The Belly Studio: Pilates & Fascia Fitness

I am hypermobile with EDS. I have found that pilates and movement are essential for my overall health and care. However with EDS, it is difficult to find someone who is knowledgable and experienced in working with hypermobility. It takes a capacity to deeply understand how fascia truly works, how the body moves through space with ease for that particular body (not just based on an external understanding of balanced alignment), and openness on how to properly stabilize and support a body while in dynamic movement. Arlene can do all these things and more! Her capacity to truly comprehend what is happening in the body, offer the right structural support in the right ways... read full review

Very informative practitioner who teaches you to hear what your body is saying, relieve pain and improve your overall function. I am grateful to have found Belly Studio as it will teach me lifelong practice for injury prevention and pain management

Arlene is an expert in the human body, academically intelligent, and has a deep life experience that translates well to working with a diverse clientele. Her unique way of combining science with somatic intuition makes her stand out in Pilates body work. Arlene corrected my movement patterns to heal a decades-old back problem. She also taught me how to self-correct through her "Body Flossing" method, and helped me to learn proprioception and how to live in my body, after decades living in my head as a PhD researcher in astrophysics. I cannot overstate how impactful and special it is to get to work with Arlene.