Specialties
Cisco Pilates specializes in Classical Pilates instruction (private and duet lessons on equipment, and group mat classes). Other classes offered include Foam Roller Deep Stretch, Pilates with Puppies, Private Online Instruction, and monthly FREE Mixed Level Pilates Mat Classes at the Library, as well as Free Ab Challenges and videos via the website. Pilates is intelligent exercise used to strengthen your core as well as tone your whole body. Pilates is helpful for everyone, from healthy athletes, to those looking to get in shape and find their core, or those who have been injured and need some special attention. Providing you with a supportive and comfortable, cozy environment, Cisco Pilates makes Pilates accessible to all bodies, and teaches you how to integrate Pilates into your daily life to support a healthy, happy, and pain-free body.
History
Established in 2011.
Owner Alexis Miller began studying Pilates in 2000 in Connecticut, then continued in San Francisco and Seattle. Teaching out west and in Geneva Switzerland, she finally landed in Asheville, North Carolina. The word Cisco comes from the area called Cisco in Nantucket, Massachusetts where Alexis is from, as well as from the city San Francisco where she lived for 6 years. Alexis has a certification in Classical Pilates on equipment and mat for all levels, after completing an extensive 700+ hour training at Metropolitan Pilates in Seattle, Washington with Master Teacher Dorothee Vandewalle, in collaboration with The Pilates Center of San Francisco.
Meet the Business Owner: Alexis M.
Alexis holds a BA in Dance and French from Connecticut College, where she began to study Pilates. Originally from Nantucket, Massachusetts, she lived in San Francisco for 6 years where she continued her Pilates training at the Pilates Center of San Francisco (PCSF) and danced with modern dance company RAWdance. After training at PCSF for several years, she completed a 700-hour Classical Pilates certification through Metropolitan Pilates and PCSF, where she began teaching. Before moving to Asheville in the fall of 2010 to open her studio, she taught Pilates in Geneva, Switzerland. She continues to attend continuing education workshops with Master Teachers Dorothee VandeWalle, Kathi Ross-Nash, Mari Winsor, MeJo Wiggin, Chris Robinson, Blossom Leilani Crawford, and Jay Grimes. Alexis attributes Pilates to a lasting career in dance, and emphasizes that Pilates is for everyBODY.