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Fleurieu Pilates

Breath, balance, flexibility and strength for both the mind and body, located in picturesque Port El

10/06/2026

✨STRENGTH TRAINING PART 17…
✨Life’s ups and downs…

Last month ultrasound guided sclerotherapy on the saphenous leg veins abruptly halted all strength training progress…

❌No weights… no high impact aerobics…
💯Only walk and sit…walk and sit…walk and sit…

😖Lots of unhelpful and anxious thoughts came knocking in on my brain…( treatment may not be successful straight away thereby further delaying strength training)
😰Plenty of unpleasant feelings too…( painful legs and odd sensations in the legs, strong emotions of anxiety and fear and even anger as I could no longer engage in strength work)

🥰So let’s learn and grow from this set of circumstances…
💯One important thing I can do when faced with adversity, is to focus on what is in my control…
*To live by my values.
*To connect with what is most important to me.
AND…
*To make some meaningful changes where I can.

😊Living a life of purpose, even when experiencing life’s ups and downs…

04/06/2026

✨BALANCE WORK…
is a pivotal theme at Fleurieu Pilates.

❗️No matter what you do in your life…
❗️No matter your age…
❗️No matter your health considerations…
❗️No matter what sport you play…
❗️No matter what work you do…

📣 And we could go on and on and on and on…
🟰Balance work is integrated into every one
of your Pilates classes…

03/06/2026

✨STRENGTH TRAINING PART 16…
✨I was introduced to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy(ACT) in 2016 & I have been using ACT ever since…

🧠I truly would not know what I would do without it…
➡️So many benefits…
* It allows me to have a certain mindset… a perspective… an awareness…
* ACT allows me to tune into my body, my environment and the people and places around me…
* ACT has helped me to reduce my stress and worry.
* ACT has helped me handle uncomfortable thoughts and unpleasant feelings more effectively…

⚖️So as I embark upon this strength journey I will encounter all sorts of issues and obstacles along the way…
🧠🏋🏽‍♀️There will be obtrusive thoughts and feelings of anxiety, self- doubt and fear…

🧠🏋🏽‍♀️Thank goodness for ACT in this journey…
🧠🏋🏽‍♀️ACT to move…

27/05/2026

✨STRENGTH JOURNEY PART 15.
✨Supplementation and nutrition…

💊Not an expert in this area and I will never pretend to be.

👀So I sought advice from my GP and various allied health practitioners.

🏋️Strength training to build up bone density is not all about “lifting the heavy weights”.

🛌Good quality sleep is equally as important…

🧠And of course underpinning this whole journey is .act

🧠This journey would not be where it is currently without embedding Acceptance and Commitment Therapy skills daily.
🏋️‍♀️

25/05/2026

✨STRENGTH TRAINING PART 14…
✨Heavy weights are not incorporated in my
Pilates repertoire.

⚖️Joint tolerance and strength training work
symbiotically…
➡️So ongoing Pilates practice challenges…
* my balance
* my flexibility ( yes, even being hypermobile)
* my ranges of motion
➡️Ongoing Pilates practice continues…
* to lubricate my joints
* to provide my rehabilitation
* to strengthen my knees
* maintain my thoracic spine and rotation
* strengthen my core( including the pelvic floor)

AND…

➡️Mindfully engaging in Pilates and the Pilates
principles of…
* The breath
* The concentration
* The control
* The precision
* The flow
will continue to enhance my strength journey.

💡So that is why BOTH Pilates AND strength training are equally as important…done separately, not combined…
💡Load matters for osteoporosis, so that is why this strength training exists in my life…

20/05/2026

✨STRENGTH TRAINING…
✨What weight to start off with?

🎨So many colours!
⚖️And many different weights!
🤔So which one do I choose?

🟰The one I can effectively manage.
This journey started end Winter 2025 so I choose the smallest weight.
All SMART goals need to be realistic…start small and build up slowly from there… ❤️

14/05/2026

STRENGTH JOURNEY PART 12…
✨THE PATH FORWARD…

▶️I may not know everything about weight lifting, and some things I am not quite clear on…
▶️But I do have…
* years of training
* a library of knowledge
* wisdom acquired over time
* personal experience
* mentors I look up to and can seek out

▶️And I do have an idea about…
* ex*****on of movements
* the role of the breath
* the impact the breath has on the pelvic floor
* the concept of fascia
* hyper-mobility

➡️All helping me to have the courage to take my life in a new direction… and to be willing to acknowledge the discomfort and anxiety that will inevitably show up along the way

06/05/2026

✨STRENGTH TRAINING PART 11…
⛵️Let’s sail off to towards this journey like a yacht cruising towards its destination on a glorious sunny day…

🏋️Ok… let’s do it!
🏃🏻‍♀️Let’s go!
📣”C’mon!!!”

🧠BUT…really… this health and movement journey feels frightening!

After all, this is not going to feel good, it will be uncomfortable…

💡Come back to ACT…
❗️ACT does not state that taking action, value- guided action is going to feel good… is going to be “easy - peasy, lemon - squeezy”… no discomfort involved…no discourse experienced…

➡️Rather ACT works on the principle of WORKABILITY…is this action working to help me build the sort of life I want?To live the sort of life I want to live?

❤️Thank goodness for ACT being a part of my life…and deeply embedded in this movement journey…

01/05/2026

✨STRENGTH JOURNEY PART 10-
✨Incorporating Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy, all the way, every day…

➡️Personally for me, this journey would be
unattainable without ACT.

🧠A science- based behavioural approach to
wellbeing.

A- Acknowledge difficult thoughts and
unpleasant feelings.
C- Connect with what truly matters- VALUES.
T- take meaningful action, even in the presence
of uncomfortable thoughts & unpleasant
feelings, emotions and memories.

29/04/2026

✨STRENGTH TRAINING PART NINE..

✨A SAMPLE OF CREDENTIALS ACQUIRED
OVER THE YEARS…
* Bachelor Arts majoring in psychology.
* Rehab Trainer courses.
* Pelvic Floor courses.
* NOI Explain Pain.
* Acceptance & Commitment Therapy.

😔Yet at times…my internal dialogue… that “in your head chatter”…told me…”I am not enough… not educated enough to devise my own weight training program…”

🤔Woven through “this noise” was also, over the years, others questioning my credentials…

❗️So let’s reconnect with my VALUES and the fact that VALUES connect me what is in my control…to move and behave like the sort of person I want to be…

✨To have control over…
* what I do with my arms and upper body.
* what I do with my legs and lower body.
* what I do with my speech.
* what I do with my actions- to continue my strength training program and to ultimately teach to others…

The more I can take control of my actions…the more I can influence the world around me…

Address

Factory 9, Cnr Hill Street & Waterport Rd
Port Elliot, SA
5212

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 7pm
Tuesday	7am - 7pm
Wednesday	7am - 7pm
Thursday	7am - 7pm
Friday	7am - 7pm
Saturday	8am - 11am

Website

http://www.fleurieupilates.com.au/

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