Pilates rehab + massage · Plainfield, Indiana
Get your life back through movement and relaxation.
Bela is a boutique studio for people living with long-term pain. Rebecca Cook blends Pilates rehab work with massage release work, then sends you home with real tools so the progress keeps going between visits.
- 5.0on Google
- 5people per class, max
- 25+ yrsteaching Pilates
- 2licensed massage therapists
Rebecca Cook, LMTOwner & Master Pilates TeacherStart where it hurts
Where does it hurt?
Pick the spot that bothers you most. We’ll show you how we’d start.
Low back pain that keeps coming back
A lot of the people we see have dealt with back pain for years, through doctors, surgeons and physical therapy. Often the back is reacting to how you sit, drive and lift every day. We look at those patterns first.
How we’d work on it
- Lengthen and strengthen tight hip flexors and deep rotators
- Pre-Pilates core work you can feel working
- Hands-on release for the areas that have been guarding
“After multiple back surgeries, my spine doctor recommended Pilates to me as the best way to strengthen my core and to hopefully avoid the need for a spinal fusion.”
Why it works when other things haven't
Pilates rehab and massage release, in the same room.
Rebecca has taught Pilates for more than 25 years, much of it the hands-on classical way she was first trained. She is also a licensed massage therapist. Bela is where she finally put the two together.
Many clients arrive after years of doctors, surgeons and physical therapy. Rebecca isn’t a physical therapist and won’t pretend to be. She has the time to watch how you move, find the habit that keeps irritating things, and teach you what to do about it.
- Movement
- Pilates rehab work on real equipment, scaled to your body.
- Release
- Massage, stretching and microcurrent for what's been holding on.
- Tools for home
- Massage balls, myofascial release and exercises between visits.
Your first visit
What happens when you walk in
- 1
Book an Initial Private
A 55-minute one-on-one session. Bring your questions, your history and anything your doctor has told you.
- 2
We look at how you move
How do you sit in your car? Where is your computer screen? Small daily habits explain a lot of long-term pain.
- 3
We start gently
Release the areas that have been guarding, then movement your body can handle today.
- 4
You go home with tools
A massage ball, a few exercises and a plan, so the work keeps going between visits.
55 minutes · $80 · HSA and FSA cards accepted with a prescription for Pilates
Ways we can help
Everything under one roof
$80 / 55 min
Private Pilates
One-on-one on the Reformer, Cadillac, Chair or Mat, built around your body and your goals.
$30–45 / class
Small Reformer classes
Five people at most, so your teacher can actually watch your form and adjust it.
20% off for Pilates clients
Massage & bodywork
Deep tissue, trigger point, craniosacral and stretch-and-release work from two licensed therapists.
From $150 / 60 min
Lymph drainage
Gentle manual lymph drainage for swelling, recovery after surgery and that heavy, puffy feeling.
$80 / 30 min
Vagus nerve reset
Dolphin NeuroStim microcurrent for stress, sleep, digestion, pain and old scars.
From $50
Stretch & release
Assisted PNF stretching, compression and trigger point release on the table, fully clothed.
The studio
The first fully equipped Pilates studio in Plainfield.
Our group studio has four Talma 62 Reformers by Hegren Pilates, and we were the first studio in the United States to house them. Around them: Wunda Chairs, Spine Correctors, a Ladder Barrel, Springboards, a Cadillac and a Ped-o-Pull.
Classes cap at five, so you get real attention on your form. Private sessions have their own room.
Pilates at BelaIn their words
People come in hurting. Here's what they say later.
5.0 from 10 Google reviews
After multiple back surgeries
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I found Pilates and Bela in particular because I've had a number of back surgeries and my back surgeon told me that the best thing I could do is Pilates otherwise I'd be looking at a spine fusion. And so I started looking around and Bela was just getting started. And I think I was one of the early clients after I got the release from physical therapy after my back surgery and so I've been at it for about four years and I have never felt better. My back doesn't hurt any longer. I used to walk around with chronic back pain and hip pain and that was one of the first things that we started working on and I can tell you today, I don't even think about it. It's just fantastic.
Senior center student
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I like that it works my muscles, but yet through learning to breathe better and more correctly, I'm not sore the next day. So I think it's a testimony to listening to what the instructor says, following the instructions, and then trying to live it. Because then you can come out doing the exercise but not being in pain. And I've read a couple of books and I've tried a couple things, but it's not like being instructed where you feel like the things that you might be doing wrong are getting corrected. And I'm a believer, if I'm going to do it, I want to do it right.
Came from a big chain studio
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So I thoroughly enjoy Bela. I previously was in a larger corporate setting with Pilates. I kind of felt like I was moving through the motions and with Bela I do feel like it's more personalized and I feel every movement and I walk away really just feeling stronger and more personalized instruction. Rebecca does a great job just helping us and teaching us so we make sure we hit the moves correctly and so we can feel it and like I said sometimes it's just tiny tweak that we might not notice but she notices it and then you sure feel it.
Reformer class regular
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You're missing out. No, it's fun. It's very fun. The girls in class are wonderful. Everyone's at a different level so don't be nervous that you aren't going to be as good as the next person or the person on the reformer next to you or the mat next to you. Everyone's at a different level and they're focusing on bettering themselves. Everyone is here for a different reason. I'm here for a different reason than the girl next to me. So if you think you want to do it, do it. It's great. You'll love it. I've been doing it for a couple years now and I can't imagine not doing it.
“I have lived with chronic lower back pain for a long time and have found that Pilates has made a positive change for me in the amount of pain I deal with daily.”
“Rebecca is amazing and I love her so much for helping me enjoy my life more pain free and to the fullest.”
“Rebecca helped me to overcome my shoulder pain and helped me to improve my posture, flexibility and strength. She also made doing Pilates fun!”
Bela Pilates Institute
Become a Pilates teacher, trained the hands-on way.
Accredited Mat, Reformer and Comprehensive certification taught by a Master Pilates Teacher, right here in the studio.
Now enrolling for upcoming training weekends.
Events & corporate wellness
Bring Bela to your people.
Pop-up classes, chair massage days, stretch sessions for teams and classes for senior communities.
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Meet Rebecca
“Courage is taking the first step into the unknown.”
Rebecca is a domestic violence survivor who knows what it takes to start over. She sees the same courage in every client who decides enough is enough with their pain. She started Bela so people could work on their bodies in a small, private studio where they can laugh, cry and be themselves.
Read Rebecca’s storyVisit the studio
Come see us in Plainfield.
- 713 Masten St, Plainfield, IN 46168Clients drive in from Brownsburg, Mooresville, Danville and Greencastle. One regular comes all the way from Noblesville.
- 317-207-7810
- By appointment, plus classes on the weekly schedule.