Long days on the road and working away from home can wreak havoc on our bodies and minds. We've collected a bunch of tips and tricks to stay active and sane in the times our schedules don't align with what we need or want. 1. Stay Hydrated! It sounds simple - but boy oh boy, it's normally the first thing to go. Grab a bottle of water and keep it close. Everywhere I travel to I take my own bottle so it's familiar and I never loose it! 2. Sleep! Sleep is so important, travel plus the added brain power of working in a different environment is so exhausting. Try and get as much down time and rest ..read more

Is this the year when you decide to try out Pilates, switch up your routine or simply make some small, but meaningful changes? Pilates is all about the functional - and functional movement leads to better quality of life. If giving Pilates a go is what you have on your 2020 bucket list, we couldn't be more supportive! Inside a Pilates Studio you'll find the most supportive communities, trainers who truly LOVE what they do and want to support you and your goals, and you'll move. Not for the sake of moving, but because you will fall in love with movement again and want to go back day after day ..read more

How did you feel throughout March? During March MATness this year, I took on a challenge, set by Lesley Logan to complete 30 mins of Pilates a day for 30 days. For my challenge I set out to do AT LEAST 30 mins of Matwork everyday - and because March has 31 days, that meant I did 31 days x 30 mins. Some days were tough, particularly Sunday mornings after a fun Saturday night. Some days I was so tight from hours of desk work, and some days the 30 mins needed didn't present themselves until the kids had been fed, watered, cleaned, played with, and put into bed. But, even with work, kids and gener ..read more

Who is going to join us for March MATness in 2019? If you don't know, March MATness is an annual celebration of the work, in its original form as designed by Joseph Pilates and explained in his book Return to Life through Contrology. March MATness is the brainchild of Benjamin Degenhardt (360 Pilates), who started March MATness back in 2013 when filming himself to watch back with the intent of correcting form and self assessment - from the videos Benjamin extracted screen shots (something I'm sure we all do ;) ) March MATness has now grown into an amazing social media campaign where every enth ..read more

2019...she's here and she's a beauty. Personally, 2018 was an amazing year for us here at Pilates Nerd Down Under, and we are planning on making 2019 even bigger and better. In our short 6 months in operation we've had so many opportunities to meet so many in this amazing Pilates community, and start to really grow the business. BUT...none of this would happen without any of you, and in 2019 we are wanting to bring even more community love to Pilates Nerd Down Under. So stay tuned, because we are going to be brining you studio profiles from all over Australia, interviews with some amazing inst ..read more

Friday morning, August 24 was a fairly dreary morning in Sydney, but definitely not a sign of things to come. Walking down to the exhibition space was a little bit nerve wrecking, this was my first Pilates conference (ever) and I didn't have my friends around to take that edge off. But, once I got down there I saw a heap of familiar faces - either people I'd met along the way, people I follow on the socials....and the real treat, oh so many of you rocking Pilates Nerd Down Under gear! Day 1 was amazing, a great Matwork with Lanette to kickstart and then two workshops with Joy Puleo - Spinal Mo ..read more

We are excited to announce that Pilates Nerd Down Under is under new ownership from 1st June 2018! Please welcome passionate Pilates Nerd, Claire Harb, to the helm of this wonderful Nerding out community hub. Claire is perfectly poised to lead all us Aussie and NZ Pilates Nerds forward. Here’s the inside info on Claire so you know just how Nerdy she can be about Pilates... Claire lives in Bungendore, which is a small town in NSW. She loves the community and the vibe of the town – although it’s small there is always something going on. It’s also pretty close to Canberra and an easy drive to the ..read more

Over the early weeks of March we had the opportunity to Nerd out with none other than Pilates royalty, Deborah Lessen. In Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, Deborah gave Pilates Nerds some down under Pilates love and huge amounts of inspiration. Taking us from the history and lineage of Carola Trier through her own journey, her enormous contributions to the global Pilates industry and onward into the future with so many teaching 'gems' that she shared, we Pilates Nerds Down Under were exhilarated, enormously inspired, and so happily exhausted by the time we waved her off into the New York ..read more

Katrina is a pretty well known Pilates Nerd Down Under. She may need little to no introducing for most of you, as director of National Pilates Training and Aligned For Life Studios in Melbourne Victoria and with a long history of Pilates teaching and presenting around the country.  What many of you might not know is that Katrina has become the full time Student Development Coordinator & Conditioning Specialist at the Australian Ballet School. Lucky students! Katrina graduated from the Australian Ballet School herself many years ago and after a career in ballet, moved into co ..read more

Joseph Pilates believed and was quoted as saying:  “The whole country, the whole world, should be doing my exercises. They’d be happier.”  As Pilates Instructors we have probably already discovered what it is about Pilates that motivates us.  We teach his work, we continue to master and explore his work and we share our love for his work.  Making us true Pilates Nerds!!  However, working with our clients can be quite different.    So how do we help motivate our clients to progress and create a lasting change that ultimately equals happiness and success ..read more