Atem
Pilates

Hi, I’m Farrah. I grew up moving: lifting, running, dance, gymnastics. Drawn to every form of physical expression I could find. When I discovered classical Pilates, what I didn’t anticipate was how completely it would change the way I relate to my body and mind. The precision, the breath, the internal focus made every other form of movement better and something about daily life clearer too.

It has been with me through several phases of my life, supporting me, challenging me, and always leaving me feeling capable. It met me at my most athletic, carried me through injury, and brought me back to myself postpartum. That consistency across such different seasons is what made me fall completely in love with it.

I am a classically trained and certified instructor, 5th generation in the Romana lineage, trained in the original method as passed down directly through Romana Kryzanowska from Joseph Pilates himself. Atem (AH-tem) is the German word for breath, a language I came to know during several years of living in Germany, the same country where Joseph Pilates was born. It felt like the only honest name for this work. Breath is not a cue in classical Pilates. It is the beginning of everything.

Whatever brings you here — I hope you leave every session feeling more connected, more capable, and more at home in your body than when you walked in.

Farrah