Our Program
At Monterey Bay Contrology, we offer a variety of programs to meet your individual exercise needs.
All Pilates sessions and classes are 55 minutes in length.
Monterey Bay Contrology
Monterey Bay Contrology is a fully-equipped classical Pilates studio offering Joseph Pilates’ traditional system of exercise located in Carmel, California.
Our Mission
Our mission at Monterey Bay Contrology is to provide a fully equipped, complete studio where students can practice Joseph Pilates’ system of Contrology respecting the original method as Alexandra Edwards learned from Romana Kryzanowska, Bob Leikens, and Jay Grimes. We hope to recreate the community atmosphere of the original studio where students make exercise a weekly routine and master the six principles of concentration, centering, control, breathing, flow of movement and precision.
Our instructors have been comprehensively trained and certified through internationally recognized classical training programs. Senior instructors have been teaching for 15 years or more and are qualified to teach workshops and mentor apprentice instructors. We recommend beginning with private sessions to build the best possible foundation for your personal Pilates program.
Packages are scheduled at the time of purchase and must be used within 6 weeks. Monterey Bay Contrology has a 24-hour cancelation policy. Duets and trios can be rescheduled with 24 hours notice in advance.
PRIVATE
A private Pilates session is an individual 55-minute lesson with a certified Pilates instructor.
Private Pilates Session with Studio Owner/Teacher Trainer
Single session: $110
5 Pack: $525 ($105 per session)
10 Pack: $1,000 ($100 per session)
Private Pilates Session with Certified Instructor
Single Session: $85
5 Pack: $400 ($80 per session)
10 Pack: $750 ($75 per session)
DUET
Duets are two students with one certified instructor. Bring in a workout partner and let this cost effective program allow you to advance with the support of a friend. Rates are per person.
Duet with Studio Owner/Teacher Trainer
Single Session: $80
5 Pack: $375 ($75 per session)
10 Pack: $700 ($70 per session)
Duet with Certified Instructor
Single Session: $55
5 Pack: $250 ($50 per session)
10 Pack: $450 ($45 per session)
TRIOS
Trios are three students with one certified instructor. With two workout partners, this cost effective program allows you to advance with the support of friends. Rates are per person.
Trio with Studio Owner/Teacher Trainer
Single Session: $70
5 Pack: $325 ($65 per session)
10 Pack: $600 ($60 per session)
Trio with Certified Instructor
Single Session: $45
5 Pack: $200 ($40 per session)
10 Pack: $350 ($35 per session)
FROM SEATED TO STANDING – SPECIALTY CLASS FOR SENIORS
From Seated to Standing is a stretch, strength and control series that can be done from the stability of any sturdy dining room chair. This 30-minute chair exercise series includes Joseph Pilates’ original “Television Exercises,” the towel exercises, and more. This full body workout finishes with standing exercises to benefit balance and posture.
Class Rates
Drop in: $10
6 Class Package: $60
12 Class Package: $96
18 Class Package: $108
CLASSICAL PILATES MAT
The Pilates Mat work is the foundation of Pilates’ system. Joseph Pilates intended for his students to incorporate these exercises into their morning routines. By attending Mat classes, you learn a series that you can practice daily and take with you wherever you go. This in-person mat class is limited to six students and taught at the ideal level. Students are expected to have prior knowledge of the classical Pilates mat work.
Class Rates
Drop in: $20
5 Class Package: $100
10 Class Package: $200
LEARN TO TEACH CLASSICAL PILATES
Are you ready to deepen your knowledge or advance your career teaching Classical Pilates? Monterey Bay Contrology offers The Pilates Standard’s teacher training programs periodically throughout the year in our beautiful Carmel, California studio.
ALEXANDRA EDWARDS
Studio Owner, Teacher Trainer
While studying dance as an undergraduate at Sarah Lawrence College, Alexandra Daniels Edwards fell in love with the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning. After graduation she moved to New York City and studied with master teacher Romana Kryzanowska becoming a second generation certified Pilates instructor in 1996. Over the next decade, Edwards combined her Pilates training with her passion for the arts. She has worked with physical therapists to rehabilitate Broadway performers, professional dancers, musicians, and seniors. She taught dance and exercise to wheelchair bound students from New York City’s public schools with Jacques D’Amboise and the National Dance Institute. After receiving a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College in 2002, Edwards relocated to her home state of California. She owns and operates Monterey Bay Contrology, a fully equipped classical studio dedicated to offering Joseph Pilates’ traditional system of exercise. In 2018, Edwards completed Bob Liekens' LEAP program and continues to carry on his legacy as a teacher trainer with The Pilates Standard. She shares her love of Pilates with a love for dance and currently teaches in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District for ArtSmart’s Dance Around the World, a program for elementary school children started by choreographer and dancer Tandy Beal.
SEND ME A MESSAGENENA MONTGOMERY
Certified Instructor
Nena Montgomery is dedicated to keeping people of all ages moving! After a back injury she experienced the rehabilitative success of Pilates and became a firm believer in the classical Pilates exercise system as a means to maintaining health. Nena combines 16 years of Pilates study with many years of dance and teaching experience. She has an MFA in Dance from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and a teaching credential from Mills College. Nena received her Classical Pilates Teacher Training from Alycea Ungaro’s Real Pilates.
SEND ME A MESSAGEAMBER GILLISS
Certified Instructor
Amber Gilliss discovered Pilates in 2013 while studying Psychology at Monterey Peninsula College. With a background in sports and massage therapy she experienced the benefits of Pilates from her first classical Pilates mat class. Under the mentorship of Alexandra Edwards, she decided to pursue her training and become a certified Pilates teacher. In 2015, she received Power Pilates’ Classical Pilates Mat certification at Purely Pilates (now Evolve Movement Collective) in Belmont, California. She studied with Allison Gonzalez and in 2017 Amber received her comprehensive Power Pilates certification. Amber is passionate about sharing her knowledge of classical Pilates and helping individuals develop awareness, strength, and spinal flexibility. When Amber is not sharing her knowledge of Pilates, she can be found spending time with her family or leading a food tour for Carmel Food Tours on the streets of Carmel by the sea.
SEND ME A MESSAGEOUR PROMISE
‘Suppleness, Natural Grace, and Skill’
Monterey Bay Contrology does not promise weight loss or a new body. By performing the exercises regularly, we promise, in Joe’s words, “suppleness, natural grace, and skill that will be unmistakably reflected in the way you walk, in the way you play, and in the way you work.”
Bring us your aches and pains
We welcome individuals of all fitness levels, ages, and abilities.
Share your goals and let us tailor your workout to allow freedom of movement through the discipline of exercise.
Schedule an appointment.
One of our classically trained, certified Pilates instructors is ready to assist. Please call or email us today.
Monterey Bay Contrology
26621 Carmel Center Place, Suite 101, Carmel, CA 93923
Phone 831.574.8382
Email [email protected]
LEARN TO TEACH CLASSICAL PILATES
Are you ready to deepen your knowledge or advance your career teaching Classical Pilates? Monterey Bay Contrology offers The Pilates Standard’s teacher training programs periodically throughout the year in our beautiful Carmel, California studio.