Private Pilates Studio · By Appointment · Ridgewood, NJ

Move with strength.
Feel like yourself.

One-on-one Pilates, strength, and holistic wellness for women, in a private studio in Ridgewood, or by Zoom. Every appointment is yours alone. No group classes, no overlapping bookings, no divided attention.

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Gina Santangelo, founder of GLOW Body Pilates
Decadesof practice
Hello

A quick hello from me

Before you look around, come say hi.

One-on-one Pilates and wellness for women of every age and every kind of body.

Why Train With Gina

Every kind of body, no two alike

Over the years I've worked with women of every age, shape, and size. That range is what you feel in every session: not a routine, but someone reading your body in real time and adjusting for exactly what it needs that day.

Read by hand, no set routine, adjusted session by session

One-on-one, always, decades of full-time teaching and private practice

Trained deep, STOTT PILATES across all apparatus and mat, with anatomy study at Mount Sinai and with Juilliard's Irene Dowd

Whole-person, holistic health and nutrition coach, Reiki Master, and two-time author

Master Pilates Instructor Pilates · Yamuna · Callanetics Author of Two Books Composer of Hz Soundscapes Founder of SOVA within
The Studio

A whole-body approach to fitness

Just you, the work, and a room that meets your body where it is. Every session is built around how you move and what you need that day. Pilates, strength, and clean eating come together here, so the changes hold up in your life, not just on the mat.

Gina Santangelo guiding a client one-on-one at the GLOW Body studio

Pilates Apparatus

  • Reformer
  • Cadillac
  • Wall Tower
  • Ladder Barrel
  • Spine Corrector
  • Arc
  • Stability Chair
  • Foot Corrector

Matwork

  • Pilates Mat
  • Callanetics
  • Ballet Barre

Strength & Body Integrity

  • Muscle Integrity · Strength for Life
  • GLOW Body Evolution
  • Pelvic Floor
  • Gait & Balance
  • Yamuna Body Rolling

Included, always — every session includes complimentary dietary guidance.

The Way

Everything I've learned, in one place

Everything I have taught women about moving, eating, and living well, gathered into one quiet library, in three parts: Movement, Lifestyle, and The Kitchen. Not a blog to keep up with, but a place to return to.

New here? The Way Digest is a curated monthly focus, the easiest way to get the feel.

Explore The Way →
Gina in her kitchen chopping vegetables, a red Staub pot on the stove
My Latest Work

SOVA within

An app for when your mind needs somewhere to land.

Less noise. More clarity.

A quiet daily space to pause, breathe, and see what matters, with a Today check-in to steady your day, Pages to untangle your thoughts, and a Companion of short guided resets built on my SOVA Six methods. Not for crisis. For clarity. On iOS now.

Download on the App Store Follow on YouTube @sovawithin
SOVA within, Today check-in screen

Today, a quiet check-in

SOVA within, Pages journaling screen

Pages, untangle your thoughts

SOVA within, Companion guided reset screen

Companion, short guided resets

SOVA within, The House room directory

The House, a room for however you feel

Explore the full world of SOVA at sovawithin.com →
Meet Gina

Decades of listening to the body

Master Pilates Instructor, two-time author, composer of ambient Hz soundscapes, and founder of SOVA within, helping women move, feel, and live better.

Read My Story
Gina Santangelo in the GLOW Body studio

You were never too much. You were just in the wrong rooms.

Gina Santangelo
The GLOW Inner Circle

Come a little closer

Year after year, I've sat across from women in the studio, reminding them of the small things that keep us well. Now I get to do that with you, a few mornings a week, right here.

A minute of quiet company before the day gets loud. Moving and eating, breathing and resting, our moods, our energy, the bodies we live in. Nothing to keep up with. Nothing to get right.

I'd love to see you there.

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Client Stories

In their words

"I'm moving muscles I never knew I had. Gina's approach is gentle and precise, I always leave feeling taller and stronger."

, Kathleen H.

"She helped me rebuild strength after being bed-bound from an accident. Open, kind, and so talented."

, Christina N.

"Stronger, better aligned. Her understanding of the body is amazing."

, Jeanne M.
On Instagram

Follow along, day to day

A window into the studio, movement, and everyday wellness, come say hello.

From The Way

A journey to wellness