Pilates is associated with a range of potential benefits, including pain relief, balance, flexibility, and a greater mind-body connection.
It’s also easy to get into Pilates in Bloomfield, NJ, and nearby — or keep up your routine if you’ve been at it a while.
Here are six Pilates studios in the area that welcome beginners and longtime enthusiasts alike, as well as ways to connect cannabis to your Pilates routine.
Add Pilates
Bloomfield location: 622 Bloomfield Ave, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Montclair location: 543 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07043
With one location in Bloomfield and another right nearby in Montclair, Add Pilates is a convenient choice for longtime Pilates lovers and newcomers alike.
The studio is known for its friendly, fun, and welcoming atmosphere and instruction, and the Bloomfield location is right around the corner from the Bloomfield train station.
Add Pilates is also Black-owned and LGBTQ+-friendly, opening the world of Pilates to everyone in and around Bloomfield.
IM=X Pilates and Fitness
Clifton Location: 1425 Broad St #4, Clifton, NJ 07013
At IM=X Pilates and Fitness in Clifton, Pilates involves more than aligning your body and mind.
IM=X classes are also said to burn calories, increase muscle tone, and help with back pain.
All instructors are IM=X certified, keeping you in good hands as you establish balance within your body and beyond.
Corefire
Montclair Location: 211 Bellevue Ave #201, Montclair, NJ 07043
If you’re seeking a more intense spin on Pilates, look no further than Corefire, which offers a unique version of the standard Pilates reformer machine.
Over the course of 45 minutes, you’ll cycle through exercises and body positions you might not have previously experienced.
Corefire workouts expand your horizons — in every sense of both words.
Studio B Wellness
Montclair Location: 34 Carolin Rd, Montclair, NJ 07043
Studio B Wellness, located a brisk 20-minute walk from Bloomfield’s Blue Oak Dispensary, offers semi-private Pilates classes in a safe, comfortable environment.
Although the studio focuses on athletes and those rehabilitating injuries, anyone is welcome, including those who may have previously struggled with exercise.
Studio B Wellness is especially well-suited for those more focused on the body than the mind. The studio offers strength and conditioning alongside Pilates for a greater sense of overall health.
Equilibrium Pilates of Montclair & Physical Therapy
Montclair Location: 42 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
Strength is about more than how many reps of an exercise you can do, and Equilibrium Pilates of Montclair knows this.
This Pilates studio’s approach is client-centric, emphasizing one-on-one attention and customized wellness programs.
Its instructors are trained experts in mindful exercise and nutrition, bringing support to your whole being as you begin your wondrous journey into Pilates.
Club Pilates
Montclair location: 568 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042
Clifton location: 700 NJ-3, Clifton, NJ 07012
With one location in the heart of downtown Montclair and another in Clifton Towne Square, Club Pilates offers ample opportunities to enjoy reformer flow classes.
Alongside the standard Pilates reformer, your workout may include springboards, chairs, and mats, with more complex movements and elements of barre in more advanced classes.
For an especially gentle pathway into Pilates, Club Pilates’ 30-minute intro class — taught by instructors with over 500 hours of comprehensive training — is well worth exploring.
How to fold cannabis into your Pilates routine
Pilates and cannabis each elevate and connect the body and mind. In other words, pilates and cannabis are a match made in heaven — just like your body and mind should be.
Here’s how to smartly fold cannabis into your Pilates routine.
Choose soothing yet energizing cannabis cultivars (strains)
Not all cannabis products will affect you the same way.
Shop for cultivars with cannabinoid and terpene profiles known to balance energizing and relaxing effects — perfect for bringing more physical function to your Pilates routine.
We recommend The Happy Farmer’s Boston Runtz flower, a high-THC cultivar known for euphoric, uplifting effects. Its second-most dominant terpene, linalool, is also associated with sensations of calm.
Create a stronger focus on the mind
In Puff N Pilates, cannabis is consumed to bring a sense of spirituality and an elevated mindset to your workout.
You can achieve this mindstate before your standard Pilates classes with cannabis cultivars associated with creative, inspiring feelings.
Start with Ozone’s Gorilla Chem OG Shake for energetic, creative effects as good for the Pilates studio as for social events. This cultivar’s THC content is high at 26.47%, and limonene, its dominant terpene, may help elevate your mood.
Make it more fun
A Sports Medicine study published in December 2023 suggested that cannabis before a workout can give you more motivation and make exercise more fun.
Try Rove’s Blue Dream vape with live resin diamonds to experience this for yourself. This vape contains more of the minor cannabinoid Cannabigerol (CBG) than many others, potentially lending anti-anxiety effects that can make Pilates seem more enjoyable.
The terpene myrcene adds a potential relaxing edge, perfect for embracing Pilates in all its beauty and excitement.
Hasten your post-Pilates recovery with CBD
The cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is why cannabis imparts intoxicating effects. By comparison, Cannabidiol (CBD), also found in the cannabis plant and many cultivars, is non-intoxicating but may aid in pain relief.
Sports drinks infused with CBD may help your body recover and heal more effectively after Pilates. In Primitiv’s Tropical Punch CBD Infused Drink Supplements, nano CBD, vitamins, and essential electrolytes improve the body’s hydration process.
There’s also Avexia’s Harmony Balm 1:1 CBD:THC for soothing sore spots and delivering localized aid. With your body in a greater state of bliss post-workout, maintaining its connection with your mind is that much easier.
Elevate your Pilates in Bloomfield, NJ
Take a trip to Blue Oak Dispensary to find whatever you need to elevate your Pilates.
Blue Oak’s wide selection of top-tier cannabis flower, vapes, and CBD topicals is home to whatever you need to take your Pilates routine above and beyond.
Shop our menu online or visit us in person to connect your body and mind before and during every Pilates session — and long after.
