Meet Randi Stone

NYC Pilates Founder & Owner

 
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Featured on Livestrong.com and Realsimple.com, as well as the New York Times and Access Hollywood, Randi has been teaching Pilates for over 20 years, and considers each of her clients a star!

Randi began Pilates in 1999 after back surgery, as the only form of exercise that addressed post-surgery pain resulting from scar tissue that formed over her sciatic nerve, and asymmetries in the musculature of her back resulting from scoliosis. Pilates helped improve her posture and alleviated her formerly chronic back pain. Pilates provided strength and flexibility.

Randi has personally trained hundreds of pregnant and postnatal clients privately and in group classes. She has also taught pre- and post-natal continuing education courses to Pilates instructors at prominent Pilates studios throughout Manhattan, including Uptown Pilates, the former Center Studio and the local Equinox. Her latest specialty is working with peri-menopausal and menopausal women, helping them with the physical, emotional and nutritional needs of their bodies.

Randi trains all body types and caters to people with varied interests: Men and women who want to increase flexibility, strengthen and lengthen muscles for a longer and leaner look, and/or injury prevention and recovery. 

Randi’s clients range from professional athletes and sports trainers to Broadway dancers, pre and post-natal women, and people recuperating from injuries and trauma, like strokes. She has also had corporate clients such as the New York Times and Viacom-MTV. Pilates helped Randi keep up with her twins when they were younger, and currently enables her to run her two young Jack Russell Terriers in Central Park!

Randi studied with Romana Kryzanowska, protégé of Joseph Pilates; Sue Hitzman, founder of the MELT Method; and Julie Tupler, creator of Diastasis Rehab. She is also certified in Power Pilates mat and is a pelvic floor guru. Randi discovered Julie Tupler’s work on Diastasis Rehab while pregnant and began taking MELT classes immediately after having twins in 2004. These are both great compliments to Pilates, helping clients delve deeper into their bodies’ potential for strength, length, and stability.