Studio Kaya

each month, we celebrate our consistent members! getting to know each other better especially since we’re boutique & the vibe is giving ✨ close friend group ✨ what better way than a cheeky Q&A! 👉🏼

a beautiful māmā so hard to define with words ✨ (she even got her own mum hooked!) we love her strength, growing confidence & peak form *chef’s kiss * 😚 🤌🏽 a queen of watering her own garden - she’s been with Studio Kaya since the very start & we’re so grateful she chooses to step out of her comfort zone with us 😍

over to Whai ;
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🤹🏼‍♀️What keeps you busy:
Definitely my kids 💕 outside of schooling and sports, I squeeze in Pilates and the gym…and I can’t forget the never ending housework

☕️Favourite drink:
Coffee! Followed closely by mandarin yuzu kombucha

🏃🏽‍♀️Favourite activewear brand:
Lululemon and Lorna Jane are my usual go-tos

🌶️Spiciest reformer move:
Hmm, I think they’re called short box squats? So spicy!

🎧Favourite workout song:
Anything upbeat and fun like tame impala or a good 90’s workout playlist

💕Friends describe you as:
Kind, creative and nurturing

⛅️Why you love coming to Studio Kaya:
The supportive atmosphere and the way I feel after every class keeps me coming back

🧚🏼‍♀️Your advice to people that want to try Reformer for the first time:
Be prepared to be hooked!

Hello everyone! 👋🏼

We've had some lovely sunny days, beautiful winter mornings, and gloomy days like today 🌧️ no matter the weather, we're here to help you keep your body moving! 🌶️🔥

A few updates for our members:

• JUMP INTO AUGUST! (1 August):

Next weekend for one day only, we have guest instructor Alyssa coming back to Picton & showing us how it's done reformer cardio-style! If you've been thinking of adding or increasing your cardio workouts; the prop we love: the JUMPBOARD is here! Using the jumpboard in a Reformer Pilates class offers several clear benefits relating to cardio fitness, strength, stability & proprioception. Spaces are filling in fast for Alyssa's 8am & 9am classes on Saturday, 1 August 🏃🏼‍♀️💨

• NO CLASSES (2 August - 8 August):

A week break from 2 August, Sunday to 8 August, Saturday while I go away for study travels. Back on track 9 August, Sunday! Again, thank you so much for your understanding & patience. As some of you may already know, I am also a Student Counsellor, and part of this journey involves travel four weeks in a year for on-site lectures and practicums. Sounds intense, but we love it here! And I honestly cannot wait to support people in more holistic ways in the near future 🤎⛅

• STUDIO SPOTLIGHT:

It seems we're delayed with selecting our next member to celebrate this month, we're getting there! We do this to acknowledge consistency, commitment & determination; the spotlight member of the month receives a free class valid for the month - to use for themselves, or for a guest. A quick Q&A will be fired through for us to get to know you a bit better, & you will be featured on our socials for the whole month (if comfortable 😌).

• QUICK VIBE CHECK | love notes from Dee:

💦 HYDRATE - before, during & after class! Coffee & cocktails do not count, I repeat, they do NOT count... unless you're me at 6:55am on a Tuesday or Thursday - coffee or cocktails? We'll never know 🤭

🧘🏼‍♀️ LISTEN TO YOUR BODY - Pilates is about quality over quantity. If something doesn't feel right, pause, communicate & modify the exercise or the movement. Need to rest in between exercises? Take a breath & reset - it's not only the movement that counts but also the thoughts & the way you align your mind with your body.

🪇 THE SHAKES! - The shakes are normal - YES they are. When a muscle is challenged (especially the ones that like to chill at the back of the bus), your nervous system recruits more motor units/muscle fibers controlled by a single nerve to help keep the movement going. Shaking is often more noticeable during slow, controlled movements, isometric holds, core stability & single-leg or balancing exercises. Even experienced Pilates clients & myself can shake when an exercise is appropriately challenging. Then we REPEAT the steps above ✨

& lastly, thank you for trusting us with your health & wellbeing; we pride ourselves with classes programmed carefully through Anatomy, progressions & regressions. In short, we love to make it fun, challenging & zen all at the same time! 💞 there's SO much more to come including FORM - intermediate classes being placed back on the schedule - YAY! ❤️‍🔥

Your positive feedback keeps us going & it helps us become more visible to others that would like to try Reformer Pilates in Picton, but need a boost! Please leave us a review on Google: https://g.page/r/CWNvLZB1eC0hEBM/review or here on Facebook 💌 we'd so appreciate it! x

See you on the Reformer soon,

Dee 🧡
Director/Instructor
Studio Kaya | Reformer Pilates

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✨📣 JUMP INTO AUGUST! ❤️‍🔥🤸🏽‍♀️
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hey Picton! is it just us or is it FREEZING?! 🥶

winter’s last month is coming; what better way to beat it than to introduce Reformer Jumpboard to Picton! 🔥 whether cardio is your thing or not, the Jumpboard offers low-impact, focused, plyometric movements that improve muscle strength, agility & balance ✨

keen to try? Alyssa 🍃 is back on the first day of the last month of winter to help us beat the cold! 🥵 (yeah, Picton loved her so much that she couldn’t stay away too long 🥰)
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bookings now LIVE on the Studio Bookings app/website!
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So cool to have other experienced instructors & studio owners through our own boutique studio in Picton!
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If you’re ever in Timaru, check out Nurture Fitness NZ 🤍

Great to meet Dee today .nz in Picton. Great class definitely got a taste of my own medicine today!