Our mission is to guide, educate, and inspire clients to find the power within themselves to achieve their goals toward a balanced body and life, using the principles, exercises and equipment developed by Joseph Pilates, applied to current concepts in human movement sciences.
The Pilates Power Center is located in the K-Mart center in Arroyo Grande. The studio is on the second floor above the physical therapy space and next to the Quarter Deck restaurant.
Pilates Power Center is a fully equipped Pilates studio using equipment originally designed by Joseph Pilates and updated by Balanced Body equipment company of Sacramento. We provide one of the most well equipped Pilates studios on the Central Coast. We have five studio Reformers, five Springboards, five EXO chairs, a full Trapeze table, Split Pedal Chair, ladder barrel and many small props including BOSUs, stability balls and bands.
The studio has two separate, spacious rooms for private sessions and classes. You can schedule your private training to work around your personal schedule with one of our Balanced Body certified instructors, or select from an extensive class schedule including Reformer, Mixed Apparatus and Mat with Toys.
We also have the new CoreAlign®, built by Balanced Body® available for private sessions. It's part cardio, part strength, part flexibility training and totally unique! Easy-to-learn exercises on the CoreAlign® emphasize an upright posture and are designed to improve posture, balance and functional movement. The CoreAlign method, developed by Jonathan Hoffman, stimulates core stability muscles to fire in perfect timing while performing challenging exercises, very deep stretches and core-controlled aerobic training. Check out the photo on the Prices page!
The studio also incorporates the innovative SmartSpine system for private training. Developed by Pilates master trainer Marie Jose Blom, our trainers use the SmartSpine support props to help your body find its most productive positioning for exercise. By supporting the skeletal and joint system in alignment, the neural system is retrained to recruit the deep muscles while releasing the overactive muscles. The SmartSpine system assists you with learning breath control and proper alignment, and places you in the proper position to strengthen your deep core to prepare you for all of the Pilates repertoire on the mat and equipment. This unique system provides our clients with a better way to train for the results you want, including a stronger core, better posture, and improved flexibilty and total body strength.
Pilates is an exercise system developed by Joseph Pilates to strengthen muscles, increase flexibility and improve overall health. Exercises are performed on a mat and on specially designed equipment. The Pilates system includes exercises for every part of the body and applications for every kind of activity. Created in the early part of the 20th century, Pilates was so far ahead of it’s time that it did not begin to achieve popular recognition until the first few years of the 21st century. Over 10 million people are now practicing Pilates in the United States and the numbers are growing every year.
Pilates Power Center is a host site for Balanced Body Education trainings. Please click on the Instructor Training page for more information about the program and upcoming trainings at the studio.
Paula Anderson MS, CPT is a Certified Pilates Teacher (CPT) through the Pilates Method Alliance®. Paula received her Pilates Mat training though the PhysicalMind Institute in 1999 and she received her apparatus certification through Polestar Pilates Education in 2001. Paula entered into the fitness world in 1977 as a fitness director at a YMCA after receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education from Cal State University Northridge in 1976. Paula’s interest in the movement sciences and rehabilitation led her to pursue a massage therapy certificate in 1990 and Master of Science Degree in Physical Education and Kinesiology, with a concentration in Wellness Management, which she received from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 1993.
Paula is a faculty member of Balanced Body University, a comprehensive training program for Pilates instructors. She is also a Smartspine (TM) Certified Trainer teaching instructors and students the SmartSpine (TM) approach to Core Intelligence and Pilates. She has won several titles as an all natural amateur bodybuilder and has been a personal trainer since 1986. Paula is also certified through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as a Health/Fitness Specialist, and through the American Council on Exercise (ACE) as a Personal Trainer and Group Exercise Instructor. Paula is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance®.
Peggy Bojduj (a Ukranian name, pronounced boy-doy) is a PMA-Certified Pilates Teacher. She is a graduate of Central Coast Pilates Mat and Reformer training and received her comprehensive studio training diplomas with Polestar Pilates® Education in 2007 and Balanced Body University® in 2008. She is a SmartSpine® Pilates Professional, and is trained in the CoreAlign® method. She has taught Pilates since 2001 and comes from a Ballet and Fitness background. Among her professional qualifications are Group Fitness and Personal Trainer certifications from ACE and Aerobic Fitness Association of America® (AFAA) and various fitness certifications through Body Training Systems®. Her degree is in Mass Communications from Radford University in Virginia, but her love of Ballet led her into a more active career. She taught Ballet for 20 years both in Virginia and Northern California. Peggy has taught in the San Luis Obispo County area since 2000. Currently, she teaches Group Fitness at Kennedy Club Fitness.Peggy teaches Pilates Mixed Apparatus and Reformer classes at the studio as well as providing private instruction on all of the Pilates apparatus as well as training on the CoreAlign®.
Judy Pollock graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelors degree in Business and graduated from Pepperdine University with a Masters degree in Business Administration. After her 33 year career in Management at a major Aerospace Company, Judy began her Pilates adventure by joining a beginning mat class at a local heath club. Her passion for Pilates soon led her to the Pilates Power Center and under Paula's tutelage, Judy has completed Balanced Body Education's comprehensive instructor training and is currently teaching Mat and Reformer classes at the studio. Pilates has made a major positive impact in Judy’s life and she strives to share her passion for Pilates with others.