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01/09/2026

PARKINSONS AND POWER PLATE THERAPY

Another valuable exercise machine that has been scientifically researched is the Power Plate which we use here regularly with clients who have Parkinsons.

It has been mentioned that after being on the power plate their legs feel lighter for the day and it helps with cramps at night which is all partly related to Parkinsons. It also helps with their balance.

Additional light weights can be added which helps maintain muscle and strength.

This info below gives a good insight as to its positive effects on those suffering from Parkinsons and help support daily independence.

A reminder, that again, not all things are created equally and that applies to vibration machines, hence why Power Plate is medically patended.

Medically reviewed by: David M. Joyner, MD, FACS Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder that triggers a progressive deterioration of nervous system function. Rather than setting in all at once, the symptoms of Parkinson’s appear gradually, often beginning with barely perceptible symptoms...

31/08/2026

This week we are looking into movement that can support people with Parkinsons. Starting off with Pilates.

Parkinsons is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world.

Some research into the use of Pilates for people with Parkinsons has shown to increase strength, functional movement, balance, and helps lengthen the muscles, fascia, ligaments etc.
Parkinsons tightens the body and pulls everything inwards, whereas specific Pilates exercises can open the body the other way.

With someone who has Parkinsons, one of the key components of Classical Pilates is the positive impact on your nervous system. It requires focus and a total mind body connection.

It is however important to remember that not all Pilates is created equally.
In Classical Pilates there is a lot of flexion (forward bending). Extension exercises and hip stabilisation improves the gait and this is of key importance to a body that has Parkinson’s.

You must be mindful who you start your journey with. Exercises need to be adapted for the person so that in the end the best outcome and quality of life for the client is the goal.

23/08/2026

PILATES

Lots of rolling in the Mat exercises.
It builds deep core control, massages the back muscles, helps allow the spine from moving as one still stiff peice, aids flexibility and articulation of the spine.
Stretches the back line of the body, allowing it to release tightness and that good old myofacial release. The smooth rythmic rocking acts as a natural massage for the muscles and nervous system along the spine.

The spinal cord inside your spine acts like a main phone line or highway. It carries messages back and forth between your brain and the rest of the body. Pilates helps the central nervous system so it only makes sense that massaging the spine creates rest and digest in the body.

Single Leg Double Leg Kick works the posterior chain. Challenges the entire length of the spine

19/08/2026

POP UP! Anyone with tight backs, hips or just want to feel relaxed, come along and finish your afternoon off with the lovely Spine Health class we have here.

Not just for the ladies, the gents like it too!
You are on your mat the whole time and the chi ball allows you to self massage and supports the body to open and lengthen.

$20 casual, $10 Seniors

17/08/2026

12/08/2026

PILATES SQUAT AND SINGLE LEG on the Tower End or Individual Needs.

No one can tell me that Classical Pilates is just stretching. It relies on will and desire and control. Both important parts of your Pilates practice.

These were hard! The bottom one the hardest. You can see by my face at the end. They are extremely humbling and to the trained eye the bottom one is not right. Elbows drop down and I sink back into a Squat. Like you do at the gym.

A Pilates Squat is different. It's almost like you slide down an invisible wall and then it changes the WHOLE exercise and you feel like you have just had to learn to walk again like a child.

It teaches you how to harmoniously use both mind and body together not one working on its own. A bit like a band. I call Classical Pilates the Fleetwood Mac of all Pilates. You can feel the difference.

09/08/2026

Join us weekdays. Learn where Pilates began teaching you from the fundermentals. Learn how to move better with us. Classical Pilates has been around for over 100 years.
All bodies are welcome. You never know, it might be the secret ingredient to moving better that you never knew you needed.

01/08/2026

SEMI CIRCLE purpose to improve spinal articulation, strengthen glutes and hamstrings, open the hips.

For the imagination, it has a wonderful way of making the body feel like a wave. Just as Pilates works in opposition. I think a wave does too. One wave coming in the other going out always working in opposition. After all we are just energy. The spine loves this feeling as it lengthens the whole body.

To the critical eye, (because we are our harshest critics I see a few things needing to be adjusted. I can see where there is tightness in my spine and where the carriage should be still. However, as a teacher, theres no criticism but observation when guiding a client as each body is unique and responds differently to movement. Not one is better than the other as it is right where we are supposed to be.

Classical Pilates is not rigid. It may not be for everyone either and that is fine but when you are able to move your spine in a flowing movement, it sends signals to the brain that life is pretty good.

30/07/2026

FRIDAYS ZEN CLASS is a slow down on the Power Plate.
Not every workout needs to push you to fatigue.

We are born in a world that moves so fast forward, take the time to appreciate how your body moves.

This class teaches you to slow down and hold.
The added vibration on the Power Plate puts the body in rest and digest, helps with balance, works on the lymphatic system, let's you recover quicker.

22/07/2026

Just as you do on your Mat, you do on the Reformer.

There is so much continuted amazment and humbling in Pilates. I just love it. You start to see so many shapes in space. All the foundation movements you learn in the beginning take you all the way through your practice continuing to show up in nearly every exercise. They are fundermental to your learning. Thats where ego leaves the room and something special takes its place. Its almost endearment to both how intelligent real Pilates is and how it changes the landscape of both body and mind.

You see how people start to understand their bodies and take that with them outside the studio letting themselves too then become their own teaches of their bodies. Standing taller, breathing better etc, more mindful and aware.

Bodies aren't made in one season. They are made over a lifetime so that longevity inside and out is the endgame.