Fort Pilates

Fort Pilates offers intimate 6 person Reformer classes, private and duet Pilates sessions, and gyrotonic instruction. The company embraces the body's natural intelligence and utilizes innovative movement in its approach to fitness. Fort Pilates believes that clients, at any level of experience, can sharpen their craft and strengthen their body through thoughtful and mindful practice. The method guides clients through movement sequences rooted in the core and the breath to enhance flexibility, lengthen, define muscles, build strength, and improve physical and mental well-being. Founder Ashley Richmond has been studying and cultivating her teaching aesthetic for the past 17 years, using various techniques to create a unique theory of practice that focuses on ritual and strength. With the opening of Fort Pilates, Ashley has built a like-minded community of talented instructors and movers to create a center for intelligent movement in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.