Most studios sort you before you've taken a single class: beginner, intermediate, advanced. It sounds organized. In practice, it means beginners get a watered-down class in a room full of other beginners with no one strong to learn from, regulars get held back by gatekeeping, and everybody gets a label instead of a teacher's attention. Village Life Pilates doesn't offer leveled classes — not in Beverly Hills, not in Sherman Oaks. Every class on the schedule is open to every level, and every class is designed to work the entire body. Some classes carry a specific emphasis — a glute-focused class will absolutely make sure your glutes know it — but the emphasis sits inside a full-body session, never instead of one. What makes that work is the teaching. Every Village Life instructor was trained personally by the owners, Dru and Sasha, in the Village Life method — and a core part of that training is learning to modify for the body in front of you, in real time. Springs up or down. Range bigger or smaller. Tempo slower, or with a hold. Your first class and your hundredth class run on the same choreography; what changes is the load, and the instructor sets it for you, on the spot. A modification here is not a dilution — it's the same movement pattern, dosed correctly for your body today. The classes are challenging but doable, on purpose. The method is classical at its foundation and athletic in its execution — progressive overload, varying tempo — and because classes are capped at ten, the teacher can genuinely see every reformer in the room. Nobody hides in the back. Nobody gets left behind by a class that was programmed for somebody else. And here's the proof it works: our rooms are mixed in every direction. First-timers take class next to members who've been with us for years, and our active community of thriving seniors attends the regular schedule — not a separate, gentler track. Beginners get better faster when they're surrounded by strong movers. Strong movers stay honest when the room expects it. That's the culture a level system can never build. So no, you don't need to "graduate" to the real classes here. Your first class is a real class — with a teacher trained to meet you inside it. Start with a First Class for $30, or 2 Weeks Unlimited for $99 (one class a day), at either studio. Beverly Hills: https://momence.com/u/village-life-pilates-mnhYXu Sherman Oaks: https://momence.com/u/village-life-pilates-sherman-oaks-vRIuVi