea, Elaine and Karen) are wonderful! The clientele are so welcoming and Erika's new studio is so nice. Can't say enough except... give it a try!