Our Studio

At the Pilates Project:

  • We want to help you get strong. Not by lifting heavy weights or doing hundreds of planks and squats but by teaching you how to strengthen your muscles from the inside out.

  • We teach you to use your powerhouse, a word coined by Joseph Pilates to describe an action of many muscles including deep low abdominals, glutes, upper back, inner thighs, and triceps. Once you find these muscles, you will a strength you didn’t know was possible.

  • We believe that personalized instruction is the key to achieving your best pilates body. We teach private and small group sessions only.

  • Your teacher will always know your name, whether you have an injury, and your fitness goals. 

The Pilates Project is the place to learn the method that Joe Pilates created.

All of our instructors are second,and third generation teachers in the lineage of Joe Pilates and his protege, Romana Kryzanowska. They have hundreds of hours of expertise, and can tweak your form at the drop of a hat.

The Pilates Project was founded by Sandi Vilacoba in 2011, but her relationship with Pilates started many years before.


As a young dancer who suffered from a hip injury and an eating disorder, Sandi began pilates in the early 2000s to rehabilitate and rebuild her strength and body image. After falling in love with the method, she became certified to teach in 2004. Pilates has never let her down. The workout kept her strong and healthy through her 20s and helped her recover from a difficult twin pregnancy in her mid 30s. As a busy mother of two and a small business owner, Pilates keeps her strong and pain free in her 40s. The body is constantly changing. Keeping it strong and balanced is always a project.

Learn how much you can love your workout!