The Shed

Movement rooted in yoga and pilates in Richmond, Virginia. Online on-demand membership with one new class/week.

03/25/2026

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03/06/2026

✨Meet Alexa ✨ Instructor at The Shed

Alexa is a Pilates instructor with six years of teaching experience and holds all Balanced Body Reformer certifications.

She has always had an appreciation for movement. Growing up, she played sports, which evolved into her passion for running. She quickly recognized the benefits of Pilates when she started incorporating it into her routine. She believes in a holistic approach to fitness and has found that Pilates is a valuable tool for enhancing athletic performance by improving body awareness, form, strength and stability. She loves to teach an athletic flow style class with seamless transitions that create a challenging and engaging class.

Quick picks 👇
⛓️ Mat or Reformer: Reformer!
🌞 Early or Late: early but also, mid day :)
☕️ Coffee or Matcha: daily coffee. matcha as a treat
🔥 Leg day or Arm day: both but if I had to pick- arms
Favorite cue: “maintain the connection between your ribs and hips”
Class you love teaching most: love an athletic reformer flow
Go to Playlist Vibe: girly pop + house music- fred again is always on the playlist

02/27/2026

✨ Meet Claire ✨Instructor at The Shed

Claire is a certified yoga instructor and licensed occupational therapist with over a decade of experience integrating movement, mindfulness, and therapeutic practice. Claire began practicing yoga in 2003. She later completed her 200-hour teacher training with Yoga District in Washington, DC in 2013, followed by specialized trauma-sensitive yoga training with Connected Warriors in 2015. In 2016, she graduated with a masters in OT from Columbia University, where she received extensive training in anatomy, kinesiology, and mindfulness. Claire recently relocated to Richmond from Chevy Chase, MD with her husband, dog, and two young children.

Claire’s classes are challenging and playful while remaining accessible to all levels. Each practice emphasizes proper alignment and body awareness, helping students build stability and ease in their bodies. Claire guides students to explore their edges safely, building a practice designed to leave you feeling like your best self!

Quick picks 👇
⛓️ Mat or Reformer: Both?! I can’t choose!
🌞 Early or Late: Definitely early
☕️ Coffee or Matcha: Coffee
🔥 Leg day or Arm day: Leg day
Favorite cue: “Focus more of your energy on how you’re getting there than on where you’re going.”
Class you love teaching most: Sunday Yoga
Go to Playlist Vibe: Happy music that makes you feel good in your body

02/21/2026

✨ Meet Natalie ✨Instructor at The Shed

Natalie is a Pilates instructor with her comprehensive certification in Mat, Reformer, and Cadillac. She discovered Pilates during the pandemic through online mat classes and quickly became captivated by the mind-body connection and the way Pilates deepens your understanding of your own strength. With a lifelong belief that fitness is not a destination but a continuous journey, Natalie sees movement as a way to consistently learn, grow, and evolve. After relocating from Chicago to Richmond, Natalie found that same sense of belonging and purpose at The Shed. Her goal is to create a welcoming and empowering space for all bodies and experience levels. Natalie’s classes are dynamic and challenging, rooted in classical principles but infused with contemporary and thoughtful variations. She emphasizes form, core strength, and fluid transitions, encouraging each client to tune in, work hard, and feel good in their body.

Quick picks 👇
⛓️ Mat or Reformer: Reformer!
🌞 Early or Late: Early- surprisingly
☕️ Coffee or Matcha: Coffee, but an afternoon matcha is always a good idea
🔥 Leg day or Arm day: Both
Favorite cue: Rise from your lunge like an escalator not an elevator (Glute & Hamstring focused)
Class you love teaching most: Intro to Reformer!!!
Go to Playlist Vibe: I like to start & end with Milky Chance & Klingande. During the push of class I love: BANKS, Evan Giia & MGMT

02/13/2026

✨ Meet Tracy ✨Instructor at The Shed

Tracy is finishing her Balanced Body comprehensive Pilates training. She has completed Mat, and Reformer and is working towards Cadillac, Barrel, and Chair. She’s always believed that movement is one of the most powerful ways we can take care of ourselves. From running and strength training to yoga and now Pilates, fitness has shaped the way she lives and feels. She fell in love with Pilates as it is a practice that adapts beautifully to every season of life.
Her goal is to guide women toward feeling grounded, strong, and capable in their bodies, so they can move through life with confidence and ease.

Quick picks 👇
⛓️ Mat or Reformer: Reformer but not by much
🌞 Early or Late: Early
☕️ Coffee or Matcha: Coffee
🔥 Leg day or Arm day: Arms!
Favorite cue: Lengthen from the top of the head…Love the perfect posture!
Class you love teaching most: I love all of the support so far …THANK YOU!
Go-to playlist vibe: Dance Re-Mix 80’s-90’s

02/06/2026

✨ Meet Elizabeth ✨Instructor at The Shed

Elizabeth has been a runner since she was 11 years old. She found yoga and Pilates in her 20s when she was looking for a way to diversify her workouts, build strength and improve running mechanics. Elizabeth started training with Jane in her home (pre-shed!) in 2020 and became addicted to the strengthening yoga/pilates fusion workouts. As a mom of three young kids, she’s been able to practice self-care and find peace and strength in daily life through her workouts in the Shed. Elizabeth completed her mat Pilates certification in the Spring of 2025.

Quick picks 👇
🧘‍♀️ Mat or Reformer: Mat all day!!!
🌞 Early or Late: early (but not Phebe early)
☕️ Coffee or Matcha: definitely coffee
🔥 Leg day or Arm day: leg day
Favorite cue: imagine a thumbtack under your belly button in prone
Class you love teaching most: morning mat
Go-to playlist vibe: I love a good 90s/2000s remix

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Richmond, VA
23226

Website

http://www.theshedrva.com/

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