Monarch Pilates

Yes, and it is remarkably cheap. Private lessons with a student teacher are $25 and with an apprentice $50, against $40 for a group class. Availability is limited and you book those through specific links on the studio site.

A discounted four class pass for group reformer classes at $80, against a regular $145. That is roughly half price and worth asking about before buying anything else.

A long list: pelvic health, scoliosis, injury prevention, post rehabilitation fitness, pre and perinatal Pilates, and Pilates for golf and for runners. That is a wider clinical spread than most studios attempt.

A group reformer class using an Oov, a curved foam tool that provides constant feedback, to challenge balance and stability and lengthen the spine. Very few studios in California run it as a scheduled class.

Yes, covering prep reformer classes, a fitness screening and small group weight lifting sessions, which sits alongside the Pilates rather than replacing it.

Hendrickson Method hands on bodywork combined with Pilates. The studio also offers physical therapy, occupational therapy and post rehabilitation work under a Pilates+ banner.

In the lot across the street or behind the Verve Coffee, on Portola Drive.

$40 for a drop in, $90 for a three class core pass at level 1, and $145 for four classes at the standard rate.