Business
BY JOVANNA AGUILAR
Katie Page and Laura Meitzen became co-owners of Breathe Pilates Studio in 2022.
Breathe Pilates Studio has established 200 regular clients in The Woodlands.
Breathe Pilates Studio clients range from young athletes to women in their 70s.
PHOTOS COURTESY TIMOTHY SALAZ BREATHE PILATES STUDIO
Breathe Pilates Studio aims to build community
After 22 years of dedicating herself to ballet, Laura Meitzen began using Pilates reformer machines instead of barres, which are used for support in dance. What began as a warm-up routine during her dance career became a full-time passion, leading her to become a Pilates instructor at Breathe Pilates Studio in 2010. In 2022 she became a co-owner at the studio where she began teaching. “When I stopped dancing, I was very lost and I discovered the [Pilates Body Arts and Science International] certication,” Meitzen said. “It really, really spoke to me as far as the attention to detail and precision, just like ballet.” Pilates is a form of exercise focused on strength, exibility and body awareness. Meet the owners Meitzen said Kelly Milton, the founder of Breathe Pilates Studio, built the foundation for the Pilates studio in 2008. Katie Page and Meitzen took over as owners in 2022 after Milton left the studio. Meitzen said though it was not planned, the two made it their mission to maintain the community Breathe Pilates Studio established in The Woodlands. What they oer Focused on education and BASI, a method of Pilates centered around the body, arts, science and innovation, Breathe Pilates Studio incorporates
a contemporary approach to Pilates. The studio hosts education workshops, private Pilates classes and group classes with up to six people. “The BASI Pilates method utilizes these ten principles: awareness, breath, balance, control, concentration, center, eciency, precision, ow and harmony,” Page said. “These principles guide every movement in BASI as well as at Breathe ensuring a balanced, eective, and mindful approach to exercise. Clients should experience each of the principles of Pilates on every visit to our studio.” The studio operates with eight Pilates instruc- tors with over 15 years of experience individually and oers a variety of Pilates classes. The fully equipped studio oers mat Pilates, reformer, chair and mixed equipment Pilates. Beginners are provided with an introduction class package with four private sessions to familiarize them with the equipment. In addition, Meitzen said Breathe Pilates Studio is open to collaborating with other Pilates studios to share the art of Pilates with the community. The studio has partnered with Memorial Her- mann In the Pink of Health’s initiative to spread awareness on breast cancer and ovarian cancer as well as nonprot Canopy Cancer Survivorship Cen- ter at The Woodlands, which provides resources for people with cancer.
Breathe Pilates Studio oers reformer pilates and classes with up to six people.
Breathe Pilates Studio oers private classes to focus on the clients personal goals.
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