Pilates Association Podcast

Register for the PAA Conference here Hello and welcome to this Presenter Introduction series of the Pilates Association Australia Podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hildebrand and I’m privileged to bring you this series in the lead-up to the biggest event on the Australian Pilates calendar — the 2025 PAA International Conference, taking place in Sydney this September. From September 12th to the 14th the...

Register for the PAA Conference here Hello and welcome to this Presenter Introduction series of the Pilates Association Australia Podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hildebrand and I’m privileged to bring you this series in the lead-up to the biggest event on the Australian Pilates calendar — the 2025 PAA International Conference, taking place in Sydney this September. From September 12th to the 14th the...

Register for the PAA Conference here Hello and welcome to this Presenter Introduction series of the Pilates Association Australia Podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hildebrand and I’m privileged to bring you this series in the lead-up to the biggest event on the Australian Pilates calendar — the 2025 PAA International Conference, taking place in Sydney this September. From September 12th to the 14th the...

Register for the PAA Conference here Hello and welcome to this Presenter Introduction series of the Pilates Association Australia Podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hildebrand and I’m privileged to bring you this series in the lead-up to the biggest event on the Australian Pilates calendar — the 2025 PAA International Conference, taking place in Sydney this September. From September 12th to the 14th the...

Register for the PAA Conference here Hello and welcome to this Presenter Introduction series of the Pilates Association Australia Podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hildebrand and I’m privileged to bring you this series in the lead-up to the biggest event on the Australian Pilates calendar — the 2025 PAA International Conference, taking place in Sydney this September. From September 12th to the 14th the...

Register for the PAA Conference here Hello and welcome to this Presenter Introduction series of the Pilates Association Australia Podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hildebrand and I’m privileged to bring you this series in the lead-up to the biggest event on the Australian Pilates calendar — the 2025 PAA International Conference, taking place in Sydney this September. From September 12th to the 14th the...

Register for the PAA Conference here Hello and welcome to this Presenter Introduction series of the Pilates Association Australia Podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hildebrand and I’m privileged to bring you this series in the lead-up to the biggest event on the Australian Pilates calendar — the 2025 PAA International Conference, taking place in Sydney this September. From September 12th to the 14th the...

Register for the PAA Conference here Hello and welcome to this Presenter Introduction series of the Pilates Association Australia Podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hildebrand and I’m privileged to bring you this series in the lead-up to the biggest event on the Australian Pilates calendar — the 2025 PAA International Conference, taking place in Sydney this September. From September 12th to the 14th the...

Register for the PAA Conference here Hello and welcome to this Presenter Introduction series of the Pilates Association Australia Podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hildebrand and I’m privileged to bring you this series in the lead-up to the biggest event on the Australian Pilates calendar — the 2025 PAA International Conference, taking place in Sydney this September. From September 12th to the 14th the...

Register for the PAA Conference here Hello and welcome to this Presenter Introduction series of the Pilates Association Australia Podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hildebrand and I’m privileged to bring you this series in the lead-up to the biggest event on the Australian Pilates calendar — the 2025 PAA International Conference, taking place in Sydney this September. From September 12th to the 14th the...

In this episode of the podcast we're speaking with PAA President Robyn Rix to dive into the report from the Natural Therapies Review, specifically as it relates to Pilates. This review came  with a recommendation that Pilates, along with six other natural therapies,  should again be eligible for health fund  rebates, as was the case prior to April 2019. This review has been keenly anticipated...

In March 2025 Robyn Rix, PAA President was interviewed by Tom Elliot on 3AW. He wished to see if she could convince him to try a Pilates class. He asked questions about the cardiovascular benefits (of course), how Pilates works and whether he should give up other exercise and only do Pilates.  PAA Course Competency Criteria standards Visit the PAA website Find us on  Facebook Join the PAA Member F...

In this episode of the podcast we're speaking with newly elected Vice President of the PAA, Susie Bond. One of the goals of this podcast is to expand the conversation around the contribution the PAA aims to make to the Pilates industry, so I'm looking forward to discussing with Susie her aspirations in her role as the Vice President in working towards seeing the Pilates industry improve...

This season of the PAA podcast is focused on promoting the PAA Training Providers. By setting education benchmarks for Pilates training in Australia, the PAA enables prospective students to make the most informed decisions on their most suited training pathways.  Each episode in the season gives the spotlight to the current Pilates Training Providers associated with the PAA. We'll be discussi...

In the lead up to the PAA conference happening in August this year, we have a series of short podcast episodes to introduce each of the workshop presenters. On this episode we have Stephanie Sibel.    The PAA strives to continue promoting the expansion of the Pilates Method as a professional and valued healthcare and fitness discipline. The goal of the PAA podcast is to explore the many facets and...

In the lead up to the PAA conference happening in August this year, we have a series of short podcast episodes to introduce each of the workshop presenters. On this episode we have Susan Cottrell.    The PAA strives to continue promoting the expansion of the Pilates Method as a professional and valued healthcare and fitness discipline. The goal of the PAA podcast is to explore the many facets and...

In the lead up to the PAA conference happening in August this year, we have a series of short podcast episodes to introduce each of the workshop presenters. On this episode we have Carla Mullins.    The PAA strives to continue promoting the expansion of the Pilates Method as a professional and valued healthcare and fitness discipline. The goal of the PAA podcast is to explore the many facets and l...

In the lead up to the PAA conference happening in August this year, we have a series of short podcast episodes to introduce each of the workshop presenters. On this episode we have Richard Toutounji.    The PAA strives to continue promoting the expansion of the Pilates Method as a professional and valued healthcare and fitness discipline. The goal of the PAA podcast is to explore the many facets a...

In the lead up to the PAA conference happening in August this year, we have a series of short podcast episodes to introduce each of the workshop presenters. On this episode we have Kobi Jack.    The PAA strives to continue promoting the expansion of the Pilates Method as a professional and valued healthcare and fitness discipline. The goal of the PAA podcast is to explore the many facets and layer...

In the lead up to the PAA conference happening in August this year, we have a series of short podcast episodes to introduce each of the workshop presenters. On this episode we have Luisa Saiter Lins and Camila Galvão.    The PAA strives to continue promoting the expansion of the Pilates Method as a professional and valued healthcare and fitness discipline. The goal of the PAA podcast is to explore...

In the lead up to the PAA conference happening in August this year, we have a series of short podcast episodes to introduce each of the workshop presenters. On this episode we have Jakki Tobin.    The PAA strives to continue promoting the expansion of the Pilates Method as a professional and valued healthcare and fitness discipline. The goal of the PAA podcast is to explore the many facets and lay...

In the lead up to the PAA conference happening in August this year, we have a series of short podcast episodes to introduce each of the workshop presenters. On this episode we have Melissa Mazzarino.    The PAA strives to continue promoting the expansion of the Pilates Method as a professional and valued healthcare and fitness discipline. The goal of the PAA podcast is to explore the many facets a...

In the lead up to the PAA conference happening in August this year, we have a series of short podcast episodes to introduce each of the workshop presenters. On this episode we have Alice Evans.    The PAA strives to continue promoting the expansion of the Pilates Method as a professional and valued healthcare and fitness discipline. The goal of the PAA podcast is to explore the many facets and lay...

In the lead up to the PAA conference happening in August this year, we have a series of short podcast episodes to introduce each of the workshop presenters. On this episode we have Alexandra Bohlinger.    The PAA strives to continue promoting the expansion of the Pilates Method as a professional and valued healthcare and fitness discipline. The goal of the PAA podcast is to explore the many facets...

In the lead up to the PAA conference happening in August this year, we have a series of short podcast episodes to introduce each of the workshop presenters. On this episode we have Cynthia Lochard.    The PAA strives to continue promoting the expansion of the Pilates Method as a professional and valued healthcare and fitness discipline. The goal of the PAA podcast is to explore the many facets and...