Welcome
Miss O Pilates, founded by Olivia Hawkey, distinguishes itself with a holistic approach to Health and Wellbeing, providing Corporate Pilates classes and Private sessions at your workplace or home. With a sincere dedication to the individual experience, classes are designed to be engaging, dynamic, challenging & enjoyable.
Olivia has 13 years of experience in the fitness industry, gaining her professional accreditations at the Australian Institute of Fitness & Elixr School of Pilates. Working as a Personal Trainer and with a background in education, she was drawn to Pilates, fascinated by the graceful, intuitive, yet challenging nature of the movement.
With a lifelong passion for movement and exercise, she designs her classes to be engaging, dynamic, challenging and enjoyable. Olivia continually strives for excellence to ensuring all participants achieve positive outcomes through superior service and care.
“My wife and I have been doing Olivia’s Pilates classes for the last 6 months and we are addicted! Olivia is professional and knowledgeable but she also has a calmness and warmth to her which makes us feel comfortable and unintimidated.
We always leave class feeling energised, positive and like we have just done something amazing for our bodies and our minds. Pilates with Olivia is something we love and has become a priority for both of us in contributing to our health, fitness and lifestyle. She really is amazing!”
“Harries” Bondi Rescue
“Olivia’s classes are essential to my mobility and wellbeing. She is an excellent instructor, who is deeply committed to her work and enables everyone to feel comfortable working at their own level. She has built a loyal band of regulars in our organisation. Very highly recommended.”
Robyn, HCF
“Olivia is a wonderful Pilates teacher: always warm and friendly, but rigorous too. She keeps a careful eye on each student, correcting us when we need it and encouraging us when we’re doing well. I know my posture and core strength have improved as a result of her excellent classes.”
Jane McCredie Writer/Journalist/Publisher
“Being brand new to Pilates, I found Olivia to have one of the clearest and most accessible communication styles as a teacher in group classes. I went on to work with Olivia privately to address some issues I had with neck tension, muscular imbalances and weakness, as well as to learn and maintain correct posture and alignment through classes.
I found Olivia to be an inspiring teacher. As a result of my private classes, I now have a stronger body that can maintain correct posture, while keeping my neck free of tension. Olivia has given me the foundations for a successful Pilates practice well into the future.”
Jenny Spinak, Sydney Opera House
“I have been fortunate enough to have Olivia as my Pilates instructor for the past year and a half. I get great pleasure from attending her classes, as I find that she is such an outstanding instructor, who is always so professional and inspiring. She is very focused on correct technique and ensures that
everyone in the class is getting the most out of their practice.
In addition, she always has time to help each individual during the class and also outside of class. She has often come up to me when she has seen me outside of the class to advise me on ways to improve my technique. I find this amazing as it shows just how much she cares about Pilates and the people she teaches. She is also such a lovely, approachable person who is
really warm to deal with.”
Izzy, SBS
About Pilates
Pilates is an intelligent system of mind-body exercises, founded by Joseph Pilates, designed to strengthen the whole body with a specific focus on core strength and stability, posture and flexibility.
The method pays attention to principles of precision of movement, postural alignment, efficient breathing, control and concentration. Practicing these principles will help you develop a gracefulness, balance, and ease in your practice and everyday life.
Integrating the original principles of Pilates with the latest of scientific research provides both safe and effective training.
Improves posture and mind-body awareness.
Increases muscular strength.
Provides a full-body conditioning program.
Restores muscle imbalance / creates symmetry.
Increases flexibility and range of motion.
Develops balance and coordination skills.
Strengthens the spine and stability of core.
Relieves tension and strain within the body.
Prevents injuries / safe form of rehabilitation.
Encourages the release of endorphins,
enhancing calmness and well-being.
Pilates is an intelligent system of exercise for everyone. Men, women and children, from beginners through to elite athletes can benefit from having a healthier spine, a stronger core, and improving the mechanics of how you sit, stand, and walk.
Joseph Pilates was born in Germany, and as a child suffered from various illnesses, including asthma, rickets and rheumatic fever. To overcome his health problems, he became fascinated in anatomy and how the body moved, and began his life journey to practice different forms of exercise to condition his body and improve his health.
During World War I, Joseph Pilates was interned to a camp on The Isle of Man. It was here that he began to develop his physical fitness program and devising apparatus to help rehabilitate the sick and disabled patients within the hospital. He used bed springs and beer keg rings to create resistance exercise equipment for his patients. These were the beginnings of some of the equipment we use today. After the war, Joseph returned to Germany and was invited by the German Government to train the new army. Recognizing the implications, Joseph decided to leave Germany and travel to America. It was on the boat to America that Joseph met his wife Clara, and in 1926 they established their first Pilates Studio in New York. The studio became extremely popular amongst the dance community who experienced the positive effects his method had on their training and rehabilitation of injuries.
Throughout his career, Joseph developed over 600 exercises, and wrote two books about his unique system of exercise. During that time, he trained a number of students who not only applied his work to their own lives but became teachers of the Pilates method themselves. This first generation of teachers who trained directly with Joseph Pilates is often
referred to as the Pilates Elders. Some commited themselves to passing along Joseph Pilates’ work exactly as as he taught it. This approach is called “classical style” Pilates. Other students went on to integrate what they learned with their own research in anatomy and exercise sciences.
The Pilates method is today practiced in many countries around the world, and continues to have a profound effect in the many, many benefits that it provides.
Services
Our service offers convenience for employees, efficiency for employers, as staff can attend sessions at their workplace that will energise the body and calm the mind.
Suitable for beginners through to advanced levels, the weekly classes are 50 minutes in length, running over an 8 week term and are paid by employees. Some employers may contribute towards the cost.
Classes are carefully choreographed to provide well-balanced full body workouts that increase energy, improve posture, encouraging healthier living and management of stress.
A boardroom or meeting room large
enough for a class.
A Pilates or Yoga mat for each person.
8 - 10 participants / $20
11 - 14 participants / $18
15 - 20 participants / $16
Corporate Pilates mat classes are charged per person with an agreed term length. All Prices include GST. Smaller classes can be arranged.
Please contact Miss O to personally discuss your requirements.
A wonderful way to focus on your individual needs, injuries, or personal concerns is through a private Pilates lesson. This can be done in your workplace, or the comfort and convenience of your own home.
Private lessons are the most effective way to improve body awareness, learn the principles and technique, progressing through each stage with personalised attention and guidance.
Physio Rollers, therabands and mats are provided. Contact Miss O for prices and locations serviced.
Contact
Olivia Hawkey
Pilates Instructor
Personal Trainer
Sydney, Australia
olivia@missopilates.com
T + 0402 286 936
ABN. 76 719 315 272
