Michelle Wallace Wellness Pilates

I came to Michelle about a year and a half ago after struggling for 5 years with chronic low back pain. About 6 months into working with her, I pretty much stopped having pain, and now I can say I am strong and have been pain free for over a year now. So, I can strongly recommend her to anyone who has injuries as someone who can genuinely understand and help you through them.
Also, she makes working out fun and entertaining, which to me is as important as the results. Thanks Michelle!

Wow, to feeling again with the strength and comfort before repetitive stress injuries… I wondered when and if I would mentally feel that again. Michelle is a trainer, but a healer first and foremost. She’s helping my body feel good again and through that I’m believing that I can have a healthy body as I continue hard physical work and age. For my sake, I hope to have her with me as I age! She knows exactly what to have me do as I describe where I have pain/​discomfort on a given day. She is helping me gain sustainable body strength.

I have been working with Michelle for nearly two years now and absolutely love the sense of balance, strength, and purpose she instills in getting my body back into health. I had severe spine issues and repetitive stress injuries and Michelle devised a plan and got me back into feeling good. After each session I look forward to more! I even turned my partner onto Pilates through Michelle.

I have been working with Michelle for a few years now and she has helped me through spiritual and physical transformations. During our reiki sessions, I have had major emotional releases and a sense of lightness and joy afterwards. Very powerful!
CranioSacral was entirely new to me but Michelle suggested it to help me overcome lower back pain and a pelvis mis-​alignment by almost two inches. After our CS session, I felt as refreshed physically as I do when I leave the chiropractor. I was astonished by how much better I felt when walking, standing or exercising and the benefits lasted a couple weeks or more. I highly recommend a mixed Reiki/​CS session with Michelle… I feel light as air and so happy to be in my body!

I have had neck pain FOREVER! and my neck consistently would go out so badly that I couldn’t comfortably do anything but lie flat on my back. The last time this happened I was over it and booked an appointment with Michelle for craniosacral. Neck pain gone. Such sweet relief. She is also very conveniently located near the Panhandle. I highly recommend her!

I have been working with Michelle for about 6 months now. I have been seeing her once a week. I am recovering from a double hernia surgery and a weak pelvic area (due to the hernia and surgery). The weakness in my pelvic musculature has led to back and leg pain, which has finally been getting relief after working with Michelle. She is able to teach me how to properly coordinate the musculature of my pelvis. As a trainer I though I knew it all and as a male, I thought I didn’t need pilates — I’d just focus on my strength training. The work with Michelle has made my body feel so much better and much more in alignment. She doesn’t do generic pilates moves with me and only gives me exercises/​movements that are beneficial to improving my pelvic instability. And guys — she makes the work TOUGH. She pushes me to work extremely hard and its a great workout. She’ll include upper body muscle building work for me as well, which as a guy is much appreciated, but it’s all related to improving my instabilities. It’s a great escape for me to have someone telling me how to workout instead of the other way. Michelle has helped me out of pain and we are working to getting me pain free. I highly recommend working with Michelle.

I echo what others have written here about Michelle. While she is sensitive to your limits, she definitely gives you a good workout. She’s great at mixing things up, so you don’t get bored with the same thing every week. I’ve taken Pilates for about a year, but just started with Michelle a couple of months ago. In that short time, I feel like I’ve progressed more quickly than at any time in the past year.
She’s very knowledgeable about the body and her explanations are easy to understand. She is good about offering suggestions about stretches or exercises you can do to improve any area that you’re having trouble with — and they work!
Plus, she has a great sense of humor! So, besides being good for you physically, the sessions are also very fun. I highly recommend her.

Michelle gave me my first ever Reiki session a few weeks back. I had never had any energy work done and I was nervous for whatever reason. What should I wear, what should I expect? I had no idea. Michelle was calm and reassuring. As I lay on that massage table and the session started, I became extremely relaxed and in a few minutes I didn’t feel her hands anymore. My mind stilled and I was present. There is nothing more calming and centering than that feeling. It is exactly what I needed. Thank you Michelle!

Michelle is a fantastic instructor, with amazing knowledge and a great way about her. I started going to Michelle because of chronic foot, hip and back pain (yeah, I know, I’m a mess), and while the pain isn’t totally gone, it has improved significantly. More important, I have gotten much stronger, and have a much better sense of how my body moves and what my issues are.
Since starting to work with Michelle, I am much more aware of what’s going on in my body and feel stronger. Michelle has a wonderful way of instructing — she is constantly giving really good direction and corrections. She always explains each exercise — and it’s purpose — very thoroughly. Michelle is also a really kind and interesting person, and that always helps when you’re spending an hour or more a week exercising with someone. I highly recommend Michelle’s work!

I Love Michelle!
I have been getting Pilates sessions from her for about 2 years now as recommended by my chiropractor, to help with my lower back pain. I can’t even tell you how much it has helped me! I am practically pain-​free thanks to Michelle pushing me to go just a little more to work my core. She’s no softy — I tell you! :) But also not a drill sergeant. She works you just enough so that you’re pushing yourself enough to see and FEEL results. I’m sure she’s also a ‘shrink’ to a lot of her clients. :) But just because you had a huge argument with your sweetheart the night before doesn’t mean she’ll go easy on you. Oh no no no. Michelle will carry a nice conversation with you yet flawlessly pause to make sure you’re in proper form and working your butt off (and yes — she keeps count!).

Michelle is an outstanding Pilates instructor. You will feel better, stronger and more fit than ever with a dedicated practice with Michelle. I wish I lived in San Francisco! But I had the benefit of working with her for more than two years and I still taking Pilates. Go for it!

I have been seeing Michelle twice a week for over a year now. At first, I needed major rehab after an abdominal surgery then, once better, I just plain liked the way my body looked even after only a few weeks of workouts. But that’s not always what keeps me going twice a week… I have so much fun during the workout – after an hour I’m surprised it’s over already. Michelle has a way of keeping it fun, fresh and challenging every time.
I had never done Reiki, or pilates for that matter, before meeting Michelle. She has helped guide me gently into the unknown and now I’m hooked! Reiki has helped with my neck pain and sleep problems with ease. Now my husband sees her too and is getting awesome results.