Thrive Pilates & Movement Studio is the only pilates studio located in the downtown loop of Kansas City.
We work with smart, purposeful movement to help your body work with you. Whatever your goals may be, Thrive has the training and experience to help you reach them.
08/09/2023
Incase you missed the news over on my personal page, Lauren Thompson, things have been brewing over here in the PNW! Namely babies! 👶🏼
As my midwife said last week, pregnancy gets harder and labor gets easier. So, I expect this labor to be a breeze 😂 I, and my pelvis, have been incredibly grateful to have a full Pilates studio in my home this pregnancy.
05/04/2023
Our KC studio is officially closed.
When I arrived at the studio last Saturday to get everything packed out, I immediately felt that the place I and the studio had called home had changed. It was no longer home. The city had come in unannounced and chopped down the trees.
What was once a charming tree-lined street has been changed to your typical urban ‘ode to concrete.’ The multitude of things that make the Westside special are being replaced one by one.
It’s a mixed bag, the trees were Bradford pears and the sidewalks are in desperate need of attention, but the Westside residents will have to fight like hell to get the trees replaced at all. To get back the landscape and feeling of their neighborhood. Of course that fight is one I’m all too familiar with and one that runs much deeper than trees.
Throughout my journeys in the Westside, the trees have served as messengers for me and been very symbolic. (Maybe I’ll write a short story about that some day) They made it very clear. This is not the same place you fell in love with. It’s time to go and grow where you’ve been planted.
04/21/2023
All good things come to an end.
Due to a number of factors, it has become clear to me that it is time to close Thrive in Kansas City. I opened Thrive in 2015, at the end of my 20s and entering my 30s. I am, quite literally, in a very different place now than I was in 2015. I can't thank you all enough for the support you've shown us over the years. Thrive has been a magical place not only because of our amazing teachers, but also our wonderful clients.
Our last day seeing clients will be Saturday, April 29th.
Of course, let us know if you have any questions. I and your teachers are happy to help any way we can through this transition.
Thank you all again for these amazing 8 years. I hope our paths cross again in the future.
All the best,
Lauren and the ladies of Thrive 💚
02/28/2023
Join us this weekend!
Meet us on the iconic Glass Bridge and spend a restorative moment of reflection with us on Saturday, March 4. Thrive Pilates & Movement Studio will lead a gentle session of pilates followed by fellowship with free cold-pressed juice from Ruby Jean's Juicery.
Did you know? WWI prisoner-of-war Joseph Pilates created a new exercise system in order to stay active during his time in captivity. Come at 8:15 a.m. for a special tour of the newest exhibition, Captured, about life for POWs behind the wire. Find out more about this special event: https://www.theworldwar.org/events/sip-and-stretch
01/25/2023
Whether you're celebrating yourself, your partner, or a friend, our Valentine's Specials offer customized experiences to indulge and delight in.
❤️ Special bonus ❤️
The first 10 to purchase any of our Valentine’s Packages will also receive a box of treats from our friends at swoon (you can pick up your treat from the Swoon Shop 🍪 Feb 9-14
Links to purchase https://linktr.ee/thrivepilates
01/20/2023
Forget Valentine’s Day, let’s celebrate real love!
😍🧀 😍
But seriously, we have some great Valentine’s packages we’ll be announcing next week 😉
12/30/2022
Why do we start a new year, with promises to improve?
Who began this tradition of never-ending pressure?
I say, the end of a year, should be filled with congratulation, for all we survived.
And I say a new year should start with promises to be kinder to ourselves, to understand better just how much we bear, as humans on this exhausting treadmill of life.
And if we are to promise more, let’s pledge to rest, before our bodies force us.
Let’s pledge to stop, and drink in life as it happens.
Let’s pledge to strip away a layer of perfection to reveal the flawed and wondrous humanity we truly are inside.
Why start another year, gifted to us on this earth, with demands on our already over-strained humanity.
When we could be learning to accept, that we were always supposed to be imperfect.
And that is where the beauty lives, actually.
And if we can only find that beauty, we would also find peace.
I wish you peace in 2023.
Everything else is all just a part of it.
Let it be so.
Donna Ashworth
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ART BY Demelsa Haughton Illustration
#2023
12/20/2022
Here’s Lauren’s latest writing for Pilates Intel!
Have you ever had anyone tell you to avoid junk fitness? What does that even mean?
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Junk Fitness – by Lauren Thompson Issue #387 Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Junk Fitness by Lauren Thompson Unhealthy food and unneeded possessions are what comes to mind for most of us when we hear the word “junk,” but we can f…
12/13/2022
Why buy your holiday gift list when you could win it instead? 🎁
Win $600 to spend in Westside KC!
Happy Holidays from our Westside family to yours. We're a neighborhood made up of zero chains and only small (mostly family-owned businesses). This holiday, we're teaming up family style with 19 other businesses on the Westside for a chance to win our biggest giveaway YET!
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Tag some friends in the comments and tell us what you think makes the Westside most special ❤
Giveaway ends at midnight on 12/15, we'll pick a winner on Friday!
Good luck!