Dana Okafor
Founder · Lead Instructor
Fifteen years teaching, endlessly curious about how people actually move. Dana runs Foundations and most privates.
STOTT PILATES® Certified · Injury & rehab focus
Reformer Pilates · South Austin, TX
A steadier kind of strong.
Small reformer classes, kept unhurried, so every session actually meets you where you are — not where the schedule wishes you were.
9Reformers max per class
4.9★From 180+ Google reviews
3Certified instructors
7 daysOpen every morning
01The studio
Not a bigger workout.
A better hour.
Meridian began with one stubborn idea: that getting stronger shouldn't feel like being processed.
I spent fifteen years teaching in rooms that ran like conveyor belts — forty bodies, a stopwatch, a playlist turned up to cover the fact that no one could see you. So I built the studio I wanted to teach in. Nine reformers. Real cues. Instructors who remember your left knee and ask about it next week.
Every class is built around control, breath, and precision — the things that actually change how you move. You leave taller, not wrecked. That's the whole point.
Dana Okafor
Founder & Lead Instructor
02Classes
Six ways onto the reformer
Every class is small and fully cued. New to the reformer? Start with Foundations — the rest opens up from there.
Foundations Reformer
Your first ten sessions. Slow, thoroughly cued, and unhurried — the springs and the vocabulary, learned properly.
Flow Reformer
Continuous, full-body, moderate pace. Strength and mobility strung together in one steady line.
Power 45
Heavier springs, higher intensity — always controlled. For when you want to be worked, not rushed.
Restore
Slow mobility, breath, and long holds across reformer and mat. The reset your spine has been asking for.
Semi-Private
Two or three of you, near-personal attention. Bring a friend and progress on your own terms.
Private Session
One-on-one and fully tailored — rehab, pregnancy, sport, or simply the fastest way to learn.
Intro offer · 3 classes for $79
Class packs and monthly memberships available at the studio. First class always starts with Foundations.
03Instructors
The people at the springs
Comprehensively certified, genuinely present. You'll get the same few faces each week — that's on purpose.
Marisol Reyes
Reformer · Prenatal
Marisol makes hard things feel doable. She leads Flow and Restore, and holds our prenatal and postpartum work.
BASI Comprehensive · Pre/Postnatal Certified
Theo Lindqvist
Power · Strength
Former strength coach turned reformer devotee. Theo's Power 45 is beloved and quietly humbling.
Balanced Body® · NASM-CPT
04What members say
Kept, not converted
The nicest measure of a studio is how long people stay. Ours tend to stay a while.
"I've tried the big franchise reformer places. This is the first one where the instructor actually watched me and fixed things. My lower back thanks Dana weekly."
"We booked a semi-private as a couple thing and now it's the appointment we protect. Small room, real attention, zero gym-bro energy."
"Came in six weeks postpartum, nervous. Marisol met me exactly where I was and rebuilt me carefully. I stand taller now — literally."
05Book
Reserve your reformer
Pick a time and you're in — confirmation and a reminder land in your inbox. First time? Choose Foundations.
You're on the list
We'll email you within a day with the next openings for your class. See you at the springs.
06Visit
Find us on South First
Two blocks from Bouldin Creek, with easy street parking and a lot behind the building.
StudioMeridian Pilates
Address1608 South First Street, Suite 120
Austin, TX 78704
Austin, TX 78704
Phone(512) 555-0164
Hours
- Monday – Friday
- 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Saturday
- 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Sunday
- 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Serving Austin and nearby — Bouldin Creek, Travis Heights, Zilker, South Congress, and Barton Hills. Reformers are by reservation; walk-ins welcome to tour the studio anytime we're open.
Your first class
Come see if it fits.
Three classes for $79, no membership, no pressure. Start with Foundations and feel the difference an unhurried hour makes.
Book your first class