KÔR Pilates
About
Welcome to KÔR Pilates. We’re a studio built with intention and love for this community. And it all started 20 years ago. Rooted right here in Huntington Beach. Rooted in the beginnings of Pilates here in Orange County. Through the years, as we have grown, KÔR has remained true to it's original purpose: teaching good Pilates, honoring the original method of Pilates with a fully equipped studio (Reformer, Cadillac/Trapeze Table, EXO/Wunda Chair, Ladder Barrel, Small Barrel/Spine Corrector, Foot Corrector), and keeping our group Reformer classes intimate (currently capped at 7 participants) so the method doesn't get lost and so that YOU don't get lost. Our instructors are thoughtful, attentive, and invested in your progress. If you’re looking for a studio that feels intentional, supportive, and genuinely kind, you’ll feel right at home here. All ages, all stages belong here. Come move with us.
Our Story
KÔR Huntington Beach est. 2006
KÔR was founded in Huntington Beach in 2006 with a simple belief: intentional movement can be incredibly life-changing.
Joseph Pilates called his book on Contrology (known today as Pilates) Return to Life. Nearly a century later, those words still resonate. Because ultimately, Pilates isn’t about simply getting through a workout. It’s about what it gives back to your life. Your strength, mobility, confidence, awareness (mind and body), and the ability to keep doing the things you love. So in a way, it's a Return To You.
For 20 years, KÔR has remained rooted in the Pilates method while continuing to learn, grow and evolve. We believe good movement is both intelligent and deeply personal. Sometimes that means returning to the fundamentals. Sometimes it means discovering the one small detail that completely changes what you get out of your session. And sometimes it means moving, breathing, working hard or simply doing the work. That’s why we offer private sessions and group classes that are capped to a size that keeps the work intentional and personal. We want to know who you are, see how you move and actually teach you, not simply lead you through a workout.
Each of our instructors have been thoughtfully chosen and have come to KÔR with comprehensive training through legitamite, well-respected Pilates programs, recognized around the world. While no two teachers or bodies are exactly alike, what connects everything we do is our commitment to thoughtful movement, excellent teaching and genuine care for the person in front of us.
Twenty years later, we’re still learning. Still teaching. Still paying attention to the details. And still believing that movement has the extraordinary ability to repair, rebuild and heal each of us so that we can be all that we were designed to be.
"mens sana in corpore sano"
a healthy mind in a healthy body
All this comes to you in an eco-friendly environment. Not only does KÔR love the earth but we love all the creatures and people in it too and want them to be healthy and safe. We have done this since the very beginning, way back in 2006, before it was even a thing. We use non-toxic cleaning products. including wipes clients use to wipe down equipment after group classes. Our walls have VOC-free paint; making indoor air quality safe to breathe, our floors are made from a renewable resource, cork; using non-toxic water-based glues.
About the Creator of KÔR
Rebecca is the founder and owner of KÔR Pilates. She has been teaching movement since 2001, became certified to teach Pilates in 2005, and opened KÔR Pilates in 2006.
Her path to Pilates began with an injury. While working as a personal trainer, Rebecca was preparing for the Camp Pendleton Mud Run when a knee injury threatened to keep her from participating. Pilates became part of her rehabilitation, helping her recover and ultimately complete the event. But what stayed with her wasn't the running...it was a curiosity about why this particular way of moving had made such a difference.
That question changed the direction of her work.
Rebecca went on to study with Rael Isacowitz, founder of BASI Pilates, as well as Constance Holder. What began as rehabilitation became a lifelong study of the body...how it moves, how it compensates, how it becomes stronger, and how thoughtful movement can help restore connection to it.
Over the years, Pilates has shaped Rebecca's life far beyond exercise. It helped her better understand and manage her own scoliosis and supported her through three healthy, active pregnancies. Motherhood deepened her appreciation for the remarkable strength and design of the human body, particularly the female body, and strengthened her desire to help women reconnect with their own innate, God-given strength.
At the heart of Rebecca's teaching is a simple philosophy:
*Movement is good. Intentional movement is better.*
Simply moving matters. Movement doesn't have to be perfect, complicated or lengthy to be worthwhile. But when we begin to understand *how* we move, movement can become much more than exercise.
Intentional movement allows us to recognize and address the individual needs of the body ...imbalances, strength, core strength, mobility, flexibility, balance, agility and coordination. Instead of simply completing an exercise, we can use movement purposefully to help our bodies become stronger, more capable and better prepared for the things we want and need to do in everyday life.
Rebecca doesn't believe every body should move exactly the same way. She teaches the person in front of her, observing what is already there, recognizing what that individual body needs, and helping each person develop greater awareness of how they move and why. And not subscribing to labels or declarations about capabilities. Pain is guide and the rest is up to the limitless expanse of the mind.
For Rebecca, this is ultimately about *reconnection*: reconnecting people with their bodies, helping them discover what their bodies are capable of, and honoring what was created.
Her fascination with movement continues to lead her toward different teachers, disciplines and perspectives. One particularly meaningful experience in Rebecca's Pilates journey was the opportunity to meet and learn from Lolita San Miguel, who trained directly with Joseph Pilates and became an important figure in carrying his work forward.
The experience held a personal connection as well. Lolita was born to Puerto Rican parents and grew up in Puerto Rico and New York, reflecting part of Rebecca's own family heritage through her mother.
More than two decades into teaching, Rebecca remains grateful for the teachers, clients and experiences that continue to shape her. She is still observing movement, teaching movement, creating movement...and, most importantly, still learning.
That philosophy carries into her family life as well. As the mother of three daughters, Rebecca has loved watching them explore what their own bodies can do through Pilates and carry that foundation into ballet, aerial silks, acro, flamenco, softball, swimming, tennis and whatever else captures their curiosity. All three of them started out at KÔR Pilates in Huntington Beach. Then embarked on their own journey to explore the world and see what they're made of. This is Rebecca's wish for everyone.
For Rebecca, raising humans and teaching movement have something important in common: helping people become strong and capable while developing confidence and connection to the bodies they've been given.
Outside the studio, Rebecca loves spending time with her husband and daughters...playing, hiking, paddleboarding, beaching and occasionally flying through the trees on a ropes course.
For Rebecca, movement isn't simply something we do for an hour in a studio. It's part of living life to it's fullest...reconnecting with our bodies, exploring what our bodies are capable of, and honoring what was created.
-BASI Certified Pilates Instructor
-Certified Pre/Post-Natal Pilates Specialist™ (by Carolyne Anthony-The Center for Women's Fitness)-Licensed Buff Bones® Instructor
-Faculty, The Center of Women's Fitness (previous position)
-NSCA Certified Personal Trainer
-B.A. in Psychology, California State University, Long Beach
Rebecca has also participated in many workshops throughout her career, including but not limited to: Anatomy in Clay (Karen Clippenger), Orbit (Balanced Body University), and Spinning Babies (Nicole Morales).