About us
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The studio features stunning views over the ocean at Lyall Bay so our classes are always conducted in a relaxing and beautiful environment.
Classes are offered at a variety of times to cater for a range of clients but for maximum efficiency and efficacy please try our private sessions or studio/equipment classes. The team at Pilates Synergy is highly trained, energetic and professional. We love introducing people to Pilates as well as taking regular participants to the next level. We would be excited to see you in our studio soon. Invest in your health and well-being and reap the rewards! |
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Owner - Sabine Tuohy
Sabine is absolutely passionate about Pilates. She began practising Pilates in 2002 in her home country of Italy. She now lives in Wellington and has done the Comprehensive Pilates Teacher Training with Netfit Classical Pilates in Auckland and the Polestar Mat Training with Polestar New Zealand. She has been working in the fitness industry since gaining a Bachelor of Physical Education from Innsbruck University in Austria in 1998. She is a multi-skilled professional who has previously worked for the Austrian Ski Team and as a personal trainer at a 5-star hotel in the Italian mountains. Until 2009 she was working as a Pilates, Yoga and Nordic Walking Instructor for various organisations around Wellington city. In 2010 she opened her own Pilates studio overlooking Lyall Bay - Pilates Synergy. Sabine loves to teach this amazing exercise system and wants to give her clients the chance to discover Pilates for their own body and mind.
Sabine is absolutely passionate about Pilates. She began practising Pilates in 2002 in her home country of Italy. She now lives in Wellington and has done the Comprehensive Pilates Teacher Training with Netfit Classical Pilates in Auckland and the Polestar Mat Training with Polestar New Zealand. She has been working in the fitness industry since gaining a Bachelor of Physical Education from Innsbruck University in Austria in 1998. She is a multi-skilled professional who has previously worked for the Austrian Ski Team and as a personal trainer at a 5-star hotel in the Italian mountains. Until 2009 she was working as a Pilates, Yoga and Nordic Walking Instructor for various organisations around Wellington city. In 2010 she opened her own Pilates studio overlooking Lyall Bay - Pilates Synergy. Sabine loves to teach this amazing exercise system and wants to give her clients the chance to discover Pilates for their own body and mind.
Ali Allen
Ali has been a practitioner of Pilates since 2004 and has been teaching since 2011.
She has achieved the following qualifications:
- Certified Instructor - Stott Pilates Essential and Intermediate Mat-work
- Certified Instructor - Stott Pilates Essential and Intermediate Reformer
- Certificate IV level - Allied Health Assistance (Physiotherapy)
- Certificate IV level - Personal Training
- Certificate Level I - Neurokinetic Therapy ( a corrective movement system which aims to address
dysfunctional movement patterns stored in the brain, often the underlying cause of long term pain)
As a full-time teacher, Ali has developed well-practiced observation and communication skills. She works hard to motivate clients and to give sessions variety, aiming to make them enjoyable and challenging.
She has worked with men and women, including expecting mums and with people ageing from teenagers to seniors. During that time, she has taught both groups and individual classes and her clients have included those with persistent lower back pain, chronic neck and shoulder tension, hip replacements, single and double mastectomies, osteoarthritis, frozen shoulders, sciatica, prolapsed discs and facet joint syndrome.
Ali has been a practitioner of Pilates since 2004 and has been teaching since 2011.
She has achieved the following qualifications:
- Certified Instructor - Stott Pilates Essential and Intermediate Mat-work
- Certified Instructor - Stott Pilates Essential and Intermediate Reformer
- Certificate IV level - Allied Health Assistance (Physiotherapy)
- Certificate IV level - Personal Training
- Certificate Level I - Neurokinetic Therapy ( a corrective movement system which aims to address
dysfunctional movement patterns stored in the brain, often the underlying cause of long term pain)
As a full-time teacher, Ali has developed well-practiced observation and communication skills. She works hard to motivate clients and to give sessions variety, aiming to make them enjoyable and challenging.
She has worked with men and women, including expecting mums and with people ageing from teenagers to seniors. During that time, she has taught both groups and individual classes and her clients have included those with persistent lower back pain, chronic neck and shoulder tension, hip replacements, single and double mastectomies, osteoarthritis, frozen shoulders, sciatica, prolapsed discs and facet joint syndrome.
Brigitte Hellberg
Brigitte has been a Pilates teacher for the last ten years teaching both mat and equipment in Pilates studios and gyms around Wellington. Brigitte comes from a dance background, which she did for fifteen years. Brigitte holds a Pilates Diploma from Performance Pilates in both mat and equipment.
A passion for Brigitte is to bring the best out of people and help them have better body awareness when they are outside the Pilates studio. Brigitte loves to help clients feel like they are having a fun but challenging workouts. It is important after their sessions they feel they have a good sense of well being and balance in their bodies.
Brigitte has been a Pilates teacher for the last ten years teaching both mat and equipment in Pilates studios and gyms around Wellington. Brigitte comes from a dance background, which she did for fifteen years. Brigitte holds a Pilates Diploma from Performance Pilates in both mat and equipment.
A passion for Brigitte is to bring the best out of people and help them have better body awareness when they are outside the Pilates studio. Brigitte loves to help clients feel like they are having a fun but challenging workouts. It is important after their sessions they feel they have a good sense of well being and balance in their bodies.
Faye Tohbyn
In 2009 Faye began her study/training in Pilates to enrich both her personal and professional life. Having an extensive background in Dance and Yoga, she was already familiar with Pilates. The benefits received from doing her training have been so significant it has become an important part of her life. Sharing this with others has opened the door to Faye teaching and she loves the opportunity to be part of Pilates Synergy Studio working with Sabine and the Synergy Team.
Training:
Amongst others the most recent is Mat Pilates - Heart and Bones Pilates with Tania Huddart.
In 2009 Faye began her study/training in Pilates to enrich both her personal and professional life. Having an extensive background in Dance and Yoga, she was already familiar with Pilates. The benefits received from doing her training have been so significant it has become an important part of her life. Sharing this with others has opened the door to Faye teaching and she loves the opportunity to be part of Pilates Synergy Studio working with Sabine and the Synergy Team.
Training:
Amongst others the most recent is Mat Pilates - Heart and Bones Pilates with Tania Huddart.
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Jessie Hack
Jessie's passion for feeling good in ones own body led her to her love of Pilates. Having been impressed with how swiftly a regular Pilates practice dealt with her faulty movement patterns and thus incorrect posture and chronic pain, Jessie gained her Pilates Mat certification through Polestar Pilates, an internationally recognized Teacher training Organization. With a broad range of performance experience and general enthusiasm for all things wellness Jessie has developed an acute awareness of movement and the mind/body connection which she feels has set her up precisely to become a fitness and wellness instructor. Having dealt with various health issues in the past few years including back injuries and chronic illness, Jessie discovered that Pilates helped to her not only regain her strength but also to swiftly rehabilitate and transform the fundamentals of her body and all its miraculous systems. She currently works as Head Instructor at Xtend Barre Wellington, owned by ex RNZB principal ballerina Catherine Eddy, where she teaches this Pilates/Ballet fusion class to clients with an broad range of abilities and fitness goals. Jessie has an immense respect for the human body and enjoys challenging what she feels are its imagined limitations in a safe, inspired and nurturing way. Jessie feels passionate about people discovering this in themselves and how this can have a holistic and transformative effect on their lives. |
