Pilates with Monique
PILATES
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Pilates
Private Pilates Sessions
Small group Reformer Classes
Suspension Method Pilates
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Private Session: $80
Class: $30 (or $280 for a 10 pack)
Specialising in ageing well, rehabilitation and maintaining strength, flexibility and fitness by performing each exercise with thought and precision.
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Rehabilitation to Athletic Conditioning
Prehab to prevent rehab:
Every movement has purpose.
Before adding resistance or beginning an exercise, we first consider proper alignment — where the bones and joints are positioned. From this foundation, the body is strengthened to support optimal posture and balanced muscles. This mindful approach not only prevents injuries but also allows the body to function at its highest efficiency. By pairing each movement with intentional breathing, we enhance both strength and flexibility, creating lasting results from the inside out.Whether collaborating with your physiotherapist or chiropractor to rehabilitate an injury, maintain strength and endurance, or enhance athletic performance, Monique has been trained and has over twenty-five years of experience.
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My life has taken me many places. I grew up in Gosford in ballet studios, became a showgirl at eighteen and ended up in The Bahamas. After four years dancing professionally, I decided to teach Classical Ballet and Pilates and studied to teach both at the same time. Certifying from the Royal Academy of Dance and STOTT Pilates in Canada, I realised teaching Pilates was my real passion. I have always been fascinated by how the body moves.
I opened my first studio in The Bahamas in 2001 which is still in operation today. After selling my share, I moved to Canada in 2008. I learned a lot by teaching side by side next to amazing physiotherapists and experienced Pilates teachers for many years.
I opened Gosford Pilates in 2017 and love being home. I love watching my clients become stronger with more balance as they get into their 60’s and 70’s and beyond. I love watching them create more efficient muscle firing patterns, improve their every day lives and their sports. I am not interested in burning calories or sculpting the “perfect” body. I am interested in changing people’s lives by ensuring they do not fall, or if they do, they do not break anything. Making sure they can lift their shopping or run to catch a bus.
I have attended every course in body movement and therapy that I have been able to for the last twenty three years and I have brought this knowledge together to create my personal teaching approach. Not just a workout, but a form or exercise based therapy. I believe in Prehab, to prevent Rehab. I believe we can only learn and improve in a positive, happy environment.
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Classical Pilates Certification – Pilates International, London 2000
STOTT Pilates Athletic Conditioning Specialist.
STOTT Pilates Matwork, Reformer, Cadillac, Chair and Barrels - 2003
STOTT Pilates Functional Anatomy Course, Injuries and Special Populations Course.
STOTT Pilates Pre Natal, Stability of the Knee, Postural Anatomy, Shoulder Girdle Stability and Function, Lumbo Pelvic Region Stability and Function. Flexibility Overview, Circle, Jumpboard, BOSU, Stability Balls, Foam Roller, Theraband and Weights workshops.
Biomechanics of Basic Principles of Pilates (Breathing, Pelvic Placement, Thoracic movement, Scapula stability and Cervical spine placement).
Royal Academy of Dance Classical Ballet teacher 2004
Level 1 Yoga Certification from Byron Yoga.2011
Trauma Yoga Certification, Byron Yoga. 2023
Active Isolated Stretching 2020
Ball Rolling Myofascial Release 2010
OOV Fundamentals 2018
Polyvagal Theory – Vagus Nerve Program. Regulating the Nervous System. (Jessica Maguire, 2020).
Transcendental Meditation 2007