MoveArt Pilates Studio
A Creative Space for Individualised Pilates and Movement
MoveArt Pilates Studio offers you a specialised creative space to practice and achieve positive fitness goals, designed especially with you in mind. Start as you are and be guided through a full Pilates apparatus studio including Reformer, Cadillac, Tower, Wunda Chair and more. Finding ways to connect with your individual functional movement, balance, tensile strength, self-awareness and beyond.
Experience a vast toolbox of inspiring creative fitness education and training methods.
Comprehensive Pilates integrated with FAMO Fascia Movement®, Somatic Movement, Clinical Somatic Movement Education, Anatomy Trains Structural Essentials Bodywork and more. All supported by highly experienced, certified teachers, along with the latest innovative scientific research to guide you to your ultimate health and well being.
Open up your tissues to feel more ease and create endless possibilities to nourish your life.
IN STUDIO, ONLINE OR AT YOUR PLACE
Escape the fast-paced daily grind to the tranquility of our boutique studio space located centrally in Auckland. Join our fun, like-minded community in the studio, at your place or online.
all ages & abilities welcome
INCLUDES
Sticky Socks
with all Starter Packs
Starter Packs
*NEW CLIENTS ONLY
Reformer Sampler
Intro
$155
1 x 45min private +
2 x reformer classes
Pilates Starter
Plus
$360
2 x 45min privates +
6 x reformer / studio
group classes
Pilates Starter Privates
$255
3 x 45min private sessions - focusing on you!
Conditions apply: One private session is required prior to joining any group class. Every starter pack includes one pair of sticky socks. Valid to use within one month. See class options available.
Pilates in focus
"We are changing the world one person at a time."
RAEL ISACOWITZ
Founder of BASI Pilates
MoveArt Pilates Studio honours the Pilates method and the legacy handed down by Joseph Pilates. MoveArt builds onto this forward-thinking method with creative programmes designed for each individuals goals and needs.
Start as you are, age or ability no barrier. Whether you are training for a goal or sport, recovering from injury, preparing for surgery. Or just want to start a regular nourishing fitness regime. Pilates has an emphasis on core strength, functional movement, body alignment and mind-body connection.
Pilates consists of a vast array of repertoire for all levels. Practice on the mat and resistance based studio equipment such as the Reformer, Tower, Ladder Barrel, Wunda Chair, other equipment and small props.
Free your tissues
FAMO FASCIA MOVEMENT®
FAMO is short for FAscia MOvement
Fascia = the body-wide fibrous tissue web that elastically surrounds, penetrates and connects all body systems. Stress & immobility dehydrates it and makes it matted & dense (like concrete!).
FAMO is a holistic movement concept that can be incorporated into all body-minded practices. Open up your tissues and find connection, create ease of function and inside-out wellbeing offering you endless possibilities to nourish your tissues and your life!
De-stress & mobilise with a rich blend of exercises that are linked through your fascia from one end of the body to the other giving you short-term and long-lasting benefits!
FAMO concepts are integrated within your group class or private or as a specialised class or workshop.
Teach your brain
SOMATIC MOVEMENT EDUCATION
"As we grow older, our bodies and our lives should continue to improve, right up until the very end."
THOMAS HANNA
Founder of Clinical Somatic Education
Discover somatic movement sequences in the tradition of Thomas Hanna. Stress, injury, and the demands of life can create unconscious patterns of tension and bracing within the nervous system. These habitual patterns, known as the three stress reflexes, can leave us feeling stiff, tired, sore, and disconnected from our bodies.
Through gentle somatic movement and pandiculation, a process of consciously contracting and slowly releasing muscles, you will learn to recognise and release chronic tension, improve movement, and reconnect with your body.
Offered through small group classes or private hands-on Clinical Somatic Education sessions, you will be guided through simple yet powerful movement sequences tailored to your individual needs.
Release & unwind
STRUCTURAL ESSENTIALS
BODYWORK
“The fascial system is the largest sensory system in our bodies.”
Private sessions using hands-on techniques on your soft tissues. With the intention to re-educate the body's structure.
Integrating Structural Essentials Anatomy Trains concepts and other bodywork methods to help make connections to link your fascia from one end of your body to the other.
Leading you towards restoring natural balance and fluid movement within your body & mind.
LIZ BROOKES
CERTIFIED SPECIALIST PILATES TEACHER, SOMATIC EDUCATOR & BODYWORKER
MoveArt Pilates Studio was created by movement educator Liz Brookes as a specialised space where you can practise moving with greater ease, achieve your individual goals, and deepen your connection with yourself and your community.
Liz has many strings to her bow, with movement forming a central part of her life from an early age, beginning with dance. She went on to study Yoga with Indian masters in the 1990s, train as a Somatic Yoga Movement Teacher and Somatic Educator, and explore a wide range of movement methodologies throughout her journey.
Liz is an internationally certified BASI™ Pilates Comprehensive Instructor, teaching a Pilates system grounded in scientific principles while celebrating the art and individuality of movement.
Fascinated by the body's interconnected web of fascia, muscles, bones, and the nervous system, Liz incorporates structural integration techniques inspired by the work of Thomas Myers and Anatomy Trains®. Her curiosity about what truly moves us led her to discover FAMO Fascia Movement, adding another dimension to her work that supports greater freedom to move, resilience and vitality.
Seeking a deeper understanding of how we move and experience ourselves through our bodies, Liz trained in Somatic Movement Education in the tradition of Thomas Hanna and has recently qualified as a Clinical Somatic Movement Educator. Through classes and one-to-one sessions, she guides you through gentle movement practices that help restore awareness and control of your body, release chronic tension and habitual movement patterns, and support lasting improvements in ease, comfort, and mobility so you can fully engage in the activities that nourish your life.
