About Us

History of Clare Stelling Pilates Studio

Clare and her caring staff of certified instructors are proud to offer you Pilates. We opened our doors in 2000 with the first fully equipped Pilates studio in the Hudson Valley’s Rockland County. Clare maintains C.E.U.’s with workshops and research in specialty areas such as Osteoporosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Scoliosis, Gait, and Peri-Natal Pilates. 

Since the studio has moved out of Nanuet NY, Clare reopened a private facility with all equipment and also teaches mat and Reformer classes at the Art of Motion Dance Studio also located in Ridgewood NJ.

Clare Stelling, Owner

Clare was initially a dancer, and has taught modern dance for over 15 years. Clare received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Emerson College in Boston, 1985. She worked with physical therapists in sports medicine, neuromuscular dysfunction, pediatrics, AND with occupational therapists in hand rehab. Clare received certification in Massage Therapy in California, 1996, where she was first introduced to Pilates.

Clare went through the 2-year certification program in Pilates mat in San Francisco, and the machines program in Los Angeles through Physicalmind Institute. She completed her certification in New York City and moved to Martha's Vineyard MA to institute the first PIlates program on the Island.

Not soon after that having moved back to New York, she opened her first "fully equipped" Pilates and Wellness studio in Nanuet NY in 2000. She moved her studio to Ridgewood NJ in 2005 and has teamed up with Lynn Needle of Art of Motion Dance and Theatre Arts Center in downtown Ridgewood to teach mat classes, Reformer classes and is available in her home-based studio for private sessions on both mats and machines.

Clare is a certified Massage Therapist and still practices both Pilates and Massage. Clare provides her clients with the best of both Pilates exercise and the healing effects of massage therapy, and the loves the combination of each and their amazing results. Clare is a member of the International Massage Association and the Pilates Method Alliance.