Owner and pilates instructor, Erin Gilreath, established Stay Gold Studio as a microstudio within a studio the summer of 2023. The inspiration and idea behind the name is an idyllic one…just like the iconic line in the movie The Outsiders. Stay Gold means striving to do your best and the desire to do the right thing regardless of the circumstances. When it comes to pilates and even exercise, sometimes showing up can be the hardest thing you can do, but showing up for yourself and giving yourself the time is doing your best. Erin first came to pilates in 2012, desperate to find a form of exercise that resonated with her. Dance studios were few and far between for adults at the time and pilates was it! As a life long dancer, the exercises just clicked with her. Now as an instructor, she wants to share her love of the exercises with her clients and watch the classical system transform her clients’ bodies and minds.
Erin completed her advanced level certification through Peak Pilates in January of 2023 after two years of training with master instructor, Jessica Schultz of Portland, Oregon all while working full time in the wine industry, planning a wedding, and packing up to move across the country. Erin retired from the wine industry and moved to Asheville from Oregon with her husband and two tabbies in the fall of 2022 ready to start a new chapter in life. Erin firmly believes that pilates is for all bodies, and everyone can, benefit from the exercises Joseph Pilates created. In addition to her pilates certification, Erin holds a B.S. degree in Exercise Science from East Carolina University and has worked professionally as a dancer on and off her adult life.
She brings a love of movement to her own pilates practice as well as to her clients. She is ready to help you meet your goals and transform your body! Stay Gold Studio provides training on different pilates apparatus including the reformer, Wunda chair, and spine corrector. The classical pilates mat order and certain props can also be part of the repetoire during a private session.
