Stretch & Flex Classes

Improve your flexibility in a small class environment. Stuart's experience in Innovations in Pilates and Stretch Therapy combine with his understanding of how the body functions as a whole to make these classes some of the best on flexibility that you'll experience in Melbourne. His 20+ years of Martial Arts training ensures the sessions can be as difficult or as easy as they need to be -- let your body dictate the pace.

Perhaps you'd like to feel more freedom in your back, hips or shoulders. Maybe you're a sportsperson who needs appropriate flexibility training, or you have an injury that could be helped through stretching. Or maybe you just love the way stretching feels and the escape from the daily grind that it brings. Whatever your reason, why not check out one of our Stretch & Flex classes?

What do you do in a Stretch & Flex class?

By using Therapeutic Muscle Stretching and Stretch Therapy, along with other scientifically-based methods, you will be guided through a number of stretching exercises. Each session focuses on one or two major muscle groups, and some stretches use more mattwork (floor) while others use equipment. For improving flexibility, we use a contract-relax method, in which a joint is taken to its safe end range of motion. While there, a contraction of the stretched muscle is performed, which allows a further release of the joint into a greater range of motion. We often perform these stretches with partners and on the equipment in the studio, thereby enhancing the safety and effectiveness of many of the stretches.

We also perform active stretches, which means that muscles are stretched while moving through a range of motion. This is important for making your new-found flexibility effective in day-to-day activities.

Term Times: 

Monday: 8:00pm - 9:15pm

Term Costs

For further information, see our Times & Costs page.