Julia Weinberg Extend Pilates

I have worked with Julia for over a year now and I think she is the best. I just took a work-​related five month break and realized how much I missed her. My body was not the same. I feel so confident that I will not be injured when I work with her. She is amazing at figuring out what I need and helping my body get there. I feel that some of my sessions are partial science/​anatomy lessons as well. She understands the skeletal system and how the muscles need to be stretched and strengthened. I lived in NYC for 12 years before moving here, so I am a very hard sell about Pilates’ instructor. Julia surpasses any of the ones I had in NYC.

in short, due to this lady, i can walk now after almost losing my lower leg. i always enjoyed julia’s group classes before my accident because she has a knack for challenging you while making it fun and explaining exercises in terms and analogies i could understand. after my accident, i started solo sessions with her and learned about all the little muscles that enable you to stand up on a leg after having had a hip injury, how to regain flexibilty in the knee after having had it torn apart, and why the tiny toe and ankle muscles are so important to being able to walk. what ever your level or ability, i recommend her whole-​heartedly!

I’ve been seeing Julia for knee rehab after surgery for about a year now. Her instruction has been invaluable to getting me up and hiking again. She’s been phenomenal at identifying and correcting the multitude of systemic adjustments and compensations the rest of my skeleton had come up with in order to «protect» my injured joint. Not only is she setting me straight, but she’s shared her extensive knowledge of how the body works along the way so that I can work on correcting them myself. On top of that she is great fun to work with!
I’d highly recommend her (and I have) to others who are coming back from an injury or interested in preventing injury and increasing core strength.

Julia rocks my world. I have been doing pilates for a few years but then I found Julia, who I have been going to the last couple months for one on one session and I am just really impressed with how quickly I am seeing results! Im learning so much about my body and muscles I did not know existed, its crazy and its exciting to see the improvement and change, feels great.
Another thing is that if I am feeling lazy, stressed and tired, Julia knows exactly what to do to get me into my body and feeling rejuvinated. Shes got knowledge and a sense of humor, and that makes the difference in keeping me focused and making it fun. Not only do I feel like Im getting a good work out and strengthing my core but she truely does present a deeper level to pilates, where somehow I walk away from the class feeling a little more tuned in, aligned and aware. Its great, and my lower back pain is gone, so even better! Yeah for Julia!!!

I have taken a group reformer class from Julia for a number of months now. She is an energetic, informed Pilates teacher and I’d recommend her to anyone!

I took Julia’s fundamentals workshop about a month ago. I’m an East Coaster — and can be pretty skeptical about stuff that seems very california woowoo (but I love to exercise) — so I was really surprised at how much I liked and got out of the workshop. I had taken some pilates classes at the YMCA back east, but Julia’s classes showed me a much deeper level to pilates.
I loved that in the workshop we learned not just the movements, but also about anatomy and the history of pilates (and what a freak joe pilates was!). And she has a sense of humor about it — which is always good for the skeptics like me.
Julia is a very attentive teacher — she’s involved and invested in her students’ learning. She was full of suggestions for students who had previous injuries and was respectful of our different skill levels. She was thoughtful in her feedback and gave individual and specific corrections to each person.
She definitely got me hooked on pilates, I especially loved practicing on the springboard and reformer.