Fleurieu Pilates

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

✨FEELINGS OF GRATITUDE…Taking this opportunity to say THANK YOU to all our clients that…* regularly show up to Reformer ...
15/04/2026

✨FEELINGS OF GRATITUDE…

Taking this opportunity to say THANK YOU to
all our clients that…
* regularly show up to Reformer classes.
* regularly show up to Clinical classes.
* regularly show up to 1:1 Clinical classes.
* have just begun their Pilates journey.
* who have returned back to Fleurieu Pilates
after a long absence.
* engage in Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy consultations.act

Times are, to say the least, very trying and challenging for most of us.
So when this little business continues to thrive, feelings and emotions abound such as…
* gratitude
* pride
* kindness to others
* kindness to self
* grit
* determination

So once again, thank-you.

✨Wunda Chair push-up in plank with loaded springs.😊Working the whole body.🧠Including the mind…🫁And the breath… ...
14/04/2026

✨Wunda Chair push-up in plank with loaded
springs.

😊Working the whole body.
🧠Including the mind…
🫁And the breath…

✨STRENGTH JOURNEY PART EIGHT ✨What will others think of me?🧠There are many ways my mind can interfere with my behavioura...
12/04/2026

✨STRENGTH JOURNEY PART EIGHT
✨What will others think of me?

🧠There are many ways my mind can interfere with my behavioural goal…

Let’s touch on the BIG ONE…
* what will others think of me?
* What will the Pilates industry think of me?
* oh, you are such an imposter!

🦴Unfortunately Pilates alone was not enough to build up my bone mass ( as identified twice by a DEXA scan.)

👖Thank-you jeans!… oh I mean genes!

🏋🏽💊So the journey BEGINS with medication and weight training…
📣And so the journey CONTINUES with that mind chatter…
“Tut,tut…doing Pilates a disservice are you?”
“ Why share this journey, no one is interested…”
“Show off… such a bragger”
“How boring, so many are doing weights”…

🤫And the really big one…the one that has held me back, kept me in my comfort zone for way too long…
“You are not educated enough”…
💪

✨STRENGTH JOURNEY PART EIGHT- ✨What will others think of me?🧠There are many ways my mind can interfere with my behaviour...
12/04/2026

✨STRENGTH JOURNEY PART EIGHT-
✨What will others think of me?

🧠There are many ways my mind can interfere with my behavioural goal.

Let’s touch on the BIG ONE…
* What will others think of me?…
* What will the Pilates industry think of me?
* Oh, I am such an imposter!

🦴Unfortunately Pilates alone was not enough to build up my bone mass( as identified by two DEXA scans)
👖”thank you jeans”…oh I mean genes!
🏋️💊So the journey BEGINS with weight training and medication.

📣And so the journey CONTINUES with “that mind chatter”…
“Tut tut, doing Pilates a disservice”.
“Ha!Think you know everything about weights
do you”?
“Why share your journey?… no one is interested!”
OR…”show off, you’re such a bragger”
“How boring are you… everyone is doing weights!”

🤫And the really BIG reason (to be touched on greatly later)…
“You are not educated enough.”

✨STRENGTH TRAINING PART SEVEN-✨WRITE THE BEHAVIOURAL GOAL DOWN!📝Research shows that writing a goal down or sharing...
08/04/2026

✨STRENGTH TRAINING PART SEVEN-
✨WRITE THE BEHAVIOURAL GOAL DOWN!

📝Research shows that writing a goal down or
sharing your goal to others (who support
you) will help to activate & maintain the goal.

📣So here goes… sharing my goal to the world of
social media…

📣”Five times a week,from 7.30am to 8.00am, Monday to Friday, I will lift weights via my own devised program, in the studio, starting small then building up slowly.”
#🧠

✨ROTATIONS! ROTATIONS!ROTATIONS!🚘We seem to be in our cars for longer times…📱Not to mention the hours we spend on our ...
07/04/2026

✨ROTATIONS! ROTATIONS!ROTATIONS!

🚘We seem to be in our cars for longer times…
📱Not to mention the hours we spend on our
phones…
💻Or spent at the computer…

Fixated into certain positions…

So rotations are literally becoming a lost natural
movement these days.
You were designed to rotate… without stiffness…

So here at Fleurieu Pilates, EVERY class, whether it be Reformer or Clinical, will incorporate rotations!

✨STRENGTH TRAINING PART SIX…✨GOAL SETTING INVOLVES STARTING SMALL, ONE STEP AT A TIME…➡️Focus on making small cha...
06/04/2026

✨STRENGTH TRAINING PART SIX…
✨GOAL SETTING INVOLVES STARTING
SMALL, ONE STEP AT A TIME…

➡️Focus on making small changes.
🕰️Through the passage of time, small behavioural changes can create rippling effects.
🟰effects that can create significant improvements in physical health.

▶️Now this is all starting to become possible…
❤️

✨STRENGTH JOURNEY PART FIVE✨TO DIVE STRAIGHT INTO ACTION?… Perhaps not…Having clarified VALUES, we turn to goals.Wh...
04/04/2026

✨STRENGTH JOURNEY PART FIVE
✨TO DIVE STRAIGHT INTO ACTION?…
Perhaps not…

Having clarified VALUES, we turn to goals.

What we are talking about is effective goal setting-
Not just a goal of “I want to get stronger”…”I want stronger bones”…
But rather a behavioural goal, broken down into important components…
For example…
* What resources do I have?This includes knowledge and skills.
* What is my time frame?A realistic time frame.
* Is it wise to work through this goal?Will this goal make my life better?

Effective goal setting is quite a skill that may require external help for clarification, guidance and motivation.

✨STRENGTH TRAINING PART FOUR…✨GETTING OUT OF THE ‘COMFORT ZONE’🧠As soon as you start to invest in yourself, all sorts of...
30/03/2026

✨STRENGTH TRAINING PART FOUR…
✨GETTING OUT OF THE ‘COMFORT ZONE’

🧠As soon as you start to invest in yourself, all sorts of “internal chatter” will begin…
“Oh, what if I fail…”
“What if I hurt myself”
“ Too hard to do on my own, might as well not do
it”
“ Why should I?”
“What will people think”?

➡️Do let’s affix with something that allows you to exit this ‘status quo’…

▶️VALUES…they act as a source of motivation and energy to how I want to behave… how I want to treat myself…to move forward in life… to do something different…

Let’s start with the value of self care…
❤️

✨THE STRENGTH JOURNEY - PART THREE ✨THE ANSWER ISN’T ALWAYS ABOUT “JUST STARTING A NEW EXERCISE PROGRAM…The journey begi...
23/03/2026

✨THE STRENGTH JOURNEY - PART THREE ✨

THE ANSWER ISN’T ALWAYS ABOUT “JUST STARTING A NEW EXERCISE PROGRAM…

The journey begins with having a good look at the relationship I have with myself…
AND
then mindfully skilling myself up with a set of psychological skills for effective living…

It is NOT about doing “mindfulness “ as a way to…
* clear my mind
* still my mind
* meditate
* relax my mind…

Rather it is about changing my relationship with my mind…

And that embarks me upon the strength training journey…
Thank goodness for .act

✨THE STRENGTH TRAINING JOURNEY. PART TWO.✨Can’t deny the ‘jeans’-oh, I mean ‘genes!’🤔Knowledge of a family history ...
18/03/2026

✨THE STRENGTH TRAINING JOURNEY.
PART TWO.

✨Can’t deny the ‘jeans’-oh, I mean ‘genes!’

🤔Knowledge of a family history of osteoporosis and fractures became the catalyst for an internal dialogue about bones and bone density.

🕰️ Time went by…
🗣️That brain chatter continued for many years…
🏃🏻‍♀️Life gets in the way, always busy and the bone
scan can be done “WHEN I HAVE GOT THE
TIME!”
⏯️To be continued…

✨THE STRENGTH JOURNEY- PART ONE…😊Who am I?* 60 year old business owner.* operate a successful Pilates business- 12 years...
16/03/2026

✨THE STRENGTH JOURNEY- PART ONE…

😊Who am I?
* 60 year old business owner.
* operate a successful Pilates business- 12 years
and counting…
* studied Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
(ACT) extensively.
* thrive on conducting ACT workshops-
specialising in chronic pain & anxiety.
* ex- dairy farmer.
* wife and mother of 4.
* lover of iced coffees and chocolate.
* hyper mobile.
AND…
* diagnosed with severe osteoporosis three years
ago…

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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

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