Equilibrium Pilates

Boy, that Brie Adina Neff is a stickler. The queen of Romana’s Pilates — a type of Pilates dedicated to the method as Joseph Pilates conceived it, with no twists and no newfangled updates — teaches intense 45-minute private sessions at Equilibrium Pilates, scrutinizing even practiced students, pushing, pushing, pushing for precision. The payoff: Clients feel energized (and taller!), and closer to the ballet body that Pilates promised.