Studio1 Pilates n Movement LLC - pilates with a personal touch

As we age, we want to be as fit and healthy as possible to keep up with the demands of everyday life. When we feel young and move as if nothing is holding us back, we can continue with activities that we love and are passionate about. If you find an exercise or wellness program and discover that it really helped with your well-being,  your passion for it can grow and even move you to let others know about it. 

This is what Wallis Mason, owner, and director of Studio1 Pilates n Movement LLC, has personally experienced.  Before she became a certified Pilates instructor, she owned a dance school that she founded in 1994. A year before that, she was diagnosed with severe scoliosis. Orthopedic specialists told her to abstain from aerobics activities, which meant she would need to stop studying classical ballet. Because of her passion and love for the art, she did not stop until years later, when she experienced chronic pain and back spasms. She went to physical therapists who helped with everything she needed to know to take care of herself. ‘ I had physical therapy six days a week, for six weeks, and the therapy went on for several years,'’ she said. She then sought the help of a physiotherapist who uses physical therapy and Pilates for rehabilitation, which changed everything for her. Pilates helped improve her condition and took away the pain she had been suffering. Her passion for it grew and it inspired her to teach it to others too.

In 1999 her Physiotherapist offered to develop a certification program for her.  The Pilates Teacher Mat and Reformer Course, which later gained recognition and was approved as Physical Therapy Continuing Education, allowed Wallis to learn and teach the techniques.  She worked in that practice from 1999 to 2002 until she opened her own practice. Studio1 Pilates n Movement, LLC was founded in March, 2002.

One of Wallis’ missions is for her studio to be recognized as the best Pilates studio for wellness. She applies her years of experience and training so she can address her students’ needs. Her studio offers a variety of wellness programs aside from Pilates itself including Reiki Energy Healing, and Craniosacral therapy- which may be helpful for various health problems like migraines, chronic fatigue, scoliosis, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries and more. 

​She takes pride in the apparatus and devices that she uses, such as her medical grade Richway Amethyst & Tourmaline Mini Biomat. The special mat, which is FDA licensed, uses far infrared light and negative ions to help the body detoxify and eliminate acidic wastes. She also has Balanced Body Allegro Reformers- which she uses during Pilates sessions for movement retraining to help address alignment, posture and manage pain. The BioBelt consists of 8 semi-precious crystal gemstones which aid digestion and metabolism and her Amethyst Pillows assist with quantum healing. She wants her studio to be a place not just for exercise but also for a space for healing. ‘’So, someone might come in who wants exercise or they want a quiet place,  or some come in with six joint replacements, with titanium rods in their backs or steel plates in their arm or their feet and they ask for help. So that's what I do. It's super cool.’’

​For Wallis, Pilates is more than just exercise. It is a wellness process, a way of life, designed to help those who want to improve their posture, balance, and quality of life. It is movement retraining that helped her get out of the chronic pain and spasms that she had been suffering for years. Pilates allowed her to walk properly again, practice and teach classical ballet, rock climb, and be an active grandmother. Wallis teaches people what she learned and she is thankful for the experience and the training she has undergone from the professionals while receiving therapy.  “If my spine weren't a mess, I wouldn't have had the insight nor the teaching of the professionals to bring me here.’’ Her studio is on a mission to help give people the feeling of a good and improved quality of life.
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To learn more about her story, services, and location of Studio1 Pilates n Movement, or to book an appointment please visit their website at https://www.studio1pilates.com.

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