Mary Bradley is a fitness instructor with decades of experience in helping clients understand their bodies, reduce their pain, improve functionality, and build an overall better quality of life through pilates and the MELT Method. With certifications, including all pilates equipment, she has a history of successfully guiding clients from where they’re at in their bodies to where they want to be. She has worked as a fitness instructor for the YMCA, Sellwood Pilates, The Practice Space, Hilton Athletic Club, and for Reed College. She’s now based out of her own home studio in the Mt. Tabor neighborhood in Southeast Portland.
Beginning in 2012, she incorporated the Melt Method into her expertise to better help clients with injuries and to provide gentle ways to address fascia pain. She’s completed trainings in Hand and Foot, full and half soft MELT Roller for pilates, and neuro-strength for reintegration and re-patterning.
Available in person and through Zoom, Mary understands the importance of increasing fitness in a way that’s holistic and responds to the needs of each client uniquely. Whether your goals are to stay in shape, get back into fitness, or reduce the pain that’s slowing you down, Mary can help you keep moving.
What are your goals? Schedule a free, 15 minute consultation today to learn more about how pilates and MELT can become a part of your wellness journey.
Meet Mary Bradley
What is Pilates?
Pilates are exercises that can improve muscle tone, flexibility and strength using as much or as little equipment as a person wants. This style of fitness has been around for almost a century because it is customizable to each person’s fitness status, and can be adapted to their goals. Started by Joseph Pilates, it began as a method of injury recovery for dancers, making it an ideal way to increase one’s fitness or get back into a workout routine after a trauma in the body.
Concentrating on controlled breathing, the core, and precision of the exercises, Pilates can be performed at home on a mat over a Zoom class or in a studio with specialized equipment. The focus is on improving muscle strength and balance, so it is good for people looking to develop more tone, to reduce the impact of workouts, or to increase athleticism without intense weight-based workouts. Its also ideal for someone striving to improve their fitness without serious impact on their joints, back, and without the risk of aggravating an old injury.
