STUDIO PILATES CLASSES
SMALL GROUP CLASS TIMES
MONDAY
9.30 AM
10.45 AM
6.00 PM
TUESDAY
6.20 AM
10.30 AM
11.45 AM
WEDNESDAY
1.45 PM
6.00 PM
THURSDAY
9.15 AM
10.30 AM
FRIDAY
9.15 AM
10.30 AM
Other times available on request
LARGE GROUP SESSIONS
AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
INITIAL CONSULTATION
This is when we discuss your personal goals and address any previous / current injuries or conditions. After assessing your posture and movement you will be taken through the pre-pilates exercises and beyond depending on your physical capabilities.
Once the initial assessment has been completed and the framework to your program has been written you can then participate in the small group sessions or continue with private session if you wish.
60 MINS - $100
TESTIMONAL
I can't thank Melanie enough for the improvement in my back. My frustration at the lack of improvement in the pain from a bulging disk, despite anti inflammatories and painkillers, led to a suggestion from the doctor to go see Mel. At my weekly Pilates class Mel personalises the exercises for each us - maximum of 3 in the class.
Then there's the massages. Bliss. Mel has magic hands. I arrive stiff and sore and leave with so much more flexibility and movement.
No more painkillers.
I'd recommend her to anyone.
- HELEN KENT
STUDIO PILATES CLASSES
Maximum 3 - 4 participants
Individually tailored exercise programs. Classes are suitable for all levels encouraging the individual to work within their own physical capabilities. Exercises are also modified depending on ability or injury.
Class sizes are limited so that personal attention can be given to the individual
10 x 1 hour sessions $400
PRIVATE CLASSES
A one on one session with your Pilates instructor, guiding you through a series of exercises selected to meet your unique needs. Private sessions are particularly valuable when you are just beginning your Pilates journey.
1 hour sessions $100
BENEFITS OF CLINICAL PILATES
Increases strength & endurance
Improves balance
Improves sporting performance
Increases relaxation
Improves Posture
Increases flexibility & mobility
Improves breathing technique
Reduces pain (where it is muscle related.
"The Pilates Method teaches you to be in control of its body and not at its mercy" -
Joseph Pilates
What is Pilates?
The Pilates method is a low impact exercise program consisting of muscular strength and endurance movements; it improves flexibility, balance, coordination and breathing techniques. The Pilates exercise program promotes long lean muscles and encourages correct postural alignment, core strength and muscle balance.
"In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference
In 20 sessions you'll see the difference
In 30 sessions you'll have a whole new body"
Joseph Pilates
History of Pilates
German born Joseph Pilates developed the Pilates method which he named Contology. He suffered from rickets, rheumatic fever and asthma as a child. He then went onto study boxing, gymnastics, meditation, yoga, self defense and skiing in later years.
At the start of first World War he spent a year in a prison camp in Lancster where he developed a series of mat exercises to build up strength and flexibility. Joseph moved to the Isle of Man where he rehabilitated soldiers injured at war.
Moving back to Germany briefly he worked with the Hamburg police. In 1923 Joseph Pilates immigrated to New York where he then continued his program developing equipment and exercises.
His ability to return dancers back to the stage after back and leg injuries gained him an excellent reputation in the dance world. Contology was then renamed Pilates after its creator.