Pilates Center of East Lansing

I think Steve is a really talented pilates instructor. I had signed up for personal lessons with him and as a woman, I felt really safe with him as an instructor. That being said, timing didn’t work out well for us. Steve and I mutually agreed that our schedules weren’t working or that it was sometimes hard to get a hold of each other via text to schedule. We texted and agreed a refund would be an agreeable resolution. Here’s why the review is so lowdespite Steve’s really great teaching style: So we agreedon a refund of $175 and him sharing he would send the check out in 7-10 business days via his accountant (he no longer had venmo, the method I had initially paid him through). I let him know I never received it after waiting a month. After a few text reminders, he said he would follow up with his accountant. After this message, I was completely ghosted. I sent a few more texts as check ins, but never heard back so I’m out $175. I saw in the google reviews that this has happened to others around the same time that I was working with him late last summer so I decided to post so that others could be aware. LSDR: Steve is really talented, but it’s hard to work with his schedule and there were a lot of reschedules when we were able to connect via text. I never received a refund of $175 that he mutually agreed upon returning after multiple follow-ups because he ghosted me via text. I don’t know if something happened to him and I pray that he’s okay and well. But it’s taking a lot of effort not to feel like Pilates Center of East Lansing scammed me.

I have been doing Pilates for five years in NY/LA. I came home for a few weeks while my home was being renovated and was referred to Steve. Steve is hands down the best pilates instructor I’ve ever seen. I have been improperly engaging my core for 32 years, and Steve taught me proper engagement which took all of the strain off of my low back. So grateful to have the opportunity to take a week of classes with him! Highly recommend.

After working with Steve my low back pain has gone away. I feel better connected and balanced with my body (more aware of my posture and musle engagement). This practice has also improved all other physical activities that I do. I am so very grateful!

I had my first class with Steve tonight and he is excellent. I’m having back issues and he really concentrated on helping me correct my poature and muscle weakness. One reviewer complained about cost, I say how much is your health & well being worth? I have no problem with the cost. Update: I went to Steve for 10 classes and then paid for 10 more. I don’t know what was going on but he cancelled or rescheduled a lot of sessions on me at the last minute so I asked for a refund. It took a while but he did refund my money. I don’t know now if I’d keep the five star review. Five stars for he knows his stuff. 2 stars for dependability.

I was really hoping that this would be a great experience. I searched for a long time for a Pilates instructor as my physical therapist recommended it. Unfortunately appointments were consistently cancelled, most of the time on the day of appointments. I tried to be understanding, as some of the cancellations were COVID related. Trying to accommodate the instructors schedule eventually caused a lot of unneeded stress. It took about 4 months to get 3-4 appointments in when my schedule was supposed to be two appointments a week. It got to the point I reached out and said I could no longer do Pilates and requested a refund for my unused appointments. I was told that he would reach out to his accountant and have a check issued. I waited a few weeks and never received anything. I reached out again, and never received a response. It’s now been another week. I guess I just paid $450 for 3 sessions and didn’t get any of the benefit out of it. Super disappointed. EDIT - it has been an additional 2 months and I have not received a refund nor any communication.