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Welcome! You have just found a truly classical Pilates studio, featuring exclusive private instruction. From here it's simple: your sessions are 50 minutes of just you, a devoted instructor, true legacy Pilates, and a beautiful studio full of professional equipment including a reformer.
Our modern studio is a beautiful boutique retreat just off of Madison Avenue. We designed our comfortable space to provide a peaceful and pleasing professional atmosphere without distraction. Our only priority is concentrating on your transformative Pilates experience. Because we are sought for our expertise on authentic Pilates, our clients’ ages range from 16 to 84, beginners to professional athletes.
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Gizem Vural
★ 5
I needed to get back to pilates after a surgery, and Eve has been wonderful to work with. She’s an excellent teacher with extensive knowledge of the body, movement, and muscle function. She always takes extra care to correct my form and help me stay in my best shape while working on the reformer.
A big thank you also to Alexia for her clear communication and patience with scheduling, and for keeping me informed about the studio.
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Mary Wallace
★ 5
Working with Alexia has completely changed my body and also mind! It takes time to learn, you have to be patient and dedicated and show up every week but it is so worth it. It will pay dividends in every aspect of your life.
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Sarah Francois-Poncet
★ 5
I've been working with Ian at Pilates Perfect Studio for about 4 months, and am delighted with his attention to detail in learning Pilates. Alexia runs a tight ship and it's very personalized. I feel lucky to have them so near to where I live!
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Joan Shalov
★ 5
Not only is the space incredibly zen and beautiful, Alexia is truly an expert who exudes professionalism. Every session is a challenge but interesting. I highly recommend anyone who wants the pinnacle of Pilates to try Alexia and become one of her followers. Joan
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Augusta Cole
★ 5
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Mia Mueller-Schoell
★ 5
Great studio for private Pilates. Aubrey is an amazing teacher. Highly recommend!
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Micki Friedman
★ 5
Alexia sincerely cares about her clients and customizes each session specifically for each client's needs. Now a year later, I have a foot injury, but Alexia is able to work around that so I still get the full benefit of Pilates.
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Alice Taylor
★ 5
I have taken a lot of different exercise classes over the years and many have claimed to be Pilates, but Alexia Simmons at Pilates Perfect is an authentic Joseph Pilates instructor. She holds firmly to Joseph Pilates’ original method. I have been going for several months and have gotten great results. Not only do I feel stronger but I have more energy. I notice it when I’m carrying groceries or working in the yard. My teenage daughter noticed my flat abs and now she’s going to Alexia, too! Alexia is a hands on, committed and encouraging instructor, and she challenges me which always boosts my confidence in my abilities. She has a great sense of humor and is fun to be around. The hour is over before I know it! The studio is clean and inviting. Overall, Alexia’s experience and expertise is impressive and has had a very positive impact on my overall health and energy. I also like the way I look - my muscles are toned, my clothes fit better and my posture has improved. I highly recommend Alexia Simmons at Pilates Perfect!!!
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Jack Pendergast
★ 5
Great studio! Alexia is a wonderful incredible teacher and very knowledgeable. Always get a challenging work out that is tailored to my specific needs. Nice space and equipment is well maintained.
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Kathryn Hefter
★ 5
Hands down one of the best instructors in NYC! Alexia Simmons has a deep understanding of The Pilates method and in her beautiful private studio you feel the care and precision that she puts into her work. Motivating, fun, and intent on changing the body, I’m in the best shape of my life! I am always amazed by her intuition as to what my body needs that day. Pilates Perfect Studio is clean, and location is ideal. Definitely a cut above!
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S Mitra
★ 5
After taking her career as a senior instructor and building the success at other studios, Alexia finally decided to open her own studio. She is hard/heart working, believes in the work of Pilates and how it can benefit and heal clients and she is passionate about her craft. You must train with Alexia in her boutique Pilates studio. Your body will thank you. Most importantly, you will thank her for her encouragement, support and knowledge after she completely changes your body.
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Scott Wojcik
★ 5
Ideal environment and quality instruction for me. When I seek out a teacher, I want someone who has the purest version of the information that I am looking to learn and a delivery method that is structured but flexible to my specific needs. I found both at Pilates Perfect with owner, Alexia Simmons. I also love that the studio feels like my own private facility. Can’t wait to go back and continue my work with her.
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Equilibrium NJ
★ 5
I've taken sessions all over the US and this cozy studio is one of those rare gems that teaches the classical Pilates system the way it was intended. The studio is the ultimate for one-on-one instruction, complete with top of line equipment. Do yourself (and your body) and favor and get into Alexia's schedule!
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Natalya s
★ 5
As Pilates enthusiast, I highly recommend this studio. The owner/instructor is a gracious and knowledgeable teacher that offers meticulous expertise of classical Pilates. The studio is beautiful and clean and the equipment is shiny and new. Great place for anyone that wants a real Pilates experience. Definitely a Perfect place!
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Hillary Lane
★ 5
In the 20 years that I have practiced Pilates, I never have had an instructor who has used the various equipment so wisely and made each session so unique. My abdominals have never felt stronger and my posture has improved greatly. I have been able to carry these lessons into all of my other sports. Thank you, Alexia!
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Mary Wagman
★ 5
A wonderful gem in a ritzy nabe! Alexia is a wonderful instructor, sweet and knows her Pilates. I look forward to more sessions in 2018...
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Ellie Hurwitz
★ 5
Pilates Perfect Studio is an entirely private one on one pilates experience. Alexia knows Pilates! The studio is beautiful, and I love the one on one attention I get as I progress in my pilates practice. I couldn’t recommend Alexia and pilates perfect more!
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Gretchen Siebel
★ 5
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Margaret Dogette
★ 5
If you’re a serious practitioner of Pilates— real Pilates— then you would do well by your dedication to visit Alexia’s beautiful, private studio! I don’t usually employ cliches, simply because I expect results from my people and business intercourse; here, though, I enthusiastically break my own rule because it begs to be said of her Pilates Perfect: THIS GEM OF A PILATES STUDIO IS ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS ON THE UES.”
Perhaps because it’s just off Madison it doesn’t get the eyeballs, yet the instruction and results of this top-notch master rivals any of the other “name” establishments around here. Nota bene.: Gush I do with compelling reason: this lady KNOWS PILATES like I’ve never experienced in the past 2 decades. And I feel so comfortable and oddly “bad-ass” doing Pilates in her studio.
It’s not big— and is a little hard to find the first time, the entrance being on the side of a townhouse parked between embassies— but once in the door it surprises with a huge, really nice and peaceful waiting area that you’d never expect. The studio itself is modern, elegant, peaceful, accommodating, warm, quiet, aesthetically pleasing, well-designed and beautifully lit (and, actually, she changes the lighting to suit each person individually— an amenity I’ve never experienced in my life of demanding expectations— and she has the temperature always just perfect for each person. It’s pretty impressive attention to individual detail for ANY business). She even offers water, nutrition bars, or some hard candy— helpful when I had no water or my low blood sugar made me feel a little weak, once. Alexia clearly understands her business & customer service besides the Pilates. I find the whole gestalt here wonderful and my mood picks up every time my feet head out the door to go there.
Generally, I am not of the sort of person who is moved to proffer reviews (mostly because I’m compulsively thorough or, as my husband says, too fastidious for this century!) BUT, quite frankly, I have had two month’s worth of the most eye-opening, knowledgeable, professional (but really warm), immediacy of RESULTS, uncannily individualized, exhilaratingly body-exhausting workouts. Given my long consistent history with the incomparable Pilates methods of exercise & strength building, I marveled that after my first two sessions with Alexia— I experienced that “muscle shake” and “targeted ache” of muscles which I had THOUGHT were being worked out for years! It was weirdly humbling to have a revelation like this after decades of thinking I knew everything out there. Perhaps the greatest testimony to what her expertise can do? Her stress of “balancing the body with core strength”, and ability to craft exercises for JUST ME, has helped me to walk discomfort-free on a knee that has afflicted me since a skiing fall in the 90’s. No— I’m not saying it’s magic, I did the work in session— but Alexia KNEW my body by observation of my exercise patterns.
I was initially referred by a friend of mine who lives on E68th and, after also walking by it quite a few times, needed to have an option closer to home, what with her insanely busy schedule; she also was immediately floored at just how knowledgeable the owner Alexia was about the Pilates universe— and how adept she is at perceiving the needs & demands of one's body with a remarkable intuition. Also, it is a completely private, one-on-one studio, so there’s no “social exercise” nonsense intruding. It is seriously 101% Pilates centered ENTIRELY ON ME, administered by an owner who is SERIOUSLY INSANELY radiating Pilates wisdom. She is one of those seemingly unassuming people who, when that studio door closes, teaches Pilates in a way that I feel like I’ve BECOME Pilates. I know it sounds weird but I’m not certain how else to phrase it.
I know it’s a long review. I also know that anybody wise enough to listen to me will feel exactly his way about it too. It’s a special little place. Take it for what’s it worth to you— try this Pilates Studio Perfect and see if you don’t feel a bit like gushing, too.
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Stephanie Murg
★ 5
Excellent! Precise and personalized instruction in a beautiful space with pristine equipment. Highly recommended.
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sophie louyot
★ 5
No matter how difficult my days are, Pilates Perfect Studio has always been a very special place where thanks to the exceptional professionalism and dedication of A. I have been able to remain centered and focused. Pilates has now become part of my daily routine and no matter how I position or move my body Pilates is always on my mind. There are many Pilates studios in the city but this one definitely stands out.
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Kristen Leigh
★ 5
I began taking pilates in 2001 while living in Southern Florida as I read that it was great for rehabilitating body injuries and to help with back issues. I started with private sessions, which I really liked but as it began to become more popular & expensive, I switched to taking classes. For me I did not feel like I was getting the same benefits with classes as I did in private sessions so I stopped going. After moving to NYC I tried many places and recently found Pilates Perfect. I am so happy to have found this studio! The private classes are affordable & provide the true teachings of Joseph Pilates. Alexia's style of teaching is unlike anything I have found; she ask's about my concerns and then focuses on what will be best for my body. With each session I continue to feel challenged and know that I am getting a great physical and mental workout. It is exciting to see results but most importantly my body feels amazing!
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