Pilates By Ashiya is a dedicated private Pilates studio in Manchester city centre offering 1:1 sessions shaped entirely around your unique body, goals, and lifestyle.

Ashiya is comprehensively certified through BASI Pilates, a contemporary school with strong roots in the traditional work, founded by Rael Isacowitz in 1989. The school is known and respected across the world for producing teachers who work with depth and precision.

A Fully Integrated Approach

Comprehensive certification considers Pilates as a system. The method is studied and taught across a whole range of large apparatus (as Joseph Pilates intended) instead of working on single pieces of equipment in isolation. This allows for a far richer practice!

In addition to the Reformer and Mat, traditional apparatus includes the Cadillac, Tower, Wunda Chair, Ladder Barrel, Spine Corrector, Pedi Pole and more.

In a typical private session with a comprehensive teacher, clients work across multiple pieces of apparatus. The teacher responds to the client in real-time, and selects work/equipment based on what they see. Sessions are never pre-programmed, nor are the exercises picked at random!

BENEFITS:

• Targeted Tools: We can refine or challenge specific movement patterns or skills using the exact right piece of apparatus for your body on the day.

• The Whole Method: You experience Pilates as a connected, intelligent system. Never a collection of random, isolated exercises.

• Deeper Understanding: You learn how your body moves so you can build true precision and control, not just simple strength.

• Transferable Learning: Insights gained on one apparatus build movement skills that transfer across your entire practice.

Who Private Training Is For

1:1 sessions offer a level of detail, observation, and real-time adaptation that group classes simply cannot provide.

My studio is a space for:

• Rehabilitation & Comfort: Anyone managing pain, injury, or post-rehab needs.

• Performance & Resilience: Athletes wanting to fine-tune efficiency and strength.

• Personal Practice: Movement professionals and teachers seeking dedicated 1:1 guidance.

• Everyday Well-being: Anyone ready to move through daily life with greater balance, strength, and ease.

As your body changes, your practice evolves with you, giving you the tools to move with confidence for the long term.