Bridge Pilates

I have been taking private and semi-​private prenatal Pilates with Avi Scher for four months now and am eight months into my pregnancy. He has been wonderful — is fun to spend an hour with while safely guiding me through exercises that leave me pleasantly sore the next day! I feel that he really listens to me and I don’t worry about hurting myself. He has altered exercises as my pregnancy has progressed to make sure I don’t strain myself. My body is stronger than when I started class with him, which is saying something during pregnancy! I hope that I can keep up with the classes after my baby is born, I know he will whip me right back into post partum shape.

Bridge Pilates is a great little pilates studio located in DUMBO (highly accessible by F, A & C trains). It is run by Blossom Crawford, who has been trained by an original Pilates Master Teacher (Kathy Grant) and it shows. Her curriculum is vast and she has a natural gift for instruction and visualization that will absolutely draw you in and make you a pilates junkie (if you aren’t already one).
Blossom has also assembled a strong team of instructors that share this same gift. So it’s easy for you hard working Manhattan-​ites to stay on a flexible schedule and still get a great personalized work-​out.
I have been coming here for over a year and always feel like I’ve found at least one new muscle after leaving the studio. And of course, I have gotten leaner and fit over this time.
The studio has all the quintessential gear (Cadillac, Reformer, Barrel). It offers privates, duets and has a regularly scheduled Sunday mat class. The atmosphere is casual and unpretentious and all body types and ages are welcome.