Pilates Baxter Place is located on Portland's waterfront and specializes in the Authentic Pilates™ method of conditioning. Authentic Pilates™ is a program developed by Joseph Pilates and is maintained today in New York City by his personal protege, Romana Kryzanowska.

While Pilates is offered at nearly every health club today, very few instructors are certified in Authentic Pilates™,which requires that instructors take a course of study followed by a minimum of 600 hours of apprenticeship training, observation, personal practice and student teaching.

Pilates Baxter Place owner Cynthia Glidden is certified in Authentic Pilates™. She has studied personally with Ms. Kryzanowska and supplemented her certification by enrolling at USM for additional study in anatomy, physiology and kinesiology.