About Us

Integral Pilates was founded by Rachel Prabhakar in 2009. We offer Pilates, Alexander Technique, and Franklin Method® teaching with a focus on finding the joy in movement. We love to educate our clients about how our bodies work, while providing a warm, friendly, supportive environment. We welcome people of all ages, sizes, shapes, and abilities.

About Rachel

When Rachel first discovered Pilates, she was a software engineer struggling with a serious repetitive stress injury. She quickly found that Pilates was extremely helpful in her recovery. When her husband’s job took their family to Australia for a few years, she took advantage of the high quality training programs in Melbourne to switch careers and certify as a Pilates instructor. Always interested in deepening her skill set to better serve her clients, Rachel completed additional certifications in the Alexander Technique and Franklin Method.®

Rachel holds a Level 2 Instructor certification from the Australian Pilates Method Association (APMA) (2009), and certified as an Alexander Technique teacher in 2013 through the Alexander Technique Center in Cambridge MA, studying with Tommy Thompson and Debi Adams. She completed her Franklin Method® Level 1 certification in 2021, Level 2 certification in 2022, and Level 3 certification in 2023. She lives in Brookline, MA, with her husband and two daughters.