NoBo Pilates: Pilates Classes in Boulder, Colorado

Hayley Hobson

Hayley graduated with a B.A. from Brandeis University in 1991 and then with a J.D. from Rutgers School of Law in 1994. After moving from Philadelphia to Los Angeles to practice law, she began competing in triathlon. Her athletic career had started with swimming at the age of 5 and when she began running and cycling in her late twenties, triathlon seemed the natural course to go. She achieved an elite status in the sport consistently finishing top 5 in high profile amateur races and championship events.

While rehabilitating from one of her numerous injuries, Hayley was introduced to Pilates. It had such an incredible impact, strengthening muscles that may never had even had a chance to work before due to lack of flexibility or range of motion, and of course the years of trauma that she put her body through, that the experience became life changing for her. She decided to quit practicing law and commit to empower other people to be in control of their own health and well being through this method of training.

Hayley began teaching the Pilates Method in Los Angeles in 2000, after acquiring her first certification from the Physical Mind Institute. While living in LA, Hayley operated her own Pilates studio out of Phase IV, an athletic think tank for the endurance athlete which was created for athletes of all ages in any kind of sport.

In 2004, she moved out to Boulder, CO to complete her second certification at the internationally renowned Pilates Center which constituted of another 1000 hours of apprenticeship to earn the certificate of completion. She continues to study under Amy Alpers Taylor, Rachel Segal Taylor and Cara Reeser, all second generation Pilates teachers who trained directly under Romana Kryzanowska and Kathleen Stanford Grant.

Hayley continues to run more mileage than ever and faster than she’s run in years, attributing her strength and range of motion to Pilates. She is a firm believer that through this method of training that she was able to realign her body and allow it to stay in motion at the level she continues to stress it. It is through her firm belief in the work that she would love to share some of that work with you.