About Us & Pilates
About Nicole Brooks
As a Vermont native, Nicole Brooks is excited to bring her passion for Pilates to her hometown with Pilates by Nicole, A Classical Studio.
Nicole Brooks discovered the Pilates method under a Romana’s Pilates instructor in 2009 and instantly fell in love. As a dancer and outdoor enthusiast, Nicole found that Pilates provides her with the opportunity to strengthen her core and use her muscles in different ways. She quickly became passionate about the method and knew that she wanted to share it with others.
Shortly thereafter, Nicole decided to move to New York where she completed the 600 hour comprehensive teacher training program through Power Pilates of NYC. Nicole is also certified by American Barre Technique. Nicole regularly attends continuing education conferences and workshops to keep her teaching fresh and her practice in her own body.
Nicole is dedicated to continuing to help empower those she teaches through mindful movement.
Nicole Brooks discovered the Pilates method under a Romana’s Pilates instructor in 2009 and instantly fell in love. As a dancer and outdoor enthusiast, Nicole found that Pilates provides her with the opportunity to strengthen her core and use her muscles in different ways. She quickly became passionate about the method and knew that she wanted to share it with others.
Shortly thereafter, Nicole decided to move to New York where she completed the 600 hour comprehensive teacher training program through Power Pilates of NYC. Nicole is also certified by American Barre Technique. Nicole regularly attends continuing education conferences and workshops to keep her teaching fresh and her practice in her own body.
Nicole is dedicated to continuing to help empower those she teaches through mindful movement.
About Pilates
Joseph H. Pilates was born in Germany, in 1883. A sickly child who suffered from asthma, rickets and rheumatic fever, he dedicated his entire life to becoming physically stronger. Joe studied body building and gymnastics and by the age of 14 was fit enough to pose for anatomical charts. In 1914 he moved to England earning a living as a boxer, circus performer and self-defense trainer. During World War I he was interned with other German citizens in a camp near Lancaster where he trained other inmates in fitness and exercises. It was here that the beginnings of the Pilates Method began to take shape.
After the War, Pilates emigrated to the United States. On the ship to America he met his future wife Clara. The couple founded a studio in New York City and directly taught and supervised their students well into the 1960’s. Pilates and his method, which he and Clara called "Contrology", soon established a following in the dance and the performing arts community. From their point of view, "Contrology" is the complete coordination of the body, mind and spirit.
Well known dancers George Balanchine and Ruth St. Dennis became devotees and sent their students to them for training. Pilates practiced what he preached and lived a long healthy life. He died in 1967 at the age of 84. Today, Pilates is practiced around the world by athletes, dancers, fitness professionals, as well as the general public.
“The Pilates Method teaches you to be in control of your body and not at its mercy...”
— ~ Joseph Pilates, The Creator of Contrology
After the War, Pilates emigrated to the United States. On the ship to America he met his future wife Clara. The couple founded a studio in New York City and directly taught and supervised their students well into the 1960’s. Pilates and his method, which he and Clara called "Contrology", soon established a following in the dance and the performing arts community. From their point of view, "Contrology" is the complete coordination of the body, mind and spirit.
Well known dancers George Balanchine and Ruth St. Dennis became devotees and sent their students to them for training. Pilates practiced what he preached and lived a long healthy life. He died in 1967 at the age of 84. Today, Pilates is practiced around the world by athletes, dancers, fitness professionals, as well as the general public.
“The Pilates Method teaches you to be in control of your body and not at its mercy...”
— ~ Joseph Pilates, The Creator of Contrology
