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Workshops + Events
Workshops, special classes, and the things worth showing up for.
6-Week Course Series
Return to Life
A structured, progressive series that builds your classical mat practice from the ground up. Runs as interest demands. You commit to the full six weeks, this is how the method was designed to be learned.
Course I
$175 for members
Beginner · No experience required
Your foundation. A 6-week progressive series that builds your classical mat practice from the ground up. Beginner and intermediate exercises with a focus on breath, center, and flow. This is where habits are built and the method starts to click. All participants receive a copy of Brooke Siler's "The Pilates Body" as part of their course registration.
6 weeks · 1x/week · 60 min per session
Next session begins October 15
Course II
$175 for members
Intermediate · Course I required
The next chapter. Picks up where Course I left off and takes you through the remainder of the 34-exercise classical mat. Focus shifts to concentration, control, and precision. The principles that turn good movement into great movement.
6 weeks · 1x/week · 60 min per session
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At The Studio
Workshops & special classes.
Angeline Shaka
Nationally Certified Pilates Instructor
Level 5 MELT Method Instructor
Angeline Shaka lives in Durham and is a Nationally Certified Pilates Instructor and a Level 5 Certified MELT Method Instructor. She has been working with clients for the last three decades helping them become stronger and more confident in their bodies. Her Pilates clients will tell you she even has eyes on the back of her head and loves to play with the details of movement, sometimes to their chagrin.
Adding MELT to her life has given Angeline the keys to helping her body recover from athletic activity and regulating her nervous system. She is passionate about giving her clients the keys too. In her spare time Angeline loves to bake things that will keep her in the gym and on the reformer, she loves to read, hike, knit, and try to convince her cat to play with her.
Course
MELT Method Series
This is a 4-week series beginning on Sunday 9/27. The first session is a 90 minute introductory session to the MELT method, self-care movement practice that helps you reconnect with your fascia—a vital support system in your body that affects pain, posture, stress, even how your joints move. The MELT Method teaches you how to calm your nervous system, clears stagnant lymph, and will give you a way to feel better fast.
Ryan McCann
Certified Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Instructor
Ryan McCann brings more than 13 years of experience in Tai Chi and Chinese martial arts, along with seven years of Systema training. Over that time, his practice has developed into a broader study of how breath, posture, movement, and attention work together, and how those same tools can help people manage stress, release unnecessary tension, and feel more comfortable and capable in their bodies. He is a certified Tai Chi instructor whose training spans traditional Chinese martial arts and body-based practices centered on awareness, relaxation, coordination, and efficient movement.
Ryan’s teaching style is welcoming, practical, and focused on helping students better understand and connect with their own bodies rather than trying to achieve perfect movement. He enjoys making complex concepts approachable and giving students tools they can explore at their own pace, regardless of previous experience. His goal is for students to leave class feeling calmer, more grounded, and more connected to their bodies, with greater confidence in their ability to move through everyday life with balance, resilience, and ease.
Weekly Class
Tai Chi
Tai Chi combines gentle, mindful movement with breath and focused attention to help create a greater sense of calm, balance, and ease. In this welcoming Monday evening class, you will explore practical ways to release tension, quiet the mind, and develop a stronger connection between your breath and body. The movements also support balance, mobility, coordination, posture, and relaxed strength while encouraging greater body awareness and more efficient movement. No prior experience is needed, and the class is designed to offer an accessible way to step away from the stresses of the day while supporting both physical and mental well-being.