Fundraising for The Pilates Space

Hello! We at The Pilates Space humbly ask for your support in fundraising for moving our business. Located on Elm Court in Great Barrington, we've proudly served the Berkshire County community and surrounding areas since 2018. However, our building is being renovated and turned into residential apartments, so we must make our big move by September. If all goes well, we will be purchasing a building on Street in GB.

 

A little bit about us: we are a women-owned business (co-owned by Shannon Vorce and Ryoko Kudo). We work with many different populations, from athletes to elders, specializing in injury prevention, posture support, mobility training, and injury rehabilitation. We meet each of our clients with kindness, support, and understanding. We have cultivated a warm and welcoming space, blending the practice of pilates with genuine compassion. Our goal is to create a permanent home for The Pilates Space in Great Barrington.

 

We need $80,000 to complete renovations, moving costs, and to purchase new equipment. We are asking for $40,000 to help get the construction started. If you can donate to help move our business, you will be supporting our community with wellness, individualized attention, and many more years of healthy movement. If you cannot donate, please share this campaign with your community. We are truly grateful for your consideration and support.

 

With love and gratitude,

The Pilates Space Team

 

 

Words from our clients:

 

My husband and I have been working with the folks at The Pilates Space since before it became The Pilates Space, and we cannot say enough positive things about them and it!!! The owners, who are well-trained, extremely smart, compassionate, and brilliant teachers, understand the human body better than almost anyone I have ever known. They have set up a professional space filled with warmth, empathy, and good humor. All of the staff are also well-trained, knowledgeable about the body, and caring, thoughtful individuals. During the pandemic, online classes given by the different members of the staff kept us fit and sane, and now that we are back in the studio in person (masks required for the moment), every class and individual session takes into account the needs and experience of each participant. The studio itself reflects the people who run and work in it. It is light, airy, spotlessly clean, cheerful, and well-ventilated. Just walking into the room can make your body start to feel good. Working with one of the Pilates teachers will make it feel even better!

-F.D.B.

 

I initially approached The Pilates Space to work on some longstanding areas of physical tension and discomfort. And while I found the expert attention, assistance, and care that I needed, even more valuable — and delightfully unexpected! — has been the progressive, playful, infinitely variable body-mind exploration in which Ryoko has become my partner and guide. She is among the best teachers, of any subject, that I’ve ever met, or had the privilege of learning from. (And if ‘physical education’ in our schools were even half as smart and joyous as what goes on in The Pilates Space, I know we’d be a much healthier nation today!) Ryoko and Shannon are creating a unique and special practice and community. I could not be more grateful to be a part of it — and I could not recommend their work more highly. This is a treasure in the Berkshires!

-J.B.

 

I have been attending group and online classes at The Pilates Space for years and highly recommend this studio. All of the instructors are fabulous. Each has extensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology and each has a unique teaching style. No two classes are alike. At this studio it’s the opposite of pilates by rote or repeating the same tired routines. Each group class is custom-tailored to the needs and goals of the participants who attend on a given day. Classes are not only personalized but fun. The space itself is clean, bright and airy, and a sense of camaraderie, goodwill, and community prevail. I always leave feeling about a foot taller and lighter of heart than when I arrived!

-L.W.