Building a body that supports you.
Pilates that helps you move better for life.
At Pilates Plus, we teach the work, not just the workout. This boutique Richmond studio specializes in private and duet Pilates, taught with real attention to how your body moves. Our highly trained instructors work with intention, helping you build strength, improve mobility, and move through your day with more ease and confidence.
How we work
Private Sessions
One-on-one instruction tailored entirely to your body, goals, and movement patterns.
Duet Sessions & Small-Group Classes
Choose your partner, and we'll tailor the session to you both. Get individualized attention, with the energy of working alongside someone.
Specialties & Focused Care
Massage therapy, spray tanning, and other wellness offerings that support feeling your best, inside and outside the studio.
Meet Dara
Founder Dara Galasso built Pilates Plus around a simple belief: Pilates should help people move better in real life. When done right, Pilates is real movement work that goes beyond the studio, building functional patterns that support how you actually live.
Known for her highly personalized teaching style, deep knowledge of movement, and ability to make clients feel both challenged and comfortable, Dara has built a studio focused on thoughtful instruction, strong relationships, and long-term progress.
She also leads Pilates Plus teacher training programs, mentoring the next generation of instructors with an emphasis on anatomy, critical thinking, and truly understanding the classical work of Joseph Pilates.
One founder. A team who shares her approach.
Richmond’s home for personalized Pilates.
Who We AreVisit us at our Patterson studio, with a second Pilates Plus location coming soon.
Wherever you work with us, you’ll experience the same thoughtful instruction, welcoming environment, and individualized care Pilates Plus is known for.
