"ShanthYogaPilates: Move and Move Well"

Sole trader business that provides Classical Yoga, Mat Pilates and equipment/Studio Pilates Services

Australian Pilates Method Association (APMA) Level 2 Pilates Teacher

Intention: To bring genuine Yoga and Pilates into your own lives

Attention: Smaller classes mean individual attention

Action:  Genuine, attentive and caring. 

WHAT is available @ShanthYogaPilates?

 
The following sections give a brief explanation of what Yoga and Pilates is; this web site has specific sections on the disciplines under services if you are interested to find out more: 

 The Pilates Method

"Be certain that you have your entire body under complete mental control… Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control."

Pilates, Joseph. Pilates’ Return to Life Through Contrology—Revised Edition for the 21st Century 

The Pilates Method is a method of exercise and physical movement designed to stretch, strengthen, and balance the body. It is a physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates, after whom it was named. Pilates exercises develop, and train you to use, the most important muscles in your body. The Pilates Method when applied on to your own body will help you move and move well. It is a sequence of exercises meant for your own body and your own movement patterns.

In the Pilates Method, you learn to methodically activate deep stabilization muscles and then, challenge the engagement of these muscles through all your movement. As a beginner, movements are smaller. With regular practise, your own brain adjusts to the new activation patterns and a more stabilized way of moving. Movements then get larger and more challenging as you get stronger.

The Pilates Method, when taught in its genuine form is mindful, is a way of movement that is balanced for your muscles and joints. It is a skill that grows with time and effort. It is a way of moving that can help the rehabilitation of non-acute conditions, prevention of injuries, it is way of movement that builds bone density (good for osteoporosis or spinal conditions), it is a way of movement that improves the way your own body moves.

Classical Yoga

"Classical Yoga is your life's journey towards completion. It is a discipline of mind and body, to keep them fit for the purpose. Yogasana - otherwise known as Hatha Yoga - is the way to keep our bodies well-functioning for the journey, but the journey itself is towards something much bigger than physical fitness."

~Australian College of Classical Yoga