Springboard Pilates

New Class Alert!!
“Reform Your Bones”

Join Joni for a brand new class at Springboard called Reform Your Bones. Come together with us to build strength, support your bones, and learn to move with more confidence in this Pilates Reformer class that combines controlled movement, resistance, and hand weights.

Looking to improve your strength, balance, stability, posture, and/or body awareness? This class is for you!

All levels of practice welcome.

For more information or to sign up, visit the link in our bio.

“We’re laughing because otherwise we’d cry,” Meredith said of rolling out their IT bands in Ash’s Tuesday 10am Myofascial Release + Reformer class. 😂

Pilates is a practice, not a performance.

Here, teachers Cathryn and Ash are taking tower class online with Kaile at The Pilates Center.

All Springboard teachers remain students of the Pilates Method, practicing on their own, in each other’s classes, working with teachers-in-training, taking classes online, etc!

The Pilates Center

Instructors Bethany and Jacque embrace after not seeing each other for awhile ❤

TEACHER FEATURE: CATHRYN DOUGLASS

“Hello! I’m Cathryn Swaffar Douglass, a proud graduate of The Pilates Center, located in Boulder, Colorado. A funny story that I like to tell about myself is that I started my Pilates practice over 20 years ago with the purchase of a DVD after watching an infomercial on television. I was drawn in by the calm, controlled, precise movements of the people onscreen, and I was very curious to try out the exercises myself. I quickly discovered that I needed and wanted the immersive experience of hands-on, in-person instruction.

With some trepidation, I signed up for my first mat class, climbed a long set of stairs to the top floor of a local building, and opened the door to a bright and airy studio. The excitement and eagerness to learn that I felt after that very first experience has never left me. To this day, I regularly take classes and workshops to continue to deepen my understanding of the Pilates method.

If you’re interested in learning more about Pilates and how a consistent practice can and will transform you, we can work together in private or semi-private lessons or group classes. And let’s get this out of the way: you are not too old, too stiff, too deconditioned, too fill-in-the-blank to start! I really enjoy meeting new clients, learning about their lives, understanding their goals and motives, and compassionately walking alongside them as they grow and change. I hope to meet you soon!

I live happily in Portland with my husband and rescue dog. I love the ruggedness and beauty of the New England outdoors. Pilates is the secret sauce that keeps me walking, skiing, cycling, snowshoeing, and hiking with abandon.

I am indebted to the master teachers at The Pilates Center, my wonderful fellow teachers at Springboard, and the fantastic and committed clients with whom I come in contact every day.”

To learn more about Cathryn, visit the link in our bio!

NEW WORKSHOP!

Myofascial Release & Pilates

Saturday, October 3, 2026
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Springboard Pilates

Join Ash and MFR practitioner Erin Masterson (MOT, OTR/L) for a two-hour workshop pairing myofascial release with Pilates to unlock a new level of mobility and strength. Learn hands-on and self-myofascial release techniques to shed tension, restore tissue mobility, and prepare your body to move more freely.

Sign up or learn more
https://springboardpilates.com/workshops/myofascial

Throwback! Here are a few photos (from nearly a decade ago!) of instructor/owner Meredith practicing Standing Arm Springs on the Cadillac. Time may pass, but Pilates stays the same, so if you've been away a while, don't fret! You can step right back in.

We owe you an apology. We're not your typical Pilates studio — and we've never tried to be.

For more than two decades, Springboard has been a classical, instructor-owned studio in the heart of Portland, Maine's historic West End neighborhood. And there are a few things about us that might suprise you.

FREE Introduction to Pilates Workshop

Saturday, September 12, 2026
11:00 AM 12:00 PM

Curious about Pilates?

Join Bethany for a FREE 1-hour Introduction to Pilates workshop and discover how this powerful practice can help you feel more centered, strong, flexible, and resilient. In this beginner-friendly session, you’ll learn how Pilates can help improve posture, strengthen your core, relieve low back discomfort, elevate your mood, and create greater balance in both your body and your life. FMI and to sign up, visit the link in our bio and click/tap on workshops.

As the weather changes and there are hints of autumn in the air, it's a great reminder to soak up those summer moments with loved ones.