Strengthen your core and improve balance, strength, and flexibility. Pilates for Beginners 17 Minute Concentration & Centering 28 Minute Breathing 25 Minute Form & Function 28 Minute Precision 28 Minute Flow Pilates Mat with Melissa All levels welcome, modifications provided 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Restorative Pilates 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Pacing 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Foundations 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Patience & Ease 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Strength 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Glutes 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Stability 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Breath 50 Minute Pilates Mat: Transitions 5/15 Pilates Mat with Melissa 5/8 Pilates Mat with Melissa 5/1 Pilates Mat with Melissa 4/24 Pilates Mat with Melissa 4/17 Pilates Mat with Melissa 4/10 Pilates Mat with Melissa 4/3 Pilates Mat with Melissa 15 Minute Pilates with Melissa DANCEALATES® with Melissa NEW! 30 Minute Balancing NEW! 30 Minute Pulsing Power Part 3 NEW! 30 Minute Pulsing Power Part 2 30 Minute Upper Body Blast 30 Minute Express 30 Minute Stability & Cardio Express 30 Minute Abs & Legs Express 30 Minute Upper Body Express 30 Minute Glutes & Abs Express 5/12 Facebook Live with Melissa 15 Minute Dancealates with Melissa Pilates Mat Workouts Every week, Melissa leads Pilates mat classes on Facebook Live for YMCA @ Home. Stream any of her classes for an on-demand workout. Pacing Yourself and Slowing Down, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa Foundation and Base, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa Patience & Ease, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa Strength, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa Glutes, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa Stability, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa Breath, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa Transitions, 50 minutes Pilates with Melissa May 15, 2020, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa May 8, 2020, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa May 1, 2020, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa April 24, 2020, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa April 17, 2020, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa April 10, 2020, 45 minutes Pilates with Melissa 5-Day Pilates for Beginners Challenge Designed as an introduction to Pilates, the five classes in this series will teach you the basic building blocks of Pilates. Each daily workout will focus on different aspects of Pilates to master – breathing, strength, balance, and more, so that by the final day, participants will be able to pull everything they learned together in a full-length class. Day 1: Concentration and Centering, 17 minutes Day 2: Breathing, 28 Minutes Day 3: Form & Function, 25 minutes Day 4: Precision, 28 Minutes Day 5: Flow, 28 minutes Pilates Pilates Mat with Melissa All levels welcome, modifications provided NEW! 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Restorative Pilates 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Pacing 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Foundations 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Patience & Ease 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Strength 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Glutes 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Stability 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Breath 50 Minute Pilates Mat: Transitions 5/15 Pilates Mat with Melissa 5/8 Pilates Mat with Melissa 5/1 Pilates Mat with Melissa 4/24 Pilates Mat with Melissa 4/17 Pilates Mat with Melissa 4/10 Pilates Mat with Melissa 4/3 Pilates Mat with Melissa 15 Minute Pilates with Melissa DANCEALATES® with Melissa Join Melissa for an energizing interval workout that combines the core principles of Pilates with the strengthening, lengthening and toning techniques found in traditional jazz and ballet barre workouts. 30 Minute Upper Body Blast 30 Minute Express 30 Minute Stability & Cardio Express 30 Minute Abs & Legs Express 30 Minute Upper Body Express 30 Minute Glutes & Abs Express 5/12 Facebook Live with Melissa 15 Minute Dancealates with Melissa Pilates Mat with Melissa 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Restorative Pilates Pilates with Melissa For Friday's Pilates workout, Melissa will be focusing on a theme of "pacing yourself and slowing things down." Join us right here, Friday at 12pm for Pilates with Melissa. To see the full schedule of LIVE workout classes, visit ymcanyc.org/ymca-home Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, July 10, 2020 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Pacing Pilates with Melissa For Friday's Pilates workout, Melissa will be focusing on a theme of "pacing yourself and slowing things down." Join us right here, Friday at 12pm for Pilates with Melissa. To see the full schedule of LIVE workout classes, visit ymcanyc.org/ymca-home Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, July 10, 2020 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Foundations Pilates with Melissa Gear up for the long weekend by joining Melissa from the Y Friday at 12pm for a Pilates class that is all about building abs. To see the full schedule of live workouts, visit ymcanyc.org/ymca-home Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, July 3, 2020 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Patience & Ease Pilates with Melissa Ease into the weekend by joining Melissa from the Y for Pilates on Friday at 12pm. Melissa will be focusing on patience and ease for this class. Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, June 26, 2020 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Strength Pilates with Melissa from the Y Ease into the weekend by joining Melissa from the Y for Pilates on Friday at 12pm. Melissa will be focusing on strength in this workout. Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, June 19, 2020 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Glutes Pilates with Melissa Ease into the weekend by joining Melissa from the Y for Pilates on Friday at 12pm. For today's workout, we are focusing on strength and stability! Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, June 12, 2020 45 Minute Pilates Mat: Stability Finish the week strong by joining Melissa from the Y for a Pilates class at 12pm. Pilates is a low-impact (but challenging!) workout that focuses on strengthening muscles while improving postural alignment and flexibility. Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, June 5, 2020 45 Minute Pilates Mat with Melissa: Breath Get that #FridayFeeling going by joining Melissa from the Y for a Pilates class at noon. Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, May 22, 2020 50 Minute Pilates Mat with Melissa: Transitions Get that #FridayFeeling going by joining Melissa from the Y for a Pilates class at noon. Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, May 22, 2020 5/15 Pilates Mat with Melissa Join Melissa from the Y at 12pm for a Fit and Fun Friday Pilates workout to get you ready for the weekend. Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, May 15, 2020 5/8 Pilates Mat with Melissa Celebrate #FeelGoodFriday and tone those muscles by joining us at 12pm for a Pilates class with Melissa from the Y. Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, May 8, 2020 5/1 Pilates Mat with Melissa Get weekend ready by joining us for Pilates with Melissa from Y, right here at 12pm on Friday. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, May 1, 2020 4/24 Pilates Mat with Melissa End your week strong by joining Melissa from the Y for a Pilates workout Friday, April 24 at 12pm. Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, April 24, 2020 4/17 Pilates Mat with Melissa Get a jump start on your weekend by joining us Friday, April 17 at 12pm for Pilates with Melissa. Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, April 17, 2020 4/10 Pilates Mat with Melissa Ease into the weekend by joining us Friday, April 10 at 12pm for a Pilates class with Melissa from the Y! Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, April 10, 2020 4/3 Pilates Mat with Melissa 15 Minute Pilates with Melissa DANCEALATES® with Melissa 30 Minute Dancealates Upper Body Blast DANCEALATES® with Melissa Join us at 12pm on Tuesday for an Upper Body Blast at this week's DANCEALATES® Express with Melissa from the Y. This express workout combines the core principles of Pilates with the strengthening, lengthening and toning techniques found in traditional Jazz and Ballet barre workouts. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 30 Minute Dancealates Express DANCEALATES® with Melissa Join us at 12pm on Tuesday for DANCEALATES® with Melissa from the Y. This express workout combines the core principles of Pilates with the strengthening, lengthening and toning techniques found in traditional Jazz and Ballet barre workouts. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 30 Minute Dancealates Stability & Cardio Express Join us at 12pm on Tuesday for DANCEALATES® with Melissa from the Y. This express workout combines the core principles of Pilates with the strengthening, lengthening and toning techniques found in traditional Jazz and Ballet barre workouts. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 30 Minute Dancealates Abs & Legs Express DANCEALATES® express workout In case you missed it: Melissa's DANCEALATES® express workout from earlier this week. Join Melissa on every Tuesday at 12pm for a DANCEALATES® express workout and to see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, June 5, 2020 30 Minute Dancealates: Upper Body Express Join us for DANCEALATES® , an energizing interval workout that combines the core principles of Pilates with the strengthening, lengthening and toning techniques found in traditional Jazz and Ballet barre workouts. Tune in Tuesday at 12pm and join Melissa from the Y for this 30-minute workout. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 30 Minute Glutes & Abs Express Join us for DANCEALATES® , an energizing interval workout that combines the core principles of Pilates with the strengthening, lengthening and toning techniques found in traditional Jazz and Ballet barre workouts. Tune in at 12pm and join Melissa from the Y for this 30-minute workout. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 5/12 Facebook Live - Dancealates with Melissa Join us at 12pm on Tuesday for Dancealates with Melissa from the Y. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 15 Minute Dancealates with Melissa < Back to YMCA @ Home Virtual Workouts Health & Safety Warning Physical exercise, in all of its forms and with or without the use of equipment such as blocks, straps or any other equipment that may be used by an instructor, is a strenuous physical activity. Accordingly, you are urged and advised to seek the advice of a physician before beginning any physical exercise regimen, routine, program, or using any suggested equipment shown in any of the videos from the YMCA. 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