Apt Personal Training & Pilates

05/01/2026

I did not know 2025 was year of the snake until late Nov - yet I realised it’s been a year of shedding old layers of skin just like a snake. The last major shredding & shedding was my 22 years of well filed paperwork from running the Brian Stacey Memorial Trust as Director/Administrator. Everything was fully finished by 2018 - yet enormous space was being used in my filing cabinet - it was TIME.

Spent time sorting it all ready to shred. My bestie & partner keeping the Trust running all those years, offered her shredder & suggested we knock that job over together - perfect - seemed a fitting end and way to close the chapter.

The Shredder had other plans - 2 mins of shredding with a 40 minute cool down, specifically written on it. We made a start & then realised this was not a mornings work to knock it over. It became a 2 day marathon that I was determined to finish.

The Stacey Trust days saw 22 emerging Australian Conductors awarded the annual prize, what made it unique is the funds were given and the recipient could use them for what they had outlined in the application without us breathing down their neck (many awards very restrictive) Every recipient told us the Stacey Award prestige itself opened doors and gave them the confidence to step into their Conductor role with an energy of new passion & vitality. This reflects in them today as they create & make music globally - so proud of our brilliant Stacey Award Alumni. No doubt our beloved Stace would be blown away by the legacy still burning brightly through them!

FYI - we made it our job to leave a digital footprint accessible to all. The Stacey Story Doco released at midnight on 25 Oct 2016, 20 years after his passing and there is Wordpress website.
Both accessible free online. Just google it 😉♥️

Final word, as a biz in its 18th year, in heal-thy movement for well-BEing longevity - abusive words are unacceptable. We can be disciplined, determined & challenged with a balance of nurturing & softness. A peaceful world does not use abusive words - this creates toxic energy - I was surprised to read a job in the industry looking for ‘weapons’ - surely not!

As Stace would say - go well X

26/12/2025

A Christmas day filled with friends & family . . . and Roman’s first Christmas 🎄🤗🙋🏻‍♀️💗♥️

my first as a ‘Grandy’ 🥰💗

So many
beautiful
magical
moments
💫
so
much
gratitude
✨
so
much
love
🧡

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙋🏻‍♀️♥️







+ those I cannot tag here

Missed you



Ma - Andrea - Grandy ###
25.12.25

24/12/2025

Perhaps a strange post for Christmas Eve - but perhaps resonates for some.

My ‘Let Yourself Cry’ - on the website blog.

The subtle art of letting yourself cry

Written across end of Sept to late Dec 2025

Often I write as an outlet - been journalling most of my life - not necessarily to share - however it felt like the right time to share this on 20 Dec 2025 . . .

Sending love, kindness, self compassion & care to all in the final week of 2025.

Andrea 🙋🏻‍♀️🤗♥️

🔗 in bio to read 💧♥️

23/12/2025

While I know many people are listing their great achievements of 2025 and getting into festive season jolly spirits . . .

I am sharing something I started to write in late September. Often I write as an outlet - not necessarily to share - however it felt like the right time to share this on 20 Dec 2025 . . .

No AI or feeding it into chat GPT to word more cleverly - just as I wrote it - because it began as journal entry. Something I have instinctively done for most of my life, since I left home to go to London at 17. . .

'Let yourself cry'

Written across end of Sept to late Dec 2025

Love to all.

Andrea 💧♥️

The subtle art of letting yourself cry Written across end of Sept to late Dec 2025 Often I write as an outlet - not necessarily to share - however it felt like the right time to share this on 20 Dec 2025 . . .

19/12/2025

One of our most powerful tools for growth is reflection — and the hindsight it brings.

How often have you looked back and suddenly seen the clarity? The choices that were always there?
No one can give you hindsight. No one can force reflection. It’s a deeply personal act — one that asks for courage, because it often opens vulnerable places we were taught to protect.

Many of us learned that vulnerability meant weakness. With age, it becomes clear it’s the opposite. It’s responsibility. It’s self-compassion. It’s meeting uncomfortable memories with the kindness we didn’t have at the time.

Tomorrow marks five years since I ended a 17-year relationship, one week after my 60th birthday. I only knew we could no longer grow together. The pain was immense — and it wasn’t about finding someone else, but finally learning to love myself. Easier said than done 💔

There are many kinds of grief. This is one of them. Reflection and hindsight continue to teach and heal — slowly, imperfectly, ongoing.

Recently, clearing stored belongings at my ex-partner’s home closed a big chapter (we never lived together). The healing continues.

If you hear “just get over it,” know this denies the life process — and blocks the lessons waiting for you.

So I ask you:

In the Year of the Snake 🐍 2025 — what will you shed?

In the Year of the Horse 🐴 2026 — what will you carry forward?

Celebrate the small things.
Remember the big things.
Tell the people you love that you love them — in your own way.

❤️‍🩹

14/12/2025

Yesterday I turned 65.
Today I am 65… and one day.

I recently read a wise piece written by a woman on her 65th birthday. I meant to save it. I didn’t.
And right there was the lesson.

Because the truth is — no one really marks the moment for you.
And no one is obliged to.

What I’m learning & loving, is this: the most important thing we must tend to is our inner world — and to lead with love.

I grew up shaped by deep social conditioning. Loving parents, yes — but also turbulence, drama & complexity. I followed passions that led to other passions. I lived through 2 marriages, profound family loss, the joy of 2 amazing sons, a long partnership, the running of a charity born from grief & love, and the building of my own solo business — now 17.5 years & counting.

Recently along the way, I realised I needed self-compassion. And radical awareness.

As a woman wired to make sure everyone is okay first plus spending so much of life trying to prove we are worthy, successful, enough - such an external existence. It’s an exhausting way to live.

No handbook exists for when we are thrown into a wild, prickly forest with no clear path. When we finally reach a clearing, we’re bruised, scratched, wounded but forget to pause & allow healing to start. Even when the path clears, healing takes time.

I now see — through vulnerability & courage — is how often I didn’t recognise the depth of those wounds. I kept moving. I didn’t pause. I often didn’t allow healing to begin.

At 65, and particularly this past year, I finally turned inward. I found compassion for myself. And allowed a healing that had been patiently waiting in the wings.

Late June, after an extraordinary adventure in Portugal & the UK, a new life arrived. A little girl. My first grandchild.
She opened my heart as wide as her beautiful, big round eyes 💗

Watching my son & his wife become parents has been a joy I didn’t anticipate, awakening memories of his childhood & my own.

This chapter is deeply precious to me.
And it’s also perfectly okay if it isn’t to you.

That’s the quiet freedom I feel at 65.
And the gratitude.

Thank you for the love, kindness & connection — past and present.

Andrea 🙏🏼♥️

08/12/2025

My 5th year last Sunday making a wreath for Christmas! This event began in my friend Nicole Margaret Rose Stockton home with 7 of us and has grown into over 100 women making wreaths over 2 days at the Mural Hall of Abbotsford Convent this year.

It’s been such a joy to share it with my beautiful treasured friend Vivienne Dean the last 2 years.

Ps. I left my wreath on the door all year, so it was great to put a fresh new colourful one on it ready for this Christmas . . . the first with my gorgeous new granddaughter & family !

Thanks Nicole for creating such a delightful event of creation & connection for so many to enjoy 🙏🏼🌿🎄♥️🥰💫🙋🏻

01/12/2025

🙋🏻‍♀️ Hello I am Andrea - creator & founder of APT. A quick intro in case we haven’t met yet! 🎥 1.

🚨Absolutely LAST chance & last day (1 Dec) to complete the 9 question APT 2025 Client Survey (anyone who trained with me in this 2025 year is eligible)

💝 I am offering my loyal and incredible a FREE Summer Six Pack of current program recordings to use throughout the festive season/Summer break from 13/12 to 26/1/26. The perfect APT recipe mindful movement menu that keeps us/me moving well to BE well.

🔔‼️The only catch is - you need to do it by TODAY!

APT truley cares - once you become part of the APT Community - it’s about moving at your own pace with intuitive incremental understanding & enjoyment.
My key mission:
✔️Educate
✔️Inspire
✔️Empower

Term 4 concludes on 12 Dec & all casual classes are on sale to try.

💃🏽 APT’s Bite Size & Wise FREE Library has 94 Movement Snacks to access any time by any body (with the understanding - you do them at your own risk - ideally join the APT Community & benefit 100% more because you have my expert eyes on you to support, encourage & educate you to become a joyful mindful mover for life)

🔗 APT annual client Survey is on link in comments ⬇️

NB. I have personally messaged those who have not yet done the survey - it truley shapes APT for 2026 - your voice & helpful feedback is SO important!

✅ Thank you to those who have done the survey - I really appreciate it + you will benefit in so many ways 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙋🏻‍♀️😊

#2025

21/11/2025

👋🙋🏻‍♀️ Calling all 2025 APT Clients - please jump on 🔗 in bio to do the APT annual survey.

🙏🏼✅ Completed by 1 Dec - I’ve am providing a six pack of Summer break session recordings FREE to keep you moving through the holiday/festive season anywhere anytime! These will be current T4 Mindful Monday, EXPRESS 30 & BODYART - 2 variations of each - 6 in total! 💝

🙏🏼🙋🏻‍♀️😊 Your feedback is important & the way forward in APT’s 18th year. Always aiming to provide the most caring, accessible, up to date, expert, apt mindful movement in 2026 - move well to BE well 👣💃🏽🎶☯️💪🏼🌀🧘🏽‍♀️🧘🏽‍♂️🙏🏼😊💜🙋🏻‍♀️

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🚨 EXCITING NEWS!
All APT casual classes on special for last 3 weeks of Term 4 !!

😊 Not big on black Friday but encouraging you to get movement habits into place in your life NOW 💃🏽😃

🤩 Special rates from Mon 24 Nov to 12 Dec:

✨MON 6.30am - Mindful Monday $7 (30 mins)
✨TUES 6.30am - EXPRESS 30 $7 (30 mins)
☯️Mon 9.15am & Thurs 6.30am BODYART $10 (60 min)
☯️WED 6.15pm - BODYART at Studio 1 - $15 (60 mins)
✨Full week 3 class bundle $20 - Mindful Monday, EXPRESS 30 & BODYART (Mon, Tues & Thurs live 6.30am) + recording access included

APT movement menu - full of variety, nourishing and nutritious multi dimensional movement to both challenge and nurture. Enabling people to create healthy quality sustainable strength, control and mobility as they age well.

It takes effort and regular action - but small and consistent will bring long term HUGE benefits!

LIVE online, in person in studio and recording access provide enormous flexibility - many APT clients combine all of these into their week. Making it interesting, enjoyable, time efficient and very effective!

All casual LIVE online (+ recording) classes & BODYART at Studio 1 - book via 🔗 in bio or copy paste links below into your browser

https://aptbookings.as.me/CASUALBOOKING

BODYART at Studio One
https://aptbookings.as.me/BAT4CASUAL

It’s never too late to start - but NOW is an excellent choice 👍🏼💃🏽🥰

20/11/2025

🚨 EXCITING NEWS!
All APT casual classes on special for last 3 weeks of Term 4 !!

😊 Not big on black Friday but encouraging you to get movement habits into place in your life NOW

Special rates from Mon 24 Nov to 12 Dec:

MON 6.30am - Mindful Monday $7 (30 mins)
TUES 6.30am - EXPRESS 30 $7 (30 mins)
Mon 9.15am & Thurs 6.30am BODYART $10 (60 min)
WED 6.15pm - BODYART at Studio 1 - $15 (60 mins)
Full week 3 class bundle $20 - Mindful Monday, EXPRESS 30 & BODYART (Mon, Tues & Thurs 6.30am) + recording access included

APT movement menu - full of variety, nourishing and nutritious multi dimensional movement to both challenge and nurture. Enabling people to create healthy quality sustainable strength, control and mobility as they age well.

It takes effort and regular action - but small and consistent will bring long term HUGE benefits!

LIVE online, in person in studio and recording access provide enormous flexibility - many APT clients combine all of these into their week. Making it interesting, enjoyable, time efficient and very effective!

All casual LIVE online (+ recording) classes:
https://aptbookings.as.me/CASUALBOOKING

BODYART at Studio One Richmond Neighbourhood Centre
https://aptbookings.as.me/BAT4CASUAL

19/11/2025

A chair may be your best equipment ever for strength, mobility & balance - 4 mins a day! Yes I am serious!

APT Bite Size & Wise 93rd short vid is uploaded. From the current T4 EXPRESS 30 program - I am sharing one of my favourite most fun & effective tabatas I have ever created!

FREE APT Bite Size & Wise Library is accessible via the website or Linktree 🔗

Find it in the comments below 👇🏼

You are so welcome - remember dreaming is easy - action takes effort but has huge results for your daily life & quality longevity 🙋🏻‍♀️😊💜