Old Town Louisville, Colorado · Free 25-minute Discovery Session
Every lesson here is custom-built around the body you actually walk in with, and taught by a certified Pilates teacher who knows what to do with a healing hip or a post-partum core.
Classes capped at 7 people
Taught by certified teachers, licensed PTs and PTAs
Class packs, no membership required
Rated 5.0 out of 5 across 48 Google reviews
Leah Knowles
“I started Pilates at Contrology Studio earlier this year after my physical therapist recommended it to help with lower back pain, and I'm so glad I finally took the leap. I had been intimidated to try Pilates for years, which is probably why it took me so long to get started.”
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Anna Butler
“Louisville is so lucky to have Contrology right on Main St. I wanted to start Pilates after my two babies and was truthfully intimidated as a total newbie.”
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Lisa Hughes
“I just picked up Pilates reformer again earlier this year after a few year hiatus. The teachers are excellent and I love that it's small so you can get more personal attention to make sure your form is correct.”
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Daniel Carlisle Brown
“Whitney is a great instructor and this studio is amazing!! She also is a Physical Therapy Assistant which means she is more knowledgeable about movement and has experience with orthopedic injuries.”
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Alix Naber
“I'm new to pilates and after a little over a month, absolutely loving Contrology! I booked a 3 pack private package and then did the beginner class series.”
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Susan B
“Contrology is fantastic. I took advantage of a free discovery session and really enjoyed it, try one!”
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Kevin Smith
“I have been working privately with Whitney for a few weeks now. I have been suffering from arthritis and leg weakness.”
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Emily Laufer
“I love this studio! The space is beautiful, clean, and peaceful and the small class size is perfect for me.”
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920 Main St, Louisville
Every group class is capped at seven, for sixty minutes, so a teacher can actually get to you and fix what you are doing. Over twenty classes a week, Monday to Saturday.
The owner is a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant. Two Doctors of Physical Therapy teach here. If you arrive with a healing hip, a fused spine, arthritis or a post-partum core, that is not a caveat, it is the normal case.
Reformer, Tower, Cadillac, Chair, Ladder Barrel, Spine Corrector, Magic Circle and mat. Having all of it is what lets a first-timer and a dancer work in the same room on the same morning.
Come as you are and we will handle the rest. Start with a free twenty five minute Discovery Session and we will tell you honestly where to begin.
New to this
The short version, with no jargon and nothing assumed.
Classical means the repertoire and the order are taught as Joseph Pilates built them, on the apparatus he designed. It is a system you learn, not a workout you attend.
A sliding bed on springs. The springs add resistance or support depending on what your body needs, which is how the same exercise works for a beginner and for a dancer.
Reformer, Tower, Cadillac, Chair, barrels and mat each load the body differently. Having the full set is what lets a teacher work around a shoulder or a spine instead of skipping the exercise.
Sixty minutes, controlled, breath-led, and nothing done fast enough to hide bad form. It is why one of our clients was sent here by her own physical therapist.
If you have never used the equipment, a group class is a poor first experience for everyone in it. Almost everyone here starts with three private lessons, learns the apparatus properly, then joins the beginner class series. It is the route our own clients recommend.
Over 20 classes a week, Monday to Saturday
L1 means you have learned the equipment. L2 means you are comfortable and moving at pace. All Levels means both, in the same room. If you have never used a reformer, start with privates and we will get you there.
Where almost everyone starts.
The reformer, taught slowly and in order. You will learn the footwork, the straps, the springs and what the machine is asking of you. Capped at seven, so nothing goes uncorrected.
Loading for bone density, and staying on your feet.
Weight-bearing and balance work built for anyone managing osteopenia, or who has noticed their footing is not what it was. Slow, specific, and taught by teachers with clinical backgrounds.
The everyday reformer class.
Full-body reformer work with the exercise scaled up or down by spring, so a first-year client and a ten-year client can both be properly worked in the same hour.
Pilates control, plus load.
Classical work with hand weights added, for people who want strength on top of alignment. Good if you already lift and want to move better while you do it.
Springs from the wall, not the carriage.
Work on the wall-mounted Tower units using push-through bars and leg springs. Different resistance, different angles, and a genuine change from reformer weeks.
Small machine, hardest hour.
The Wunda Chair, plus jumpboard work on the reformer. Low impact but genuinely cardiovascular, and unforgiving about control.
Saturday mornings, open to everyone.
Our subsidised community class, mat-based and open to all levels. Part of making this work accessible to every body, everywhere.
One to one is where most people here start, and where a lot of them stay. Whether you are learning the equipment for the first time or working around something specific, a private lesson is built around your body on the day.
New to the equipment? Almost everyone starts with the New Client Special, three private lessons for $275, then moves into the beginner class series. Mention it at your Discovery Session and we will map it out for you.
Fourteen teachers, one licensed PTA running the place
A lot of them found Pilates the same way you might be about to: through an injury, a surgery or a pregnancy of their own.
Studio Owner, Licensed PTA, Certified Pilates Teacher
18+ years teaching
Teaches Pilates for fitness and for rehabilitation, with a Level 1 Pelvic Health certification and Master's certification from The Pilates Center in Boulder. Specialises in foot and ankle strength, prenatal and post-partum, post-rehab recovery and spine health.
Doctor of Physical Therapy, Nationally Certified Pilates Instructor
20+ years in outpatient orthopaedics
Polestar-trained, works with the rehabilitation population, and starts every session by listening. Has climbed all 58 Colorado 14ers.
Doctor of Physical Therapy, Pilates Teacher
5 years in orthopaedics and pelvic health
Runs the cash-pay physical therapy practice and specialises in pelvic health, women's hormone health and prenatal care. A decade of her own Pilates practice behind it.
Certified Pilates Teacher, Licensed Physical Therapist
PT since 1993, Pilates since 2014
Has practised as a physical therapist in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the US. Works with scoliosis, chronic pain and prenatal clients, and believes movement should be enjoyable as well as effective.
Certified Pilates Teacher
10+ years practising
Came to Pilates after a decade hunched over a computer, and has used it through pregnancy, post-partum recovery and bilateral hip surgeries. Real empathy for non-linear healing, and the teacher new clients are most often sent to.
Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher
Practising over half her life
Kathy Grant Heritage trained, classical to the core. Describes Pilates as orchestrating the body into one harmonious whole, and wants you to leave feeling capable.
Certified Pilates Teacher, classical
Teaching since 2008
700-hour classical certification with Brooke Siler at RE:AB in New York, plus a BFA in dance. Loves working with dancers, athletes and new teachers.
Certified Pilates Teacher, classically trained
Practising since 2002
Trained with second-generation master teachers and works with everyday people from every path. Loves introducing beginners as much as challenging advanced students.
Certified Pilates Teacher
Teaching since 2010
Twelve years teaching in Brooklyn, including a partnership with a Manhattan physical therapy practice easing clients back into safe post-injury exercise. Found her niche with post-natal clients.
Pilates Teacher
Former Division 1 diver and gymnast
Found Pilates through her own physical therapist after spinal fusion surgery, and credits her recovery to it. Changed careers to teach it full time.
Certified Pilates Teacher
Advanced training, The Pilates Center of Boulder
Came to Pilates to support her own athletic pursuits and stayed for the method. Collaborative teaching style, focused on connections you can use outside the studio.
Level 1 Pilates Teacher, Reformer and Mat
20 years practising
First met Pilates through a high school athletics rehab programme, and is also a certified GYROTONIC instructor. A recovering tech worker with an open-minded, multi-modal approach.
Pilates Teacher in training
Multiple track cycling world champion
Professional cycling coach who folds that coaching background into her teaching. Available for privates and small groups at a discounted rate while she completes certification.
Apprentice Pilates Teacher
Also a yoga instructor
Obsessed from her first time doing footwork. Offering discounted private lessons while working through her programme hours.
Two addresses, one block
Two rooms on the same block in Old Town Louisville. One for Pilates, one for the clinical work.
OUR LOCATIONS
Around Main Studio
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One open room on Main Street with a bank of light-wood Reformers, wall-mounted Towers, a Cadillac, the barrels and the Chair, under high windows and a black feature wall hung with Joseph Pilates prints. Every group class, private lesson, duet and teacher training module happens here.
Location
Main Studio
920 Main St, Suite B
Louisville, CO 80027
On Main Street in Old Town Louisville.
Get directionsA Google review, verbatim
Leah had wanted to try Pilates for years. In her own words: “I had been intimidated to try Pilates for years, which is probably why it took me so long to get started.”
What changed was a recommendation from her own physical therapist, for lower back pain. She did not start in a group class. She started one to one: “I began with private lessons with Erin DiCamillo and highly recommend going that route if you’re new.”
“I’m so glad I finally took the leap.”
Leah Knowles, Google review
No membership, no monthly fee
Every price is published in full, packs included. Start with the free Discovery Session and we will tell you which of these you actually need.
New Client Special
The paid on-ramp behind the free Discovery Session. If you have never used a reformer, this is where you start.
Group class packs
For anyone who already knows their way around the equipment.
Private and duet lessons
One to one, in studio or virtually, built around whatever you walk in with.
Physical therapy: cash-pay, no referral needed, Tuesdays and Thursdays.Gift cards available in dollar amounts or as lessons.Training to teach? The Pilates Movement is a 550-hour programme, $6,500.
Packs expire, from 1 week on a single class to 4 months on a 20-pack. All sales are final. There is no membership and no monthly fee, so you only ever buy what you use.
Before you book
Straight answers. Anything not covered here, ask us at your Discovery Session.
Your first visit
Pick a time below. You will get a look around the studio, a conversation about your movement history and what you want from this, and a straight answer about where to start.
Choose a day to come in
Times available on Tue 8 Sep
Allow 25 minutes. It is a conversation and a tour, not a workout.
Prefer to call or text? (970) 627-7742. Enquire now over email
