PILATES INSTRUCTOR




PILATES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

You can do Pilates if you have a disability. Manage your pain and discomfort, heal your injuries, boost your energy, and make your everyday life easier. You don’t have to be flexible or strong to start. Just show up.

PRENATAL PILATES CLASSES

Pilates can help make your pregnancy more comfortable. We use props, supports, and gentle exercise so you feel safe and pain-free. Pilates during pregnancy makes for an easier, safer labour and delivery, and faster recovery time.


PILATES FOR YOU


Pilates is adaptable, whatever your needs are. Whether you’re pregnant and exhausted, managing whiplash, struggling with arthritis, or simply want to exercise regularly, Pilates can help.


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1:1 CLASSES


After we’ve done 5 sessions together, you can stay on with me for private classes or move into a semi-private or group class, depending on your needs, schedule, and budget.


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CUSTOMIZED TO YOUR NEEDS


I trained with STOTT Pilates, certifying to teach Reformer and Mat. I am the only STOTT Pilates trained instructor worldwide who has cerebral palsy. This led me to a particular interest in treating disability and trauma.


PROPER PREPARATION

My disability gives me a unique perspective as a Pilates instructor, and empathy for clients who might feel intimidated to try.

GET THE BASICS, THEN PROGRESS

Pilates can be adapted for any ability, fitness level, size, or medical condition. I offer 1:1 and semi-private classes in person and on Zoom.

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WHAT IS PILATES?


Pilates is a series of exercises, done on mats and equipment, that helps to manage pain and heal injuries, from migraines to ankle sprains and everything in between. After you’ve seen the physiotherapist to manage acute pain, the Pilates teacher helps you to treat the chronic discomfort. Pilates is not for weight loss, and should not be treated as a solution to lose weight. Pilates is for mobility, flexibility, strength, ease of movement, and exercise.


REHAB PILATES

I work with clients who have a variety of different disabilities and conditions: arthritis, Erb’s palsy, spinal stenosis, vertigo, stroke, cancer, bulimia, diabetes, ADHD, and COPD. Clients use Pilates to ease their aches and pains and manage their symptoms. Clients have improved their posture and balance, resumed daily activities with far less pain and discomfort, quit smoking, taken up other forms of exercise, adopted healthier eating habits, and delivered their babies safely and easily.

REFORMER PILATES

Start on the reformer if you’re injured or have been in an accident. Equipment provides gentle support for your classes. It treats everything from whiplash to foot fractures (you can even do classes while you have a boot or cast on!) The weight of the equipment quickly helps you develop coordination, body control, balance, and strength.

MAT PILATES

Want to have better balance? You’ll need stronger abs, faster reflexes, and to ease your body out of fight or flight mode. The mat is one of the fastest places to build core strength, get a much stronger upper body, ease hip pain, and tone that tushy. Clients who have struggled with balance issues have better balance in no time with consistent Pilates classes. If you can’t access reformer classes – especially due to temporary studio closures – the mat works just as well, delivering a low-impact full body workout.


NORAH MYERS

FOUNDER & OWNER


‘I put my clients first, value good relationships, and offer classes that are patient, creative, and calm.’ – Norah Myers.





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WELLNESS BY NORAH


My disability gives me a unique perspective as a Pilates instructor, and empathy for clients who might feel intimidated to try. Pilates can be adapted for any ability, fitness level, size, or medical condition.



WELLNESS BY NORAH

I have a disability myself, and I have helped clients with Erb’s palsy, ADHD, Greaves’ disease, COPD, and diabetes. I personalize classes based on your needs and the particular presentation of your condition or disability.



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Pilates Etc
210 – 2186 Oak Bay Ave
Victoria, B.C. Canada

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250 893 1715