What is Pilates?

Pilates is a gentle excercise class that will guide you through a series of exercises designed to strengthen and stretch all the major muscles and joints, but focusing on your back and core. My classes are designed to benefit everybody- I have had clients from ages 16-86 in class at the same time! Generally my participants are mature ladies and gents, who love feeling the changes in their bodies after a good stretch! I always adjust the exercises based on who is in the class, and whatever injuries they are currently working with. Pilates offers numerous benefits, including improved core strength, flexibility, and posture. This low-impact exercise method is effective for injury prevention and rehabilitation, helping to strengthen the body evenly. Additionally it's a lot of fun!!

Benefits of pilates include:

  • improved balance
  • improved flexibility
  • increased core strength
  • a strong and supple spine
  • improved coordination

Not to mention meeting some lovely local people!

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— About Sharon

Your Pilates experience will vary from instructor to instructor. Sharon has been teaching movement in some form since her very first jobs as an assistant gymnastics coach back in 1988.....

Although that doesn't influence her practice so much these days. She qualified as a fitness instructor and personal trainer in 2006, teaching freestyle aerobics, step, bar, and hip hop classes for gyms in Perth, Western Australia.

"Pregnancy and big heavy babies led me to my first pilates class with a physio in 2011. This was life changing for me. I realised that even as a PT, I didn't have the tools I needed to rebuild my core properly, and I was suffering back and shoulder pain from unbalanced posture and poor core strength (diastasis anybody?!). I began to take regular mat classes (being a gymnast the mat speaks to me!) and was soon hooked, and realised I needed to study pilates and qualify as an instructor."

Follow Me —

— Upcoming Classes

Only $10 per class, join anytime

Every Wednesday

9.30 to 10.30 am

Milford Baptist Church

3 Dodson Ave, Milford

Every Thursday

9.30 to 10.30 am

Forrest Hill Presbyterian Church

151 Forrest Hill Rd

On the corner of Seine Rd and Forrest Hill

Every Friday

9.30 to 10.30 am

Forrest Hill Presbyterian Church

— New Students !

Here are a few tips for your first class:

  • Classes cater for all levels and you'll be shown how to make each exercise easier or harder
  • Bring a water bottle and an exercise mat (the floors are wooden)
  • Come a few minutes early and let your instructor know it's your first class
  • Wear comfortable clothes such as shorts, leggings, and t-shirts.
  • Please tell the instructor about any ongoing injuries, pregnancy, or medical conditions before the start of class.

If you have any questions at all, send me a message!  sharon.l.hyde@gmail.com

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