The Pilates LAB

06/18/2025

NEW CLASS ALERT! 🔔

Thursday Evening Pilates Series
w/ Molly Vine
Beginning June 26 | 7:15pm | $15!
The Pilates Lab | 164 Allen St

Join us Thursday evenings this summer for a thoughtfully-paced Pilates series designed to build strength, confidence, and body awareness from the ground up.

Taught by Molly Vine, this easygoing, progressive class begins with foundational Mat work before gradually introducing the Tower, Reformer, and other apparatus.

We’ll spend several weeks exploring each modality, giving you time to feel grounded and comfortable as your practice deepens. Whether you’re new to Pilates or looking to refresh your technique, this class is the perfect place to move mindfully, ask questions, and grow at your own pace.

Come as you are — no experience necessary, just curiosity and a willingness to move.

Questions?
716-866-8200

06/01/2025

Happy Pride— this month & always!

Sending love and strength to all our LGBTGIA+ friends.
We see you.
We love you.
We fiercely protect you.

👀 You Belong Here

05/05/2025

Want to become a Pilates teacher?!

We are starting a new Core Dynamics Teacher Training cycle at The Pilates LAB! May 17 + 18 (changed from the og post that listed May 3 + 4)

Founded by Michele Larsson and now directed by Kevin Bowen, Core Dynamics celebrates the legacy of Joseph Pilates through the lens of Eve Gentry. Eve (yes— of Eve’s Lunge fame!) was a dancer who studied with Joe for years and eventually took the work to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Eve’s development of the Gentry Technique has become the widely-used basis for Pilates Mat work and is a distinctive element of the Core Dynamics Teacher Training syllabus.

Core Dynamics is a globally-recognized teacher training program! See link in bio for more details.

Teacher trainings at The Pilates LAB are fun, inclusive, and highly participatory. We dive into language & cuing, helpful teaching tools & motivational skills, as well as learning the hows and whys of the exercises, how to teach them effectively & safely, and how to structure a session or class.

•You can participate via Zoom!
•Kevin Bowen runs free tutorials for CD participants and alum.
•CD has sessions in other cities; those teachers & participants may be a part of your training.
•CD has resources on PilatesAnytime.

DM us here!
We are happy to answer any questions.

04/17/2025

This photo, clipped from the Jamestown Post Journal, is of my BFF during a class with Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, at the Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet, circa 1998. Kudos to photographer, Michael D. Anderson, for his impeccable timing in capturing this grand jeté.

In 1996, Mr. Bonnefoux hired me to teach the Open Enrollment Classes Chautauqua Institution That meant if you were on the Chautauqua grounds and wanted to take a community ballet class, I would be your teacher! He rounded out my responsibilities that summer by adding “camp counselor” duties to my plate— essentially I planned activities for the youngest dancers who had auditioned to spend their summer with the illustrious faculty at CHQ.

I was allowed to take company class and took full advantage of this generous opportunity. At the end of the summer Jean-Pierre invited me to perform corps roles in Nutcracker with his home company, North Carolina Dance Theatre. Incredibly, I declined because I was planning to go to Europe to find a job!

While in Europe, Jean-Pierre contacted me to ask if I would be interested in directing a small ballet school in Jamestown, with which he was affiliated through Chautauqua Institution. (He was the Artistic Director Emeritus and he needed a boots-on-the-ground Principal Teacher and Director.) I’d been backpacking through Europe for five weeks, with marginal success, and my backpack was feeling extra heavy. Move to Jamestown, run a school, still perform in Buffalo, and make a whopping $35k? Ummm. Sure!

Continued in comments—

02/23/2025

If you lost your job because of the new administration, we are truly sorry to hear it. Please know that you are in really good (& really huge!) company, you didn’t deserve this, and we want to help you stay strong and keep moving.

DM us for a promo code for free group classes.
We offer Mat classes on Zoom, as well.
Offer good through April 30.

Stronger brains.
Smarter muscles.
F*** T****

01/09/2025

Pilates peeps! Our friend, Kim, owned Brick Bar for many years and cultivated a strong community there. Since the devastating fire on Sunday she & other Allen St businesses are organizing to support her staff. Please consider donating here.
Also, Nietzsche's is hosting a fundraiser on Friday 1/17. Come show Kim & her staff some love!

Help Our Beloved Bartenders Rebuild After Devastating Loss Our commu… Melissa Dreyer McCarthy needs your support for Mulligan’s Brick Bar Employee Support

01/01/2025

As the Gregorian calendar turns to a new year, we want to send our best wishes to all of you who have shared this space. We value your dedication to movement, your contributions to our shared community, and your respect & encouragement for each other.

Today, January 1st, is the seventh & final day of Kwanzaa, a secular holiday with roots in Africa, that focuses on family, community, and culture. On the seventh day, those who observe Kwanzaa celebrate the principle of Imani, which is Swahili for “faith.” This principle includes faith in oneself, faith in others, and faith in the struggle for a better world. Could there BE a better focus as we head into 2025?

Furthermore, Imani is about maintaining a belief in the potential of the African-American community and in the righteousness of their struggle for freedom, justice, and equality.

With great respect and gratitude to all who foster Imani, here is our hope for a new year— in contrast to the racist & misogynistic incoming administration
of infantile billionaires!— may our love for community sustain us and our support of those who are different than us grow.

Best wishes for a healthy and safe year ahead.

12/19/2024

GIVE the GIFT of STRENGTH!

We got the OG gift certificates back in stock, thanks to artist and graphic designer extraordinaire and the great service of our neighbor

DM to make payment, and arrange pick-up or drop-off. And if you swing through Allentown don’t miss all the great retail has to offer.

(Also, don’t forget to use up your insurance wellness card before 12/31!)

12/16/2024

The busy holiday season is upon us. And this is a quick reminder to take care of yourself & not get too caught up in unrealistic ideals and overwhelming expectations. (This is also a reminder to ourselves!)

We love this picture because it shows effort, support, and encouragement. We’re trying to bring these energies into the dark days ahead.

ALSO related to this time of year:
we have gift certificates!! AND we accept insurance wellness cards that need to be depleted before 12/31/24.

See our online schedule for a slightly adjusted schedule through the holidays. And then look for more classes with and in the new year!

12/02/2024

‘Tis the season!
Thanks + giving, that is.

Many of us have shared concern over the growing number of folx who are in need of support. It’s the case all over our city and all across our country.

If you are so inclined, please bring any shelf-stable food, warm clothes, or restaurant gift cards to the studio.
We will deliver the food to
The warm clothes will go to Friends of the Night People.
And the gift cards will go to a neighbor who distributes them to people in need.

And when you are in the studio, don’t forget to pick up a coupon for 15% off group classes. We appreciate you all.

11/09/2024

Our dear friend lost her beloved partner, Carl, this week. If you knew Shauntel, you loved her! If you can help her out with funeral costs, that would be so appreciated.

Please read all the slides for more info. There are donation classes happening tomorrow (11/10) .fitness !!

Donations can also be made via Venmo to

If Venmo doesn’t work for you, please reach out to me directly, or to Christy, the owner of Everybody Plus Fitness.

11/08/2024

Love
Empathy
Compassion
Inclusion
Justice
Kindness