Liz Wilson Pilates

06/10/2026

A big weekend of Pilates coming up! It’s Joseph Pilates’ birthday on Friday, and I have workshops running all weekend.

FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER
Pilates for Breast Cancer
Live on Zoom with Pilates Association Australia
10:30am AWST / 1:30pm AEDT

SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER
When Flexibility Goes Too Far: Pilates for Hypermobile Clients
The Perth Pilates Studio, 2:00–4:00pm
Just 2 places remaining

SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER
Pelvic Floor: Mentoring for Pilates Teachers
Club Pilates Applecross, 12:30–2:30pm
Just 1 place remaining

If you’d like to join me for any of them, you can find all the details and booking links here:

https://lizwilsonpilates.com/continuing-education

I’d love to see you there!

Liz

Continuing education for Pilates teachers in Perth and online. Explore practical workshops and small-group mentoring with Liz Wilson.

02/10/2026

Studio owners... can we talk about the next 3 months?

Somehow it's October already.

And if you run a Pilates studio, you know how quickly the last few months of the year can disappear.

There's spring sales, the Christmas timetable to sort out, instructor leave, students heading away, next year's timetable... plus all the usual studio stuff that doesn't stop while you're trying to plan ahead.

So before the next three months start filling themselves up, give yourself a couple of hours for a little Quarterly Planning Retreat.

Nothing fancy. Get out of the studio if you can, grab a coffee and give yourself some time to work on your business instead of in your business.

Have a think about:

SYSTEMS: What could you simplify, automate or get off your plate?

MONEY: Are your pricing, class numbers and revenue where they need to be?

ATTRACTION: What's actually bringing new students through your door, and what could you be doing more of?

RETENTION: Where are you losing students, and what could make them want to stay?

TEAM: What would help you develop, support and keep your great instructors?

Then work out what really needs to happen over the next three months.

Not everything. Just the things that will make the biggest difference.

And, most importantly, what are you actually going to do about them?

If you're thinking, “Yep, I probably should do this, but where do I start?” I've made some templates to walk you through it.

My new 2027 Pilates Studio Owner Planner actually starts now, in October 2026.

It begins by helping you take a step back and look at your studio as a whole: what's working, what's not, your numbers, where you want the studio to go and what you want the year ahead to look like.

Then, when you get to the dated planning section, there's a Quarterly Planning Retreat for Q4 to help you decide what deserves your attention over the next three months and turn those priorities into action.

From there, you've got monthly and weekly planning, plus studio-specific tools and prompts for your systems, money, marketing, student retention, team, events, equipment and more.

So although it says 2027 on the cover, you don't have to wait until January to start using it.

The 2027 Pilates Studio Owner Planner is available now. You can have a look at the Australian Edition here:

https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/4581886103/pilates-studio-planner-2027-australian

Not in Australia? There's an International Edition in the Pilates Shop too

28/09/2026

I’m excited to be teaching a workshop on Pilates for Breast Cancer for the Pilates Association Australia this October!

It’s a topic that’s very close to my heart, both personally and professionally. I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned through my own experience of breast cancer treatment and recovery, alongside almost 30 years of teaching Pilates and working with people in rehabilitation and movement settings.

We’ll talk about some of the ways breast cancer treatment can affect movement and exercise, and how we as Pilates instructors can safely and appropriately support clients through treatment and as they return to movement afterwards.

There’ll be plenty of practical information around programming and things to consider when working with clients, all within our scope as Pilates instructors.

If this is an area you’d like to feel more confident working in, I’d love to have you join me live on Zoom.

📅 Friday 9 October
⏰ 1.30–3.00pm AEDT | 10.30am–12.00pm AWST
💻 Online via Zoom
🎓 1.5 PDPs
💜 PAA Members $30 | Non-members $70

It’s open to both members and non-members, and a recording will be available if you can’t attend live on the day.

You can register here:
https://member.pilates.org.au/iCore/Events/Events_List.aspx

25/09/2026

I made a thing!

These are Pilates consent cards, and they've been sitting in my “I should really get around to doing something with that” pile for quite a while.

The idea came from a post by the gorgeous Molly Tipping, a Feldenkrais practitioner and consent educator here in Perth. Molly had been using playing cards in her group classes to give people a simple way to indicate how much interaction they wanted that day.

I loved the idea and thought a Pilates-specific version could work really well.

Each client pops a card beside their mat or reformer:

HANDS-ON
Happy to receive hands-on cueing.

HANDS-OFF
Verbal cues only, please.

And if they'd rather just do their own thing without individual cueing, they tuck the card away.

They can flip it over or put it away at any point during class, so whatever they choose at the beginning doesn't have to stay that way.

Anyway, I finally stopped tinkering with them and had them printed. They're now available in sets of 20 on Etsy for anyone who thinks they might be useful in their classes too.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/JustSayHeyAustralia

09/09/2026

This weekend’s workshop at Featherstone Physio Pilates. There are just a few spots left if anyone wants to come along! Bookings at https://www.feather-stone.com.au/events

04/09/2026

How much attention do you give your feet? 👣

Considering they carry us around all day, help us balance, adapt to different surfaces and play such an important role in keeping us moving well as we get older, probably not enough!

Next Saturday I’m teaching my Love Your Feet workshop at Featherstone Pilates Studio.

We’ll spend 90 minutes exploring how your feet work and, more importantly, what you can actually do to keep them strong, mobile and responsive.

We’ll play with simple foot exercises, movement experiments and balance challenges, and I’ll give you practical strategies you can easily continue at home.

Whether you’re already noticing changes in your feet or balance, or simply want to look after them now so they keep looking after you, this workshop is for you.

You’ll also take home a Balance Toolkit valued at $129, so you can keep practising what we cover.

📅 Saturday, 12th of September
🕦 11:30 am–1:00 pm
📍 Featherstone Pilates Studio, Mosman Park, WA

Bookings:
https://www.feather-stone.com.au/events

Come and spend 90 minutes giving your feet a little more attention. They’ve earned it! 👣

02/09/2026

Perth Pilates teachers: I have a few mentoring sessions coming up over the next couple of months, starting this Sunday with Lower Back Pain.

These are small-group, practical sessions where we can dig a little deeper into topics that come up regularly when teaching Pilates, with plenty of opportunity for discussion, questions and exploring ideas together.

Upcoming sessions:

📍 Sunday 6th of September | Lower Back Pain
📍 Sunday 20th of September | Advanced Reformer Repertoire
📍 Sunday 11th of October | Pelvic Floor
📍 Sunday 25th of October | Reformer Jumpboard

Sessions are held at Club Pilates Applecross, from 12.30–2.30 pm, with a maximum of 8 teachers per session.

$75 per 2-hour session.

You’re very welcome to come along to one session or join me for a few.

More information + bookings:

Join Pilates educator and teacher trainer Liz Wilson for small-group mentoring sessions designed to help Pilates teachers develop their knowledge,...

23/06/2026

I'm excited to present a new workshop as part of Polestar Education Australia's 2026 continuing education schedule ⚡️

Programming for Dynamic Reformer Flows is coming to Perth 👉Sunday 16th August at Club Pilates Applecross. Join live in person or online from anywhere ✨

Full details and bookings available at https://www.polestarpilates.edu.au/continuing-education/ 🤓

27/05/2026

Every week I send out a free Pilates class to the subscribers on my email list 😊

This week’s class is a full-body Pilates flow using an optional mini ball to add a little extra challenge, support, and movement feedback throughout the session.

No ball? No problem - a rolled-up bath towel works well too.

If you’d like to receive the class, you can sign up via the link in the comments below.

21/05/2026

I’ll be teaching a series of pop-up classes at Club Pilates Applecross this Sunday 😊

If you’ve been wanting to join me for an in-person class, I’d love to see you there.

Booking link in the comments below.