Classical Pilates on Piedmont Ave, Oakland
A fully equipped studio where a certified instructor builds the session around your body, on the reformer, chair, cadillac and barrels.
Privates, duets and groups capped at four
Six instructors certified on all apparatus
No memberships, pay by session or pack
4456 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611. Directly across from the Chapel of the Chimes.
New Client Special: 3 privates $305
Rated 5.0 across 13 Google reviews
Talya Fisher
Roxanne really helps to make sure you are getting the best out of your workout by guiding you on technique and form. It's a wonderful place to go, and all of the groups of people I've taken class with are kind and inviting.
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Lisa M
I have been a loyal client of Roxanne for over 7 years. My current passion for health and fitness was catalyzed by some of my first experiences with Roxanne.
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Sandra Pellegrini
Roxanne is an outstanding pilates teacher. She keeps the exercises fresh and challenging.
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A. Hern
I love this studio. Everyone is so knowledgeable, professional and fun.
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S. Vox
I love this Pilates studio! Friendly and very knowledgeable instructors.
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Matthew Mommer
Love it here! Been going from the beginning!
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Oakland, since 2012
Privates and duets are the core of the studio, and the largest group we ever run is four across multiple apparatus. Every session is built around your body, not a class plan.
Six instructors comprehensively certified on all apparatus, with degrees in Kinesiology, Sports Science and Dance plus NASM personal training. The lineage runs through Ellie Herman and Shari Berkowitz.
We work with rehabilitation, neurological conditions, athletes and performers, and people starting from nothing. A tailored routine is carefully and thoughtfully crafted either way.
The method
We offer classical Pilates with a modern approach. Here is what that means before you book.
Joseph Pilates built a defined sequence of exercises over 100 years ago, worked on spring-loaded apparatus rather than on the floor alone. Classical means we teach that system, in that order.
The reformer is one machine among several. Sessions also use the wunda chair, the cadillac or tower, and the barrels, which is why our instructors are certified on all apparatus rather than one.
The exercises hold up. The understanding of bodies has moved on. Sessions apply current body mechanics to the classical repertoire, which is what makes the method workable for a recovering knee or a 70-year-old spine.
Precision is the whole point, and precision needs eyes on you and hands-on correction. That is why a group here is capped at four and why we lead with privates.
In a large reformer class you follow a plan written for the room. Here an instructor watches your body and adjusts the work as it goes, on whichever apparatus suits the exercise. It is a premium, tailored approach that larger classes cannot match, and it is why most people start with privates rather than a group.
Five ways to train here
Everyone starts with an Initial Assessment. After that you choose the format that fits: one to one, a duet, a group of no more than four, or online.
Where everyone starts. 75 minutes.
A posture evaluation plus a first session on the apparatus, so your instructor knows what your body is doing before anything gets programmed. No experience assumed.
One body, one instructor.
One to one on the full apparatus with a certified instructor. The session is built around you, with hands-on correction throughout. Suits beginners, rehabilitation, and anyone who wants the method done properly.
Bring one person.
The same one-to-one attention shared between two, at a lower rate per person. Book with your partner ready, or email us and we will pair you.
Never more than four.
Work across multiple apparatus with personalised instruction and hands-on guidance, in a room of at most four people. Mixed level, so experience is not assumed.
From home, or from our apparatus.
Taught live over video from your home with Master Instructor Roxanne Graziano-Guido, or from the studio using our full equipment with a remote teacher.
Our story
Roxanne Graziano-Guido was comprehensively certified by Ellie Herman Studio in San Francisco in 2004. Early in her career she was invited to assist in the opening of Element Soins, the first studio in Paris, and taught there alongside an international team. She founded New Classic Pilates on Piedmont Ave in 2012.
That is still how the studio runs. Advanced study under Shari Berkowitz, six instructors certified on the full apparatus, rooms that stay at four people or fewer, and a method kept classical while the application follows what is currently understood about body mechanics.
Six instructors, one method
Kinesiology, sports science, dance and NASM personal training between them, and all six comprehensively certified on the full apparatus.
Founder & Master Instructor
Certified 2004, founded the studio in 2012
Works with rehabilitation, neurological conditions and sports performance, with an emphasis on precision and anatomical depth. Comprehensively certified by Ellie Herman Studio, with advanced study under Shari Berkowitz.
Instructor, rehabilitation focus
In the athletic sector since 2012
Taught rehabilitation-based Pilates in Italy and Switzerland with clients managing chronic conditions. BSc Sports Science and MSc Kinesiology, University of Rome, and comprehensively certified through Balanced Body.
Instructor
Certified on all apparatus
Fully certified through Balanced Body Academy on all apparatus, with continued education through the Physical Mind Institute.
Instructor, dance background
Certified 2014
Brings a dancer's eye to alignment and line. Fully certified through Inner Stellar Pilates on all apparatus, with a BFA in Flamenco from the University of New Mexico, and teaches yoga alongside her Flamenco work.
Instructor, contemporary dance background
BFA 2020
Passionate about sharing her experience in movement for the enhancement of her clients' lives. Comprehensively certified through Balanced Body, with a BFA in Contemporary Dance from Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
Instructor & NASM personal trainer
NASM certified 2005, 20 years training
Twenty years of training experience and twenty years of practising Pilates. After a serious bicycle accident in 2022, she credits the strength built through Pilates with a quicker, smoother recovery. She looks forward to meeting you on the reformer.
One room, on Piedmont Ave
One bright, high-ceilinged room with the apparatus on a raised platform, gold-framed mirrors along one side and a full mirror wall on the other. The windows face the street, so it is daylit. Sessions are by appointment, so it is never crowded.
Inside the studio
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Good to know
Street parking on Piedmont Ave is free and always available, so there is nothing to plan around.
Grip socks are required, and we sell them at the studio if you arrive without a pair.
Shoes and bare feet are not allowed on the studio floor, for safety and for hygiene.
We leave five minutes between sessions to thoroughly sanitise all equipment and props.
Location
The studio
4456 Piedmont Ave
Oakland, CA 94611
One block north of Pleasant Valley, directly across from the Chapel of the Chimes. Free street parking.
Get directionsA client's story
Lisa came to the studio without a fitness habit. Seven years later she is still training here, and she traces her current interest in health and fitness back to her first sessions with Roxanne.
“I have been a loyal client of Roxanne for over 7 years. My current passion for health and fitness was catalyzed by some of my first experiences with Roxanne.”
- Lisa M, a client for over seven years
Working with your body
Every new client starts with a 75-minute Initial Assessment and posture evaluation. What your instructor sees there is what your routine is built from, and it gets revisited as your body changes.
We regularly work with post-injury and rehabilitation clients, neurological and chronic conditions, athletes and performers, and people who have never done Pilates. Tell us what is going on with your body when you book your first session, and it will be in the plan before you arrive.
Published in full, no memberships
Pay by session or buy a pack. There is no monthly membership, no contract and nothing to cancel.
New Client Special
Three private sessions, for new clients only.
Private Session
One to one with an instructor on the full apparatus.
Duet Private
The same session, shared with one other person.
Semi Private Group
Two to four people across multiple apparatus.
Every new client starts with a 75-minute Initial Assessment and posture evaluation, $175.
Virtual private sessions from home with Roxanne, $125 (5-pack $600, 10-pack $1,150). Virtual from the studio is charged at regular studio rates.
No memberships and no contracts. Pay by session or buy a pack. 24 hours' notice to cancel or reschedule, or the session is charged in full.
Before you book
If yours is not here, leave us a voice message on (510) 484-6564 and we will get back to you within 24 hours.
Your first visit
Three private sessions for $305 as a new client, or book a single 75-minute assessment. No membership either way.
Pick a time that works for you
Tell us what is going on with your body and which format you are after, and we will confirm your slot.
Select a date
Available times - Mon 14 Sep
Your Initial Assessment runs 75 minutes. Privates, duets and groups are shorter.
Prefer to email or leave a voicemail? We reply within 24 hours
