Our new ‘get fit’ goal: to focus on strength, health and wellbeing.
We set out to discover Adelaide’s best body and mind fitness classes helping you find your ultimate happy place.
1. Relax the Mind And Sweat It Out.
We’re turning up the heat.
This is more than just a fitness class… expect improved flexibility and a complete rebalancing of the body and mind. Hot yoga is the ultimate detox style of fitness, where you can relax, zen and completely recharge.
If you haven’t worked out in 36-degree heat before, try it at Yogafusion.
THE BARKAN METHOD
No it’s not Bikram yoga. Originating from Calcutta, India, Barkan yoga focuses on vitalising, stretching and strengthening your body using various poses within a heated environment. You’ll also improve concentration which helps quiet the mind and nourish the soul.
THE BENEFIT OF HEAT
The Far Infra Red (FIR) heating warms tissues, allowing more flexibility and a deeper relaxation of the body. The added heat also motivates your body to burn more calories per session than non-heat yoga sessions. After 20 minutes of practice, fat metabolism and breakdown is activated. The perfect detox, sweat and cleanse.
PREP YOURSELF
Stay hydrated before, during and after class. For extra energy, eat a light meal two hours prior or easily-digestible fruit up to an hour before class.
THE BENEFITS
Physical, mental and spiritual enhancement
Increase fitness
Improve flexibility
Build strength and restore optimal health
Normalise weight
Reduce stress
Sweat and detox
14 The Parade, Norwood Ph 0419 339 231
yogafusion.com.au
2. The Ultimate Anti-Gravity Experience
Channel your inner acrobat with Adelaide’s leading aerial yoga studio.
Flip, swing and fly through space without even noticing that you’re working out. At Adelaide Pilates Studio you’ll have a blast performing poses, inversions and other movements suspended off the ground with the help of a hammock. The fitness class incorporating a mixture of fun, flexibility, strength and posture improvement.
AntiGravity® Aerial Yoga
Invented by a former gymnast, Christopher Harrison, AntiGravity Yoga or Aerial Yoga is a series of exercises inspired by calisthenics, acrobatics, pilates, and yoga. During Aerial Yoga you make use of a hammock-like circus fabric, which supports the body in its movements. Aerial Yoga helps realign the body through various poses combined with the pull of gravity to strengthen the muscles and improve posture. Classes can range from gentle and restorative to very demanding depending on how the hammock is used, making it suitable for people of all levels of experience and physical ability.
New to Aerial Yoga?
Attend an Open Beginner Introductory Class first to learn the safety elements of how to get in and out of the hammocks. You’ll explore and learn the movements you’ll be performing in class.
FUN FACT
The oldest Adelaide Pilates Studio client is 78. They cater for all ages, “the older you become, the more important it is to keep moving”.
THE BENEFITS
Decompression and alignment of the spine
Strengthening and lengthening of the body
Upper body and core strengthening
Improved balance
Body awareness
Increased spacial intelligence
Relieving stress and anxiety
First Class Free
simply mention you’re an SA Style reader and experience improved fitness, strength and muscle tone with one of the studio’s many classes.
421 Magill Rd, St Morris Ph 0406 731 447
adelaidepilatesstudio.com.au
3. Strengthen Your Core And Enhance Flexibility
It’s time to improve your quality of life.
At Therapia Physiotherapy and Pilates you’ll truly channel whole body fitness. Flexibility, strength, core control, mindfulness, balance, cardio – all in the one workout. Located in the heart of the city, sign up for a 45-min Equipment Pilates class and see what all the fuss is about.
THE PILATES/PHYSIO
While strengthening your core is certainly a bonus of pilates, the exercise regime is also used to improve your postural alignment, reduce pain wherever it may be and improve your strength and flexibility, both internally and externally. Combining physiotherapy and pilates is an excellent way to treat and prevent injuries.
TAILORED WORKOUTS
For equipment pilates classes, each client goes through one-on-one assessment and a pilates program is developed to cater to their individual needs and goals, utilising the range of equipment available in the studio.
THE BENEFITS
Increased overall tone, strength and endurance
Improved posture and body awareness
Relaxation and improved breathing efficiency
Flatter and firmer abdominal muscles
Injury prevention
25 North St, Adelaide Ph o8 8221 5011
therapia.com.au
photography Megan Voo
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