Everyone here started at the back. Plenty of us stayed.

Small yoga and mat Pilates classes in Clintonville, Columbus. Twelve mats a class, two teachers, and a beginners’ course every month.

Your first classSee the week

Start with Basics, Tuesday or Saturday. First class $18.

A class leaning back with arms behind them in front of a coral, orange and slate mural, pink mats on a wooden floor

Where we put our mats.

Nobody here gets moved to the front. Ruth, Nina and Tess were all new once, and they still pick their own spot.

Ruth, short curly hair and a grey vest, smiling with her rolled mat on her shoulder

Back row, by the radiator.

Ruth Alvarez

Fourth-grade teacher. Coming since March 2024.

“I like seeing the whole room. I’m not moving.”

Nina, long curly hair and a red top, smiling with her mat in a class

The middle, by the window.

Nina Brooks

Night-shift nurse. Since the January 2025 beginners’ course.

“I come at 7am after a night shift. Nobody talks to me before the first stretch, and that’s perfect.”

Tess, long dreadlocks and a grey top, smiling with her mat strap over her shoulder

Back left, again.

Tess Oyelaran

Bike mechanic. Coming since September 2023.

“I tried the front for a year. I like the back better.”

The regular week.

What runs when, week to week. The ones with a peach mark are good first classes.

Mon

6:30pm

Slow flow

Mara

Tue

6:30pm

Basics

Mara

Good first class

Wed

7:00am

Slow flow

Mara

6:30pm

Mat Pilates

Sami

Thu

12:15pm

Lunch Pilates

Sami

6:30pm

Strong flow

Mara

Fri

6:00pm

Stretch and rest

Mara

Sat

9:00am

Basics

Mara

Good first class

10:30am

Mat Pilates

Sami

Sun

3:30pm

Beginners’ course

Mara, monthly

Good first class

5:00pm

Community class

Sami or Mara, pay what you can

Three ways to start.

Pick one. Each is for new students, once, and none of them asks you to know anything.

  • $18One classBasics, Tuesday 6:30pm or Saturday 9am. Take a mat at the back; most people do.
  • $40One weekEvery class for seven days from your first, so you can try both teachers.
  • $96The beginners’ courseFour Sundays at 3:30pm with the same small group, then two weeks of every class.
People holding rolled mats, chatting before class
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