Pilates with Dance Arts Plugerville
Build strength, improve flexibility, and move with greater confidence through Pilates.
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Whether you're brand new to Pilates, returning after a break, recovering from an injury, managing physical limitations, or looking to enhance your dance, fitness, or athletic performance, our Pilates program offers personalized instruction in a welcoming and supportive environment.
At Dance Arts Pflugerville, we focus on developing core strength, balance, posture, mobility, and body awareness through thoughtfully designed Pilates sessions. Pilates can be an excellent tool for injury prevention, rehabilitation support, healthy aging, and improving overall quality of movement for everyday life.
Our offerings include mat Pilates, reformer Pilates, private instruction, and small group classes, allowing us to meet you where you are and help you progress toward your individual goals.
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No previous experience is required. We welcome adults of all ages and fitness levels, including active older adults seeking to maintain strength, balance, mobility, and independence. Whether your goal is improved fitness, enhanced athletic performance, recovery from injury, or simply feeling better in your body, Pilates provides a safe and effective path forward.
Join us and discover how Pilates can help you move through life with greater strength, ease, and confidence.
Why Pilates?
Build Strength & Muscle Endurance
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Build strong, balanced muscles that support daily activities, fitness goals, and healthy aging, and long-term physical well-being.
Improve Mobility & Flexibility
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Move with greater ease, confidence, and freedom through improved flexibility and range of motion.
Support Weight Management & Overall Fitness
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Compliment an active lifestyle while improving strength, posture, body awareness, and movement efficiency.
Injury Prevention & Recovery Support
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Improve stability, alignment, and movement patterns to support recovery and reduce the risk of future injury.
Healthy Aging
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Maintain balance, mobility, strength, and independence at every stage of life.
Improve Posture & Body Awareness
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Develop better alignment, coordination, and body control for healthier everyday movement.
Who is Pilates for?
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Beginners
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Active Adults
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Dancers & Performing Artists
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Athletes
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Individuals Returning to Exercise after a Long Break
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Individuals Recovering from Injury
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Those Looking to Improve Strength, Balance, and Mobility
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Individuals Seeking a Low-Impact Approach to Fitness & Weight Management​
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Older Adults & Seniors Seeking to Maintain Strength, Mobility & Independence
Mat Pilates
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​Build strength, flexibility, balance, and body awareness through Pilates exercises performed on a mat using your own body weight and occasional small props.
Reformer Pilates
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Utilize the Pilates reformer to provide resistance and support while improving strength, mobility, coordination, and movement efficiency.
Private and Duet Sessions
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Receive individualized instruction tailored to your goals, fitness level, injury history, and movement needs.
Small Group Training
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Enjoy personalized attention in a supportive small-group environment while building strength, mobility, and confidence.
Our Pilates Offerings
Meet Your Pilates Instructor
Erin Marie Akin-Thomas
Teaching Pilates since 2018 • Professional Movement Educator for 20+ Years
Credentials
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Comprehensive Pilates Certification (Reformer, Tower, Platform & Advanced Training), 2018–2020
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Continuing Education & Staff Development, Pilates Center of Austin
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DVIDA Certified Ballroom & Latin Dance Instructor (since 2003)
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Fred Astaire Certified Ballroom & Latin Dance Instructor
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Bachelor of Arts in History, The University of Texas at Austin
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Comprehensive Pilates Instructor
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Erin Marie Akin-Thomas was first introduced to Pilates in 2005 while working with a physical therapist to address dance-related injuries. As a professional dancer and instructor, she quickly discovered that Pilates offered far more than rehabilitation—it provided a deeper understanding of movement, strength, coordination, and body awareness.
Over the following years, Pilates became an essential part of her training and self-care routine. Through consistent reformer work and ongoing study of Alexander Technique, Erin developed a greater appreciation for efficient movement patterns, postural alignment, and the connection between strength and mobility. These practices enabled her to maintain a demanding professional dance and teaching career while supporting long-term health and injury prevention.
In 2018, Erin completed comprehensive Pilates certification training, including Reformer, Tower, Platform, and Advanced coursework. She has continued her professional development through ongoing mentorship, staff training, workshops, and continuing education at the Pilates Center of Austin.
Drawing on more than twenty years of experience as a movement educator, Erin brings a unique perspective to her Pilates instruction. Her background in dance, ballroom, movement analysis, and body awareness allows her to help clients develop strength, stability, flexibility, coordination, and confidence in a thoughtful and individualized way.
Erin enjoys working with clients of all ages, fitness levels, and movement backgrounds—from complete beginners to experienced athletes, dancers, and active adults. Whether a client is seeking greater strength, improved balance, relief from everyday aches and pains, or enhanced athletic performance, her goal is to create a supportive environment where each person can move more efficiently and feel better in their body.
Erin believes that movement should enrich everyday life. Through Pilates, she strives to help clients build lasting strength, improve body awareness, and develop the confidence to move with greater ease both inside and outside the studio.
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