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March 2024 by Alexis Sfregola
I've known Marissa and practiced Pilates with her on and off for the past few years. Marissa is the best! She is incredibly knowledgable, kind, and flexible in her approach. I love that she focuses on form and focus. I have good and bad days and Marissa is empathetic and able to meet me where I am at (chair/mat Pilates, Zoom sessions) on the days where the Reformer feels a bit too much. She is an excellent instructor and a really good person.
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November 2023 by Kajsa Svartling
Been going to Marissa for over a year and it's been an incredible experience. She is very knowledgeable, kind and inspiring. Never tried a reformer machine before working with Marissa and now I feel like I cannot function without my weekly session. Highly recommend her and her studio.
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October 2023 by Heidi Conant
I feel very lucky that I was referred to Marissa this summer to continue my pilates training. She brings a level of detail and attention to form and posture that many overlook. If you're serious about getting to know your body and really working on how to improve your strength, alignment and physical health for the future, this is the place to come. Plus, she's super friendly and fun to work with. I found her a big improvement over the private classes I was taking outside of Vermont which focused more on general overall movements and less on the details. I hope I can work with Marissa again next summer when I'm back!
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June 2023 by Sa Budnitz
Marissa is an incredibly attentive therapist. She adjusts to my speed and supports me staying aligned and true to my goals. My general flexibility is slowly increasing and I am getting stronger. Marissa also very warm, non-judgemental, and I feel welcomed to show up as I am.
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June 2023 by Martha Alexander
Marissa is amazing. She is very thoughtful, knowledgeable and able to personalize services.
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March 2023 by Kirsten Collins
Marissa is phenomenal. After taking a long time off of exercise after having a baby, I knew I wanted to start with strengthening. Marissa met me where I was and helped me feel like I was quickly making progress. I was shocked at how fast I seemed to be getting stronger. Marissa is incredibly knowledgeable and is able to be responsive to what my body needs every week. I recommend that you find a time with Marissa and keep showing up – your body will thank you!
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February 2023 by Nicole H
Marissa is kind, patient, and is so knowledgeable about Pilates. She provides a safe, non-judgmental, and comfortable space to heal, learn, and grow. I knew nothing about Pilates, had my very first session ever with Marissa, and since then have learned so much and recommend it to so many people. She provides individualized sessions, tailored to your needs and designed to encourage growth. She's the best!
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February 2023 by Alison Gauthier
I can't express enough how much Marissa's reiki sessions have changed my LIFE. You will instantly be met with the most calm, sweet and gentle demeanor you've ever experienced from another human. She naturally creates a peaceful environment for you to feel like you can completely "let go" and heal. Her work has actually inspired me to embark my own journey with reiki. If you have been graced with enough luck to come across her page, then believe ME you have hit a gold mine!! If I could give more stars I would <333
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February 2023 by Gillian Stearns
I have been working with Marissa for 6 years now and it has been a truly transformative experience. I worked with her both pre-pregnancy, prenatally and postnatally. She provides a wonderfully supportive experience tailored to your fitness level and somehow manages to balance between stretching and strength. Her gentle demeanor allows you to be pushed and challenged without feeling threatened and her work with me postpartum allowed my core to come back stronger than before. I cannot say enough things about my experience with her and highly recommend her!
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February 2023 by J.D. (ACE7F22)
The Reiki specialist is wonderful, very pleasant, a good listener, and very supportive. I've been meeting with her for years, and the main thing I can say about the practice's effectiveness, is any time I go without a session, I start to feel awful, and unbalanced, but then when I get back to meeting with her, I just feel like I can handle things again.To each their own, Reiki may not be a good fit for everyone, but if you're a spiritual kind of person, who accepts that you're living energy, and you feel like your energies aren't the way you'd want them to be, Reiki may be a very good type of "therapy" for you. It helps strengthen, and balance your Chakras, but you have to be open to it.Speaking of Chakras, if you don't know about them, I'd say start there. Understand yourself, and if you think you could use help with improving the flow, and health of those Chakras, this would be great for you. It could be anything from motivation at work, trouble with your appetite, or having writer's block, anything where you feel like your not doing the best you could be, Reiki could help you find that within yourself.I can say from experience, it helps me a lot. It feels like a support that I, personally, can't go without. When I think about the breaks I've had from it, I always find it interesting that I can notice the difference, and how much it really helps.
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October 2019 by Gillian S.
I have now been working with Marissa for two years. She worked with me throughout my pregnancy as well as after baby and I am convinced that it helped with pregnancy, labor and postpartum recovery. Marissa is kind and compassionate but will give you an amazing kick a** workout. Sadly I've moved and am looking for someone as wonderful as her.
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October 2019 by Abigail Martin
Marissa is simply exceptional! She is insightful, intuitive and gifted as a guide to growing healthier in body and mind. She is also kind and funny, which makes working with her even more enjoyable. Each Pilates session with her is a powerful and joyous hour. It is work but it is also fun and that blend is particularly effective in building strength, creating a deeper awareness of the connection of body and mind and utterly obliterating stress. This is especially true if a session of Pilates is followed immediately by a little Reiki. (Highly recommended! The combination is really pleasant and nourishing.) If you would like to feel well and balanced, strong and stress-free then Align Pilates is for you. It certainly was a blessing for me.
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September 2019 by Ryan Montbleau
Pilates is transforming my body and I could not imagine a better Pilates instructor than Marissa Lueders. She pays tremendous attention to detail, gives clear and calm directives and holds a wonderful space for the work. I could not recommend this studio more.
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August 2019 by Ryan M.
Pilates is transforming my body and I could not imagine a better Pilates instructor than Marissa Lueders. She pays tremendous attention to detail, gives clear and calm directives and holds a wonderful space for the work. I could not recommend this studio more.
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June 2019 by Caroline Palumbo
Marissa is a wonderful teacher and holds space beautifully. The one on one Pilates session I took with her really helped me tap into my body in a new way and her yoga classes are a delight. Highly recommend!
