Sue has over 30 years’ experience working in the health & fitness industry. Before discovering her natural ability to teach movement, Sue studied social work and worked in the student welfare unit at RMIT. At age 28 a move to the Kingdom of Tonga to teach English resulted in a surprise request to also teach aerobics to expats and the Tongan community. On return to Australia Sue studied fitness and worked for many years as a group trainer at the YMCA working with the general population and a wide variety of specialised groups including children, teens, older adults, returned servicemen and people with disabilities.

At age 40, Sue began experiencing several physical and personal challenges which fostered pivotal changes in her relationship toward exercise and movement. In 2003 she began her Pilates training, followed by Tai Chi training. Sue experienced personally, and through her clients, how this mindful way of movement created:

Greater vitality and a much better functioning body

Positive feelings in mind, body and soul

Sue is now 61 and continues to hone her knowledge and skills to deliver safe and effective movement sessions for everyone who arrives on the mat. She specialises in the over 40’s population and teaches group classes and private classes in clients’ homes.

At Rest & Restore, Sue’s focus is:

Movement with good physical alignment and natural flow;

Breath awareness and correct muscle recruitment;

Teaching how to activate your core and improve your posture;

Strengthening, stretching and mobilising your entire body.

Every class will finish with some stillness to connect mind & body to heart & soul. You will leave the session walking taller, feeling stronger and happier!

Sue’s Rest and Restore practices

Starting each day with a grateful thought and a loving greeting to her dog and cat companions Marli and Willow.

Enjoying an afternoon nap or baking a cake

Riding her E-Bike and enjoying the freedom and movement

Two walks a day with her cattle dog in the natural surrounds of her home area – river, trees, sun, wind and rain

Spending many hours a week alone to relax and recharge

Reading a book every night before going to sleep

What is mindful Pilates?

Joseph Pilates devised six principles: Centring, Concentration, Control, Precision, Breath and Flow. These techniques fully engage your mind as much as your body, however mindful Pilates is slow, steady and considered - you can fully immerse yourself in each exercise and enjoy focusing entirely on the uniqueness of your own body.

Our movement history, daily lives and habits cause us to consistently overuse some muscles & underuse and protect others. These muscular imbalances can lead us to live with:

Tension, pain & discomfort, and decreased strength, energy & vitality

When we are mindful with movement, we begin to:

Identify and correct any physical imbalances;

Release any emotional and mental stresses

Gain knowledge about the amazing body that we have and learn to appreciate and value movement, and feel more at ease within. These increased feelings of wellbeing flow into all other areas of our everyday life.