Romana's Pilates in Canberra, Australia.
What is Romana's Pilates?
Joseph Pilates developed Pilates, initially referred to as Contrology, as documented in his book Return to Life, published in 1945. Throughout his lifetime, Joseph worked closely with his wife Clara and his protégés to refine his system of exercises and to perfect the apparatus it was performed on.
One of his closest protégé was Romana Krysonowska, who trained with him from the age of 14. When Joseph passed away in 1967, Romana was entrusted to carry the legacy of Joe's work, which she did with great passion. She travelled extensively, inspiring new instructors worldwide to learn and teach classical Pilates at the highest standard.
There are six principles in Romana's Pilates.
1. Centering - Centering the mind and the body.
2. Concentration - every exercise is done with total concentration from beginning to end.
3. Control - when you are centred and concentrating, there is total control through the movement.
4. Precision - Precision or quality is more important than quantity. This is why classical Pilates does not have a lot of repetitions.
5. Breath - Once you learn the exercises well, they become part of your body, and you see that the movement is the breath, and then you are in...
6. Flow - A state of connection and freedom.
Your Instructor
Diana Haddow has over 20 years of experience teaching Classical Pilates, receiving her first certification from Romana in 2003. . She has travelled extensively, and worked with everyone from Olympians and para-Olympians to pianists.
Diana's passion for teaching is fueled by an intuitive ability to get the best from her student's body, mind and spirit.
Diana has also studied with Master instructors Cynthia Lochard, Bob Liekens, Sari Meji Santo, Daria Pace, and Juanita Lopez as well as Blossom Leilani Crawford, and Karine Cid. She is a qualified PT, Thai Massuse, Vinyasa Yoga and Yin yoga teacher and has an advanced diploma in Pilates Instruction.
The Studio
Sun Studio is comprehensively equipped with hand-made authentic pilates apparatus from the world-renowned artisan suppliers Gratz and Legacy. The devil is in the details, so they say, and in this case, it most certainly is. Your session at Sun Studio Pilates will take you places you never knew you wanted to go.
The studio currently offers private and duet sessions by appointment only.