Best Pilates for Women - Flavia Bruni at Ethos Collective - Best of New York Health & Self 2012 -- New York Magazine

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Pilates for Women

  • Flavia Bruni at Ethos Collective

    596 Broadway, nr. Houston St., Ste. 302; 212-920-5456

    It’s all Pilates instructors’ duty to leave you with burning thighs and aching abs. Flavia Bruni, however, goes beyond that call, empowering her clients with a new je ne sais quoi in the way they carry themselves (from $105 for a private session) and employing mat work and the Reformer. The Italy native and professional dancer, who recently began teaching at new Soho wellness center Ethos Collective, teaches muscle memory and focuses on the moves that prompt her mostly female clientele to walk with an upright, attractive posture, which is as effective at taming back pain as it is for scoring a date.

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