The Pilates Center

The Pilates Center The Pilates Center is an internationally renowned studio providing the best in classical Pilates! We offer private lessons and group classes.

Two sisters, Amy Taylor Alpers and Rachel Taylor Segel, trained under Romana Kryzanowska, Joseph Pilates' protege and inheritor of his studio in NYC. In 1990 the sisters founded their studio, The Pilates Center in Boulder and created their Teacher Training Program with Romana in 1991. They have strived to foster the legacy and tradition of the original, classical method of Pilates and continue to

develop the highest caliber of teachers, with the most comprehensive and in-depth classical teacher program available. Our goal at TPC is not just to teach you how to do Pilates but how to heal people with Pilates. Our commitment is to health. It’s our mission to heal the world by helping people heal themselves with Pilates - that was Joseph Pilates’ ultimate desire. Almost anyone who wants to can learn how to be a Pilates Instructor. You can get a certification over a weekend! We believe this is merely the starting point and does little to truly allow the instructor to assess each client’s unique needs and provide them with the life changing possibilities Pilates so powerfully offers – the potential to truly heal and, thereby, “return to life.”

True teaching requires a profound level of both deeper knowledge of the subject matter and a calling to truly care for the unique nature of each client’s personal journey back to full mind-body-spirit health. And that is the approach we embrace when teaching our clients and training our future teachers through our various Teacher Training Programs.

04/30/2026

For decades, we just said Pilates.

One method, started with Joseph Pilates, carried through Romana Kryzanowska to Amy and Rachel, and still being taught here the way she passed it down.

Then the name became available to everyone. Formats multiplied, equipment changed, and suddenly Pilates meant something different depending on where you walked in the door.

So we started saying Classical. Not to position ourselves, but because the word Pilates no longer told the whole story.

We have grown as teachers over 35 years. Our understanding of the work deepens constantly through study, research, and the daily reality of teaching real people. But the material itself, the exercises Romana taught us, the order, the intention behind it, that has never changed.

We’re still here doing the same work. Just with a new word in front of it.

If you’re in Boulder and ready to experience it, we’d love to have you in the studio.

New to us? Start with our beginner package, 3 classes for $60. Link in bio to book.

returntolife

You’re not seeing everything we offer… and it’s not your fault.Our Zoom-only classes don’t automatically show up in Mome...
04/28/2026

You’re not seeing everything we offer… and it’s not your fault.

Our Zoom-only classes don’t automatically show up in Momence. If your location is set to just The Pilates Center, you’re only getting part of the schedule.

Switch your location to The Pilates Center + Livestream and the full schedule opens up, including classes you can take from home, while traveling, or when getting to the studio isn’t possible.

Same system. Same teaching. Just a different way to access it.

Sign up today and meet us on Zoom.

04/27/2026

Most people in Boulder are doing a lot for their bodies. That doesn’t mean it’s working.

It’s easy to keep adding another workout or pushing a little harder. If your body still feels tight or off, more isn’t always the answer.

At The Pilates Center, we focus on helping you understand how your body works so the pieces start to come together. When that connection is there, the work feels clearer and your body responds.

That’s where Pilates starts to make sense.

Sign up for a class today in Boulder and feel the difference.

04/23/2026

“It’s not too anything. It’s just right.”

Amy on why uniform development is the foundation of everything we do in Pilates.

He didn’t just create a bunch of weird exercises on unique equipment. He designed it very intentionally, for the purpose of returning to life through uniform development.

And when you understand that, you stop getting lost in the noise of conflicting rules and opinions. You come back to the one question that matters: am I just trying to help this person move better?

That’s what we teach inside our Teacher Training Program. Not just the exercises, but the philosophy behind them. Link in bio to learn more.

🎥: Short Clip of Amy speaking during Classical Method Studies.

Choosing a Pilates teacher training program is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as a movement professiona...
04/21/2026

Choosing a Pilates teacher training program is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as a movement professional.

At TPC, we’ve been training Classical Pilates teachers for over 35 years, rooted in the original lineage of Joseph Pilates. Our program doesn’t just teach you the exercises.

It teaches you how to see a body, how to communicate, and how to become the kind of teacher who changes people’s lives.

Programs available in person in Boulder, online, and through our worldwide network of Host Advisors and Licensed Teacher Trainers.

Curious about TPC? Reach out to our Director of Education Kelli at kelli@thepilatescenter.com or find the link in our bio.

04/20/2026

You’ve probably done a Pilates class before.

Maybe it felt good. Maybe it felt like a workout. Maybe you left feeling like there was more to understand, more to uncover.

There is.

Classical Pilates is the original version of this work, where everything connects and the work starts making sense in your body, not just on the mat.

That’s what we do at TPC. Classical Pilates, taught the way Joseph Pilates intended, in Boulder since 1990.

Your body will feel the difference in the first session.

Boulder, CO | Link in bio to book.

04/19/2026

Kelli Burkhalter Hutchins teaching archival punching to Kaile Ziemba. The laughter is part of it. So is the precision.

Archival Pilates is drawn from film footage and photography of Joseph Pilates teaching in the early 1940s. The subtle variations in form, choreography, and intention captured in that historic material go deep into the system and change how you think about everything else you teach.

This weekend Kelli and Kaile are both teaching at Milwaukee Pilates in Portland, Oregon, April 24 and 25. The weekend includes a range of workshops open to all Pilates teachers.

Registration through Milwaukee Pilates, link in bio.

TPC’s full archival program returns in 2027. Stay close.

04/16/2026

Three classes a week sounds like a lot until you feel what it does for your body.

Then it just makes sense.

Classical Pilates at The Pilates Center has a way of getting under your skin in the best possible way. You come in curious. You leave feeling better. And then you just keep coming back.
Part of what makes it so addictive is that classical Pilates is a complete system.

Reformer, Mat, Tower, Chair. Each apparatus teaches your body the same foundational principles in a unique way, so mixing up the type of class you take only deepens your understanding. The order is consistent. What you discover within it keeps growing.

Beginner classes start at 3 for $60. Private sessions also available. Link in bio.

We tried to take a serious photo. That’s hard to do when you’re more like a big family.This is what happened instead.Hon...
04/15/2026

We tried to take a serious photo. That’s hard to do when you’re more like a big family.

This is what happened instead.

Honestly? This is more accurate anyway.

These are the teachers at The Pilates Center. They are warm, they are deeply knowledgeable, and they will make you feel like you belong here from day one, whether you’ve never done Pilates or you’ve been practicing for years.

Beginner classes open. Link in bio.

(Missing a few faces in this one. Some of our teachers teach beyond Boulder through our Zoom Classes and Teacher Training Program. But that’s a story for another post.)

04/13/2026

A moment from Amy Taylor Alpers teaching during CMS.

She isn’t focused on getting through the exercise. She’s looking at the person in front of her and responding to what’s actually there.

A small shift in how you stand or how you breathe, and the whole body changes.

Even in footwork, you can feel when something organizes. When the legs stop taking over. When the breath comes in and the body starts working as a whole.

That’s the difference.

For 35 years, we’ve stayed committed to teaching Classical Pilates because we’ve seen what it actually does.It helps peo...
04/09/2026

For 35 years, we’ve stayed committed to teaching Classical Pilates because we’ve seen what it actually does.

It helps people reconnect to their bodies and build strength that carries into everyday life. It supports real change over time, not quick fixes.

At The Pilates Center, this work is about transforming your health in a way that feels sustainable and meaningful.

And for us, that begins right here in Boulder with our community.

If you’ve been thinking about starting, or you’re ready to go deeper, we’d love to work with you.

Book a class or a private session and experience it for yourself.

Join us in Boulder.

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3127 28th Street
Boulder, CO
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