MUSE IN ACTION

Pricing:

We offer sliding scale options for all group class offerings.  To inquire and access please email us. 

We offer Community Reformer Classes: significantly reduced rate classes in the hopes to make the practice accessible to more humans (Monday @ 8:20pm, Wednesday @ 8:20pm & Thursday @ 7:30pm as of January 16th, 2023. Book classes here).

We offer two sliding scale scholarships for Black and Indigenous folk to our Pilates Mat training and Reformer Training.  To learn more and apply click here.

Classes:

Our classes are for all levels. We offer a range of variations and cues inviting you to have agency in your practice and autonomy over your body. Our teachers aim to be approachable and lead with compassion and humour.

Space:

Our brick-and-mortar space is wheelchair accessible and there are genderless washrooms on each floor of the building we inhabit.

Ethics:

We enforce a strict “no tolerance” practice and policy for oppressive, discriminatory or harmful behaviour based upon but not limited to race, gender identity, gender expression, age, religion, physical or mental disability, sexuality, language, body shape.  Please see our Anti-Racism Policy.

 

 TEACHER TRAINING

Our Training reflects our values and our aim to be inclusive and accessible. We study the social and historical context in which Pilates was created and modernize the practice. We look critically at how Pilates has been portrayed and what we can do to change that. Throughout the Training, we teach and discuss appropriate and sensitive language and instruction. We also look at trauma and how it affects bodies in movement. We include a mandatory work shop “Anti-Oppression for Pilates teachers and have a list of other workshops we encourage our teacher trainees to explore.

 

TEAM EDUCATION

We’d like to share some of the endeavors we have embarked upon to deepen our understanding in order to become better teachers and more compassionate humans.

  • Bi-monthly Anti-Oppression committee meeting where we look at our policies and procedures and discuss how we can achieve our goal of becoming an inclusive, diverse and accessible Pilates studio with integrity.

  • Workshops and webinars we have attended:

    • Anti-Oppression for Pilates Teachers with Julia Eden (workshop specifically designed and required as part of our teacher training program) @jul1aed3n

    • Sharing Privilege with Robin Lamar @goodbodyfeel

    • Trans Inclusive and Trauma Informed Movement Spaces with Mela Swayze @mela.swayze

    • Reaching in Reaching Out with New Leaf Foundation, @newleaffoundationto

    • Your Movement Science is Racist with Yogawalla, @yogawalla

    • Making Pilates Accessible for Larger Bodies with Askew Pilates @askew.pilates

    • Anti-Racism & Allyship for Rehab and Movement Professionals with Dr Jennifer Hutton @dr.jpop

    • Territory Acknowledgement Workshop with Rebecca Benson

    • Movement For Trauma with Jane Clapp @janetheclapp