Reforming Foundations – Milford

As with our studios in Berkley and Rochester, the Pilates classes at our Milford location will be limited to small groups to ensure that everyone gets the personalized attention that Reforming Foundations classes are known for. We recommend that your Pilates practice begins with the Foundations and Core stability classes. Core stability serves to strengthen the spinal support muscles, giving you a neutral spine as your foundation for performing challenging movements with your extremities. When you learn to hold your spine neutral during exercises, you develop a baseline for subsequent classes that encourage more mobility in your spine.

We offer a variety of classes on Balanced Body™ Pilates equipment, including the Pilates reformer, Pilates chair, and the Pilates Springboard™ developed by Ellie Herman. All of the Reforming Foundations classes utilize this equipment.

These machines can look daunting at first, but you will quickly become comfortable using them under the careful guidance of our skilled and intuitive teachers.

If you would prefer more personalized attention we offer one-on-one classes and duets with all of our instructors. For more information and a personal tour of the studio,  call (248) 469-4439.

We love seeing new faces walk through the door at Reforming Foundations because we want as many people as possible to be able to benefit from the rewards of Pilates practice. Upon entering our lobby, you’ll be greeted by a friendly staff member who will guide you into our classes, whether you are beginning or continuing your Pilates journey.

We are centrally located between Brighton and Pontiac, which are 25 minutes in either direction

You can find us in Downtown Milford, in the grey brick building on the corner of Liberty and Main streets. Directly across from us on Main Street is Huron Valley Antiques. The green parks flanking all sides of Downtown Milford make it a perfect area for walking.

Thursday afternoons there is a Farmer’s Market on Liberty Street. Main Street is a great place to spend an afternoon with a wide variety of small shops and restaurants. Fresh juice Beyond Juicery + Eatery is just a block away, near The Proving Grounds Coffee & Ice Cream shop.

Parking options are plentiful with abundant metered parking on Main (between Huron and Detroit), Commerce, and E. Liberty. It costs $0.25 for 30 minutes, up to 2 hours. If you prefer a lot, there are 2 hour municipal parking lots offering free parking behind the west and east sides of Main Street businesses. You may find parking on Union at Liberty.

About 20 miles east of Pontiac and west of Howell is the historical village of Milford. It encompasses a 2.5-square-mile area in southwest Oakland County, easily accessed from both I-96 and M-39.

Milford began with a sawmill erected by the Ruggles in 1832, and was incorporated as a village in 1869. The Lower and Upper Mill Ponds were created in 1836 and 1845 to provide hydropower to the area’s mills and factories. When electricity was beginning to enter a few privileged American homes in the 1890s, this hydropower infrastructure enabled Milford to be one of the first communities to have electric lights, as early as 1892.