About

We’re not a chain. We don’t want to be.

Every session is one-to-one or a two-person duo. That isn’t a capacity problem, it’s a deliberate choice, so the instructor can see every repetition.

We don’t try to make pilates complicated. What we do comes down to three things: correcting your posture, tying movement to breath, and building strength by lengthening muscles rather than shortening them.

Sessions are one-to-one or in a pair of two. Everyone starts from a different place: someone with shoulders rounded from a desk shouldn’t do the same programme as someone with hip imbalance from running. The first session is an assessment; the programme is built from there, not the other way round.

There are five pieces of equipment in the room: reformer, mat, Cadillac, Chair and Ladder Barrel. Each opens a different movement and offers a different resistance, so most sessions use more than one.

Pol Pilates Studio main room — İçerenköy, Ataşehir

Method

Our name is three letters.
Each one is a promise.

P
Posture
You learn to stack the vertebrae one by one. We undo what hours at a desk have written into the body.
O
Oxygen
We tie movement to breath. Proper breathing engages the deep core and makes a session more than just exercise.
L
Length
We build strength by lengthening muscles, not shortening them. The result: a taller posture and easier joints.

The space

A street-level room full of daylight.

Not a basement, a glass frontage. No stairs to go down.

Wide glass frontage
Plenty of daylight, trees outside. Not a closed, airless basement room.
Soft floor
A covering that’s easy on feet and joints. Right for mat work and bare feet.
Wooden equipment
The reformers are wooden-framed, none of the coldness of plastic and metal.
Full range
Reformer, Cadillac, Chair, Ladder Barrel and wall bars, all in one room.
A separate waiting area
A corner to sit when you arrive early or after a session.
Changing room
A separate space with a full-length mirror and lockers.