Pulse Pilates

Where have all the mat classes gone? Thank goodness for Natalie and Pulse Pilates! With the lack of mat classes in North County, it was such a relief to not only find classes, but classes taught by a great instructor as well! After my C-​Section, I really needed to get back into my Pilates routine to rebuild my core and Natalie helped me out so much. She not only has a strong understanding of Pilates, but the body as a whole, as well. It helped to have someone working with me who understood what I was talking about from a fitness AND a mother’s perspective!

Natalie and Jake are both patient and low key. I can honestly say I enjoyed every minute of my 1 hour Reformer sessions with Natalie, and the Pulse Pilates class with Jake was fun and the 45 minutes flew by. I highly recommend this pilates studio!

PILATES TO THE RESCUE! I discovered Pulse Pilates after someone recommended pilates to me as possible treatment for some lower back discomfort I’d been experiencing for almost a year due to Crossfit. After just a few reformer classes and several mat classes my back is already feeling better and I’m seeing much improvement in Crossfit. Not only has it helped strengthen my core but it has helped me become more aware of body positioning and increased my flexibility.
If you are new to pilates I highly recommend a private reformer or mat class. Natalie does an outstanding job of explaining the movements and why they’re effective. There is always a friendly and positive atmosphere at Pulse Pilates and the music is always great!

I feel very fortunate to have found Natalie when I was looking for a new studio this summer. I have been doing pilates for the last 3 years, initially to help regain strength in my lower abdomen and core due to 3 major abdominal surgeries for an organ transplant. I needed a studio and instructor who would take the necessary time to learn about my body, my movement restrictions and provide safe adaptations to pilates moves to avoid my body’s trigger points. Natalie has done just that by genuinely caring and modifying workouts while also ensuring there is variety. She has the ability to push my self induced limits in a safe way so I leave each workout feeling like I accomplished a new range of motion or weight limit than my last session. My running has continually improved due to the overall strengthen and conditioning pilates provides. It is the mix of Natalie’s personality, style, positive energy and pilates/​fitness education that keeps me coming back.

What a great find! Natalie does a wonderful job of pushing each person in the class further than they thought they could go, and in the month that I have been going I have noticed a huge difference in my core strength and overall sense of body «balance». Great studioThe studio tucked away in the village of Carlsbad right off the bike trail. Easy going attitude, welcoming environment; great for mat classes as well as reformer.