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Today we’d like to introduce you to Ali Hall.
Hi Ali, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I was in a pre-professional ballet company growing up, and found Pilates as a form of rehab for some lower back/ hip injuries I had been struggling with for years. My pain was gone within a month of doing Pilates and I fell in love with the method of movement and the way my body felt after sessions. Flash forward a couple of years and I ended up in Athens at UGA to study exercise science. There weren’t any Pilates studios here at the time, and I missed it dearly. I was also struggling with an eating disorder, body image, and confidence at the time, but I found intuitive eating and started working on healing my relationship with food and my body. I eventually did my Polestar Pilates comprehensive training and decided I wanted to open up a studio here in Athens. But I wanted to create a space that was different. That focused on movement as a way to care for your body, not punish or “fix” it. That held space for women of all ages, sizes, and bodies to reconnect with their bodies’ and themselves. Where movement and exercise became about what you gain, not what you lose. So I opened Pure Balance in August of 2018.
After going through intuitive eating coaching training, I launched my 2nd business, align by Ali hall, that offers 1-1 and group wellness coaching, in the fall of 2022 because I was tired of women holding themselves back from the life of their dreams, all because they feel they aren’t “_____ enough” to live that way…
or that they need to “fix” themselves before showing up fully…
or that there just isn’t enough time to take care of themselves and everyone/everything else.
Because the truth is…you are already worthy enough and deserving of a fulfilling, balanced life filled with more joy, ease, flow, laughter, love, success, and compassion.And the wellness practices and routines you need to get you there? Not as complicated or time-consuming as you think.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Is it ever? Haha. Of course, there have been bumps (or major obstacles) along the way, but I wouldn’t change a thing because it’s gotten me to where I am today and taught me what I needed to know to get there. I broke my ankle 2 months before I was supposed to open the studio (so badly that I couldn’t walk for 10 weeks and have since had 3 surgeries). Covid hit 1 month after we hit a major milestone revenue-wise for the studio and we had to close for 3 months.
There have been all kinds of ups and downs in between – learning how to run a business at the age of 22, figuring out staffing/hiring/team and leadership skills, running a fitness business during a pandemic, etc.). But things have been easy in the sense that I know where I am going and have the passion and mission and purpose to back it up – so I know I’ll get there eventually.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Pure Balance Pilates and Align by Ali Hall?
For Pure Balance – We are a locally, female-owned and operated Pilates Reformer studio that empowers women to love their bodies through movement. Offering a variety of Pilates small-group classes, private sessions, and education on all things wellness, Pure Balance challenges you where you are with the belief that wellness goes beyond the studio… Our clients choose us because we are different from other studios – people tell us all the time that there is just something special about this place. We care deeply about our clients and have created a supportive environment that allows for vulnerability and authenticity – they know that they can come as they are. With us, movement and exercise start to become about what you gain, not what you lose. Our clients leave feeling empowered with more energy, more strength, improved mental health, decreased body aches and pains, and of course more balance.
For Align: -1-1 and Group Wellness Coaching Programs
Guiding women to become aware of and trust their inner wisdom and embody their most authentic self, equipping them in living a full, balanced life.
My method is rooted in self-care, compassion, acceptance, accessibility and aligning with and trusting your inner self’s wisdom.
What’s next?
I can’t wait to watch our pure balance community continue to grow here in Athens – it is such a special group of women. And I have BIG dreams for Align – all working towards seeing more women refusing to play small, taking up space, and living as their most aligned, authentic selves.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.purebalanceathens.com/
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/purebalance_athens
- Facebook: https://instagram.com/align_byalihall
- Other: https://www.alignbyalihall.com/
