The Full Apparatus
Reformer, Cadillac/tower, and ladder barrel apparatus.
BOOK A SESSION ↗Chelsea
Serious Pilates. Zero Pretense. No 12-person reformer class. No waiting for a machine. Just you, your instructor, and real apparatus work. Start with a 3-session intro ($195) or a single session ($75).
Chelsea is far enough out that Pilates usually means taking what's nearby or driving for it. If you're going to drive, drive for something different: TrueForm Pilates is a private studio in Saline offering one-on-one, duet, and trio apparatus sessions, with an instructor who's actually watching your form, not managing a room of twelve. Half an hour down I-94 gets you a session built around your body on the day, not a class you have to keep up with.
About 24 miles from Chelsea, a 25 to 30 minute drive with most of it on I-94, to Mercantile Square at 141 E Michigan Ave, Suite A in downtown Saline. It's the longest run of any of our location pages, and worth being straight about: you're trading half an hour each way for a session that's actually yours, at a time you booked, on apparatus nobody else is queueing for.
You also get the same instructor every time, so your programme carries over instead of restarting — which matters more, not less, when you're driving in from out of town.
Reformer, Cadillac/tower, and ladder barrel apparatus.
Private, duet, and trio session formats only — no group classes.
Led by Carly, owner-instructor — the same person every session.
Group reformer classes typically run per class or by membership. TrueForm doesn't do group classes — pricing is per private, duet, or trio session, starting with a 3-session intro ($195) or a single intro session ($75).
Whatever you find locally, most Pilates offered as a class is a group format. If you'd rather train one-on-one or with a partner than in a room of twelve, TrueForm Pilates is a private studio in Saline, about half an hour from Chelsea via I-94.
Roughly 24 miles, about a 25 to 30 minute drive, most of it on I-94. The studio is in Mercantile Square at 141 E Michigan Ave, Suite A, in downtown Saline. It is the longest trip of any of our location pages, which is worth knowing up front — sessions are booked by appointment, so you are driving to a set time rather than hoping to get on a machine.
The studio asks for at least 24 hours' notice to cancel or reschedule. Cancellations inside 24 hours of the start time, and missed sessions, result in the loss of that session. Genuine emergencies happen — get in touch as soon as you can. The full detail is on the Studio Etiquette & Policies page.
Owner-instructor, True Form Pilates
True Form is owner-operated. You train with the person whose name is on the studio, not whichever instructor the schedule assigned that week.
Every session here is private, duet, or trio, on the full classical apparatus. That means someone is watching how you move and adjusting the work to your body, session to session, instead of running a room of twelve through the same routine.
13 years teaching / NASM Certified Personal Trainer / Certified Sports Nutrition Coach / Performance Enhancement Specialist / Pure Body Teacher Training
Coming from elsewhere in Washtenaw County? These are the drive times to the studio.
about 15–20 minutes
about 15 minutes
about 20–25 minutes
about 20–25 minutes
Start with a 3-session intro ($195) or a single session ($75).
About half an hour from Chelsea via I-94. By appointment.
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