2026 schedule

the pilates expo 2026

workshop Sessions

Beyond the burn

Steph Neal

Beyond the Burn explores how to shift Pilates from endurance to true strength training. In this practical workshop, you’ll learn simple ways to adjust load, reps, and layering so clients build real strength — and experience it in your own body before bringing it straight into class.


Teach to heal

Claudia Domancie

Learn to read and address pain at its source with Claudia Domancie, creator of the Body Story Method™. This 90 Minute workshop teaches you to decode body movement, gestures, and compensations to transform fear-based modification into healing-focused movement. Gain hands-on practice, assessment tools, and a holistic approach to confidently work with clients in pain.


Anatomy academy

Kira-Leigh Rule

When a client walks in with an injury or pregnancy announcement, your class plan shouldn’t fall apart. In this practical, scenario-based workshop, Physiotherapist and Global Educator Kira-Leigh Rule teaches how to confidently modify for common injuries and prenatal needs while keeping class flow, safety, and engagement for every client — from beginners to athletes.


Reforming Recovery

Hope Spencer

Discover how reformer Pilates can help women not just recover, but truly thrive after breast cancer treatment. Physiotherapist and cancer rehabilitation specialist Hope Spencer will unpack the latest research on exercise oncology and translate it into practical Pilates applications. Learn how to modify movement for post-surgical needs, restore upper body mobility, and empower clients to reconnect with their strength, balance, and confidence.


Shaken to the core

richmond heath

Shaking in Pilates isn’t a loss of control — it’s the body’s natural way of restoring balance. Physiotherapist Richmond Heath introduces neurogenic movement and TRE, a trauma-informed method that helps recalibrate tension, reduce pain, and reawaken deep core stability. This interactive session explores how spontaneous movement supports better control, improved movement patterns, and a more connected Pilates practice — in the studio and beyond.

Inversions on the reformer

david tran

Learn to teach and progress reformer inversions with clarity, control, and confidence. From Long Spine to advanced moves like Overhead and Pikes, this workshop breaks down the principles of safe, effective inversions. Instructors will gain practical tools to modify for all levels, cue with precision, and help clients approach inversions with strength, stability, and trust.

Refine and align

Vanessa De Santi

Discover how the half dowel can enhance alignment, posture, and flow in every mat class. This interactive workshop blends classical and contemporary sequences, giving instructors fresh programming ideas and powerful new cueing strategies. Leave with practical tools you can apply immediately to refine technique, re-energise clients, and elevate your teaching.

Unilateral moves, universal gains

helen stamatakos

Experience how single-side training can enhance balance, coordination, and movement efficiency. Helen Stamatakos guides you through targeted sequences that improve pelvic–shoulder integration, challenge core stability, and address real-world movement imbalances. With a focus on clear anatomy and creative flow, this interactive masterclass delivers practical strategies you can apply immediately in any Reformer setting.

Movement to support function

Charell Berg

Learn to create purposeful, fluid Reformer sequences for clients of all abilities. Charell shows how movement can support the lymphatic, nervous, musculoskeletal, and immune systems, helping you deliver results, build trust, and empower clients through functional, full-body wellness.

Concrete hips to buttery bliss

Ava rodriguez

Tackle the missing piece that blocks mobility, alignment, and strength that doesn't transfer. Get ready for the light bulb moments your teaching and body have been waiting for — transform tight, stuck hips into smooth, empowered movement.

Seed Cycling: natural hormone balance for every stage of life

Sarina Coventry

Discover how this simple, natural practice can support hormone health, reduce PMS and period symptoms, balance emotions, and boost energy and overall wellness. Learn to work with your body — not against it — and feel empowered through every stage of life.

Moving with strength

Monica Makmud

Learn how Pilates can support clients before and after hip replacement surgery. Monica shares practical strategies to rebuild strength, improve mobility, and boost confidence, helping clients move safely and regain independence.

The Menezes Method

Allan menezes

Join Allan to rethink Reformer technique for strength, precision, and spinal health. Learn practical strategies to improve core activation, mobility, and safe movement patterns while reducing strain and enhancing client results.

Beyond the dos and don'ts 

Jess Jenkins

Jess shows how to design reformer classes that truly support pregnant clients. Learn safe core work, pelvic floor training, and strategies to improve mobility, stability, and confidence throughout pregnancy and postpartum.

Classical concepts for modern reformer

Jessica Davey

Discover how to bring classical reformer sequences into today’s class format. Jessica guides you through smooth transitions, purposeful programming, and progressions toward advanced exercises, helping clients build strength, skill, and confidence.

Programming with purpose

tam O'Reilly 

Programming with purpose focuses on building intelligent instructors that know the WHY behind what they are doing, as well as giving a clear framework for new instructors to easily program and move into teaching. Join Tam for this fun workshop and you will walk away with three solid programming structures that ensure every class is a success.

Knee confidence

Michael Sudario

In this theory and practical workshop, we will review the functional anatomy and biomechanics of the knee joint and discuss the common pathologies of the knee seen in the Pilates studio including Knee Osteoarthritis, Knee Replacements, ACL and meniscal tears. Then we will dive into Pilates Studio programming using Reformer Tower, Wunda Chair, and Pilates Props to maintain knee stability and function.

Playing with balance, feet first

codie Decaux

Discover the hidden potential of your feet and transform your balance in this innovative workshop led by Pilates Instructor and Myotherapist Codie Decaux from The Foot Collective. This session bridges the gap between years of research into play and the Pilates approach to movement, offering practical techniques that complement your existing practice.

Joe's gadgets

Olga tamara

This session explores Joseph Pilates’ original small apparatus and how these tools enhance alignment, refine movement, and deepen your Classical practice.

Pilates for mental health

Camila galvao & Luisa Lins

Movement is more than physical — it shapes how we feel, think, and connect.
In this inspiring workshop, Camila and Luisa explore the powerful relationship between Pilates and wellbeing, showing how movement can support mental health, emotional regulation, and genuine human connection.

Extend yourself

Carla mullins

In this workshop, Carla breaks down the anatomy of the spine and breath, explores when (and when not) to extend, and teaches clear progressions for safer, stronger movement — from Cat–Cow to Swan variations. Perfect for teachers wanting more confidence, clarity, and control in spinal extension.

Pilates as an evidence-based rehab modality

Raphael Bender

Raphael Bender presents his Whole Person Framework, a clear, science-based approach to using Pilates for pain and injury recovery. Learn how to work confidently with the whole person—integrating body, mind, and daily life—using current pain science while keeping Pilates creative and effective. With health fund rebates returning, this session prepares you for the growing demand in Pilates-based rehabilitation.

Working with hypermobile bodies

Sue Nash

This workshop explores practical strategies for teaching hypermobile bodies with confidence. Learn effective cueing, prop use, simple modifications, and communication tools to safely strengthen, stretch, and empower hypermobile clients, drawn from real-world teaching experience.

A Fascial approach to pilates

Michelle Ward

In this practical workshop, we will explore the primary myofascial lines and how they organise and support the body within Pilates. Through focused movement, you will experience each line in your own body and clarify how it contributes to stability, connection, and control.

We will then consider how this lens may support your observation and decision-making within the work.