Altum Pilates Presents
The Wonderful Wunda Chair: Intensives Programme
Discover the magic of the Wunda Chair, Joseph Pilates’ original “Gym at Home.” This 4-week group class series will challenge your strength, balance, and control, guiding you deeper into your Classical Pilates journey.
Meet your next favourite apparatus, the Wunda Chair.
Known as “The Gym at Home” by Joseph Pilates, the Wunda Chair is more than just a convenient apparatus—it fosters independence, whole-body commitment, and deep movement awareness.
In this 4-week intensive, you’ll challenge your strength, stability, and mobility while mastering control and spatial awareness through dynamic, gravity-defying exercises. This programme promises to reveal the unique versatility of the Wonderful Wunda Chair.
Upcoming Intakes
Each intake is capped at 4 participants, to ensure high quality instruction and close guidance from our certified Pilates teachers for each client.
We encourage you to sign up as soon as possible to ensure you reserve your spot. Look out for our upcoming intakes here, or email us to be added to the waitlist.
What is the Wunda Chair?
The Wunda Chair is one of the original apparatuses designed by Joseph Pilates, created as a compact, multifunctional tool for clients to continue their workouts at home. Dubbed “The Gym at Home,” it was intended to promote independence and self-sufficiency in maintaining whole-body health when clients were away from the studio. Despite its minimalist design, the Wunda Chair is a powerful, wonderful (literally) apparatus that challenges strength, stability, and control in all planes of movement.
While the Reformer often takes centre stage in many Pilates studios, experiencing the full Pilates system means going beyond just one piece of apparatus. The Wunda Chair complements Mat and Reformer work by adding unique, gravity-defying challenges with its small base of support and dynamic spring resistance. It helps correct postural imbalances, improve alignment, and build functional strength, offering a deeper understanding of Contrology principles.
For anyone serious about their Classical Pilates journey, the Wunda Chair is an essential tool that enhances the depth and versatility of your practice.
The Wonderful Wunda Chair: Intensives Programme
Cost: SGD 299 per participant, incl. of 4 group classes.
Duration: 70-minutes per class.
Capacity: Limited to 4 participants only per session.
OPEN FOR ENROLMENT:
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Dates: Jan 26, Feb 2, Feb 9, Feb 16, 2025
Time: 11:30AM to 12:40PM
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Dates: Apr 13, Apr 20, Apr 27, May 4, 2025
Time: 11:30AM to 12:40PM
The Wunda Chair, affectionately called “The Gym at Home” by Joseph Pilates, was originally designed for his clients to maintain their practice while he was away on vacation. But it’s far more than a convenient piece of apparatus—it’s a tool that fosters independence, whole-body commitment, and deep awareness of movement.
In this 4-week intensive programme, you’ll experience the Wunda Chair’s ability to challenge your strength, stability, and mobility in ways that no other apparatus can. With its small base of support and dynamic exercises, the Wunda pushes you to cultivate spatial awareness and master control over your body against gravity.
Whether you’re looking to enhance your Classical Pilates journey or explore new challenges in your practice, this group class series will guide you through the versatility and wonderful benefits of the Wunda Chair.
What You’ll Learn:
The history and principles of the Wunda Chair, designed by Joseph Pilates.
How to use the Wunda Chair for full-body conditioning—addressing posture, balance, and alignment.
Exercises that target bowed legs, knock knees, flat feet, curvature of the spine, and shoulder asymmetries.
How to achieve independence in your Pilates practice by incorporating the Wunda Chair into your workouts.
A deeper understanding of Contrology principles applied to the Wunda Chair, promoting strength and flexibility.
Benefits of the Wunda Chair
Versatility for Full-Body Conditioning
Joseph Pilates designed the Wunda Chair is a compact powerhouse that works the body in all planes of movement—standing, seated, lying down, and even inverted. Its simple design offers an endless variety of exercises that challenge the core, upper body, lower body, and balance simultaneously. From strength-building to flexibility and control, the Wunda Chair delivers a comprehensive, full-body workout that complements and deepens your existing Pilates practice.
Strength, Stability, and Control in Every Movement
With its small base of support and spring resistance, the Wunda Chair forces you to engage your core and stabilising muscles in ways that other apparatus might not. It challenges your ability to balance against gravity, improving both functional strength and spatial awareness. Each movement requires intense focus and precision, helping you develop better posture, alignment, and coordination both inside and outside the studio.
A Key Piece of the Classical Pilates System
While many are familiar with the Reformer, the Wunda Chair plays an equally important role in the Classical Pilates repertoire. Designed by Joseph Pilates himself, the Wunda Chair embodies his vision of Contrology—promoting independence and whole-body health. It allows you to experience Pilates as it was originally intended, moving beyond the Reformer to understand the depth and breadth of the full Pilates system. Incorporating the Wunda Chair into your practice offers a richer, more holistic Pilates experience.
Joseph and his friends demonstrating the multiple uses of the Wunda Chair in New York, 1936.
The Wunda Chair will challenge and inspire you to move with greater awareness and control.
FAQs
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Intensives Programmes are specialised group classes that concentrate on a particular skill or objective over a defined period. These sessions provide focused attention and guidance on a specific area, allowing participants to delve deeper into their practice. In contrast, regular classes cover a broader range of skills and objectives, with each class offering a variety of exercises aimed at overall improvement. While Intensives lead to more concentrated outcomes over a set duration, regular classes offer diverse experiences with evolving objectives in each session.
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Yes, our Intensives are suitable for beginners, including those who are very new to Pilates. We welcome participants of all experience levels. Our teachers are adept at tailoring the sessions to accommodate individual needs and skill levels.
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If you're enrolling, please ensure you can attend all dates, as spots are limited to four participants committed to all four weeks. This programme is high in demand and only has a few slots, so we seek your understanding that consistent attendance is vital for the best Intensives Programme experience. If you anticipate conflicts, please join the waiting list for the next enrolment. In the event of last-minute changes, please inform us promptly to explore alternatives. Once enrolled, refunds cannot be provided to ensure fairness for all participants.
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Yes, there will be future enrolment cycles for our Intensives Programmes and we may open additional dates based on demand. If you're unable to make the current cycle, we encourage you to reach out to us to join the waitlist for the next cycle. Please indicate which month and programme you're interested in, and we'll notify you once the dates are finalised. Your interest helps us plan future offerings more effectively, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to participate.
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Yes, we maintain a capacity limit of FOUR students only for the Wunda Chair Intensives Programme. This allows us to provide personalised attention and guidance to every participant. We want to ensure that you receive the fullest support you need to make the most out of your Intensives Programme experience.
The Wonderful Wunda Chair: Intensives Programme
Experience the versatility of the Wunda Chair and discover why it’s a cornerstone of the Classical Pilates system.
Intensives Programme’s Terms & Conditions
Please only sign-up for the enrolment cycle if you are able to attend ALL sessions scheduled. Your registration signifies your commitment to these specific dates scheduled. Please note that there will be no refunds, transfers, or exchanges for sessions that are not attended.
Registration for the Intensives Programme is only confirmed upon full payment. You will receive a confirmation email once your payment has been processed.
Once your registration for the Intensives Programme is confirmed, we cannot offer refunds or allow transfers. For cancellations due to health or medical reasons, please provide a medical certificate, and we will review these cases individually.
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