Pilates Space
340 MacLaren St, Suite 100 K2P 0M6 Ottawa, ON, Canada

This virtual event is an afternoon of dance classes in support of Ottawa Dance Directive and aligned with Black History Month showcasing the richness of artists in our community. Come get your groove on, safely from home, it's sure to put a smile on your face!! Registration: https://odd-virtual-dance-class-marathon-feb2021.eventbrite

C’est notre chanson préférée de ces jours et nous voulons la partager avec vous. Allez-y. Danser pour la fête de la famille! It’s our favorite song these days and we wanted to share it with you. Go ahead. Dance for Family Day!!

Remember to share some love and love yourself today on Valentine’s Day. Sending love to you from all of us

Breathwork. We all need it. Essential to life. Join Marsha Barsky, for an Alexander Technique perspective on the breath as a means of deepening and enhancing your movement experience. Paying particular attention to the breath, you’ll learn how to move in ways that heighten awareness, increase articulation and inspire more freedom in action. Suitable for all. No previous experience necessary. Thursday, February 4 from 3:30-4:45pm EST. Recording available for all registered participants. Register via MindBody.

Reopening! In-studio classes resume starting Tuesday February 16. Thanks for your patience while we get reformer and chair classes organized as well as private and duet sessions. Some will start this coming week and some the next week. You’ll hear from us via email. You can also reach out at [email protected] with any inquiries. See you again soon!

In-studio expected to resume Thursday, February 11 due to the stay-at-home order in Ontario. Virtual Studio is where it’s at for now. Looking forward to seeing you there! Hope you can get outdoors daily and keep your body moving

Give your heart some love on Valentine’s Day morning with this intro to Boxing/Kickboxing with Marilena. Learn some new skills and de-stress at the same time. We’ll be joining as a family. Hope to see you there!

In order to stay passionate and continue to evolve as a teacher, one must be curious and remain a student. I'll be joining the Fighting Monkey online classes From The Other Side with Linda Kapetanea for the next 2 weeks. Surely to be inspiring and transformative. "Don't talk about it. Show it. Dance. Move your spine." Jozef Frucek, FM. https://www.onassis.org/video/untitled-part-1-rootlessroot

A little "Love" MELT tonight, needed indeed. Join if you can!

Nominated for BEST PILATES INSTRUCTOR - Jacqueline Ethier - woohoo!!

I'm delighted to learn that I've been nominated for BEST PILATES INSTRUCTOR in the 2021 Ottawa Awards by Faces Magazine. It's a really nice recognition after 20 + years of teaching and doing my very best to have a positive impact on our community. Thanks for taking a moment to vote!! Click then scroll down to Health & Wellness - Pilates Instructor. You can vote daily until Jan 30!! #makingadifference https://facesmag.ca/awards/

2 more classes this week with @ottawadancedirective. We start with @zhealth_performance joint drills to tap into our proprioceptive system. This sets the stage for a satisfying Fletcher Floorwork class to put all our joints in motion. Fletcher Floorwork was created by 1st generation teacher Ron Fletcher, Martha Graham dancer and a student of Joseph and Clara Pilates. I had the pleasure of learning from Ron for a decade until his passing at age 90 in 2011. I continue to be i...nspired by his work. All are welcome! Hope to see you there! ALL IN morning classes 2 days left, Wednesday and Thursday (November 25- 26) 10:15am to 11:30am VIA ZOOM Registration: https://odd-cdc.org

I'm pleased to be guest teaching next week with the @ottawadancedirective, of which I am a company dancer. You can expect 4 days of classes rooted in Fletcher Pilates while including my latest studies as a Certified FRC Mobility Specialist and Z-Health Neurocentric Movement Re-education Specialist. My goal is to offer you some take away tools for your own body conditioning and injury mitigation within a mindful movement class. You can drop-in to one class or all four. All are... welcome! Hope to see you there! ALL IN morning classes 4 days Monday to Thursday (November 23 - 26) 10:15am to 11:30am VIA ZOOM Registration: https://odd-cdc.org

Join us next week with the lovely JACQUELINE ETHIER for Pilates morning class! Monday to Thursday / NOV 23-26 / 10:15-11:30 am Via ZOOM ... REGISTRATION : https://all-in-nov-dec-odd-morning-classes.eventbrite.ca Sudbury native Jacqueline Ethier is a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher who founded Pilates Space in 2002, Ottawa’s premier Fletcher Pilates movement studio. Since graduating from the Contemporary Dance Programme (The School of Dance) in 1999, she has performed the works of Sylvie Desrosiers (DORSALE danse), Anik Bouvrette (Tara Luz Danse), Yvonne Coutts (Ottawa Dance Directive) and commissioned new works by Peggy Baker, a solo in 2008 and a duet with Sarah Hopkin in 2019. Jacqueline’s classes are rooted in Fletcher Pilates while including her latest studies as a Certified FRC Mobility Specialist and Z-Health Neurocentric Movement Re-education Specialist. Photo: Bill Juillette

Happy Birthday Franny! I’m so grateful to you, Moira and Gwynneth, for having organized such a beautiful party last January 2020 to celebrate all birthdays entering a new decade. That gathering, the memories it created and the photos from it, brought a lot of comfort during those months when we couldn’t gather in person. We first in 2007. I knew there was a connection to The School of Dance and my dear friend Julie Anne. Over a series of recent emails, you clarified the det...ails I couldn’t recall. In your words...It was my first winter in Ottawa (ugh!) when I was leaping across the dance floor at the end of one of Julie Anne’s amazing modern classes and zing! tore a muscle in my calf, fell to the ground in terrible pain, got ferried home by my teacher and a fellow student, and spent 6 weeks picking up my way across the ice and snow on crutches outfitted with spikes. It was part of the healing process that later in the spring when I was walking again that I signed up for five private sessions with Heather Cairns at Pilates Space. And, the rest is history! I cherish it as an instance of bad leading to good. I remember those private sessions with Heather as magical as they were bound up in beginning to walk and move again after a period of injury and inactivity. I think this says a lot about our practice not only as healthful and strengthening but also as a form of healing that speaks to body and mind. Franny, I’ve appreciated your quiet, positive energy and the thoughtful conversations we’ve shared over the years discussing motherhood, teaching, and Keen boots, both stylish and practical! You’re one of those dedicated clients who I’ve observed and admired from a distance. Seeing as our teaching schedules lined up only sporadically, I haven’t actually taught you very much in all these years. But it’s like a small gift when you show up for one my classes. You’re always smiling, fully present, and moving with an intelligent and respectful approach to your body, heightened no doubt by the countless private sessions with Mary Catherine. I’m sure glad that our paths have crossed and that the threads of our lives continue to weave together.

Sending courage and love to all our friends, artists and small business owners in Toronto with the news of the latest lockdown. You are all creative and resourceful beings. What would we do during this time? Seek government support, do what we can to keep our community connected and mostly, nourish ourselves through this time of change.

Winner of Best Pilates Studio at the 2020 Leadership in Health Awards at the Ottawa Health and Wellness Expo. Thanks @santewellnesscentre for delivering our award. @pilates.space.ottawa is coming up on 19 years in business. Let’s keep moving forward everyone!!

This lady of exuberant energy, turns 81 today! Gwynneth, you're our unofficial, official Pilates Space maskot. Nearly everyone knows you, seeing that you attend a variety of classes throughout the week. You're in like a flash, out like a flash and for those of us who have been behind you walking to the studio, we can barely catch up with you. I don't exactly remember when you first walked in the door but I do remember you took many a group class starting in 2007 (accordi...ng to our records) with a variety of our teachers. You were a Monday regular for a long-time with our dear Gaby, may she rest in peace. I do remember vividly noticing you practicing at the Ped-i-Pul on Slater Street, a ritual you've maintained before classes until this day. When Sagrario would come from Toronto to teach an intense weekend of workshops, you attended nearly every one! Your age always remained a bit of a mystery but what was very clear, was the impression that you were aging backward. I've witnessed with my own eyes, how the curvature in your spine has lengthened, and although we never measured, I bet you are taller. Of just a few of the things that inspire me about you... you walk or bike from your Sandy Hill residence to take class three to four times per week, you're up for any challenge always wondering how much can you still improve, you travel extensively on your own, and volunteer heavily with the church to help those in need. You're a real gem Gwynneth. You're a constant inspiration to Charlie and I, to our children, to our teachers, and to all the PS clients who've come to know you. And all that just by being you. We love you dearly and wish you continued health and joy as you celebrate 81!

MELT with Mary Catherine Jack this Saturday November 14, 12-1pm EST ($40+hst). Registration via MindBody. Lower Body Compression & Neurocore This sequence is designed to rehydrate the connective tissue in order to reduce tension and help muscles function optimally. We’ll review and add to our core repertoire. There will be time for Q&A about MELT moves so that you can take them home with confidence and establish a MELT habit. You will receive handouts to refer to late...r. We can’t be in the studio as much as we’d like but we can be in our bodies! What you need: Soft roller available for purchase at our online store for in-Studio pick up. As a MELT Instructor Mary Catherine's workshops are always a studio favorite. She is loved by many and her mastery of the MELT method will surely have a positive effect on you! @mcatjack

So worth a listen...

MELT this Saturday with Mary Catherine Jack!