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Qualified Pilates & Barre Instructor

✔ Pilates Teacher (Levels 1 & 2)
✔ Barre Instructor
✔ Strength Training for Fitness Professionals CEC
✔ APPI Reformer on the Mat CEC
✔ Pilates Props: Foam Roller, Resistance Bands & Small Ball CECs

29/07/2026
13/07/2026

Pilates Confession...

Yes, breathing is important in Pilates.

But no...

There isn't one magical inhale and exhale pattern that every instructor on Earth follows.

You won't get sent to Pilates jail if you inhale when someone else would exhale.

Different Pilates schools, instructors, and training providers teach breathing slightly differently. Some cue:

Exhale on the effort.
Inhale on the return.

Others teach:

Inhale to lengthen.
Exhale to reconnect.

Both are valid approaches.

The most important thing?

Keep breathing.

Holding your breath creates unnecessary tension and can make movements feel harder than they need to.

As you become more experienced, your breath will naturally begin to support your movement.

So if you ever catch yourself thinking...

"Oh no, I forgot whether I was supposed to inhale or exhale!"

Take a breath.

Keep moving.

And remember...

There is no Pilates police waiting to arrest you for breathing at the "wrong" time.

Movement first.
Breath second.
Perfection never.

That's what Foundations is all about.

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Port Pirie West, SA
5540

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