Pilates & strength, side by side.
Small group Pilates and women's strength training in Cowes, Phillip Island. Expert guidance and a welcoming space to get stronger and move well.
Drop-ins welcome when space permits
Our approach
Movement is most powerful when it's understood.
Pilates
Organises and balances your body, developing stability, control and strength through your full range of motion.
- Concentration
- Centering
- Alignment
- Control
Strength
Build muscle, bone density, power and resilience through progressive, thoughtfully coached training.
- Strength
- Power
- Bone health
Each practice does a job the other can't fully cover, so we teach both.
More about our approachClasses
Find your class.
Explore our small group classes. Blue for Pilates, olive for strength, and warm tones for classes that help you regulate, recover and play.
Group Strength · included in packs & passes
With Zoe Wood
Women's Strength & Conditioning
Strength training shaped around female physiology, through every life stage, including pregnancy and after birth. Breath and pelvic floor first, then load that builds.
- Beginners course
- Open classes
- 60+
Group Pilates · included in packs & passes
With Maja & Chris
Group Pilates
Small group Pilates for deep strength, control and mobility. Matwork at Movement Lab, and Tower on the equipment at Pilates Lab.
- Contemporary Matwork
- Classical Matwork
- Tower
With Maja
Contemporary Matwork
Classical principles and repertoire, enriched by complementary practices. Each class explores a chosen movement theme or condition. Taught by Maja, with over a decade in allied health clinics.
Explore PilatesWith Chris
Classical Matwork
Joseph Pilates' original mat sequence, in its traditional order and flow: the transformative power of Contrology. Taught by Chris, our 3rd Generation Pilates teacher.
Explore PilatesOn the equipment
Tower Pilates
Deepen your matwork on the tower. Springs and bars support and challenge you, cultivating strength through length, end-range control and spinal articulation.
Explore PilatesMore classes
Regulate
Breath, meditation and sound to settle your nervous system, so you train and live with more ease.
- Meditation
- Sound healing
Recover
Release tension and restore between sessions, and make the most of your recovery week.
- Myofascial release
Play
Coordination, rhythm and balance through dance and circus, training brain and body together.
- Neuro Circus
- Neuro Dance
Deepen
Workshops that go deeper into one theme, from breath and the pelvic floor to handstands.
- Breath
- Pelvic floor
- Handstands
Deepen · workshops
With Laura Kmetko · Sat 7 November
Handstand workshop
Mobility, mind-muscle connection and handstands. 10 to 11:30am · $50 · limited to 12.
About the workshopWith Zoe Wood · date TBA
Pelvic floor workshop
How your pelvic floor works with your whole body, with practical tools for breath, posture and everyday movement.
About the workshopWith Maja · date TBA
Breathe into Organisation
How breath organises movement and load, through embodied exploration and a touch of anatomy. For seasoned movers.
About the workshopNo workshops in the next month.
Pricing
Simple pricing.
Choose from casual classes, flexible class packs or our 6-week training cycles. Courses, workshops and private sessions are priced separately.
“Movement Lab Studio offers top-notch workouts in a welcoming environment. Since I started training, I have experienced a noticeable increase in my wellbeing, strength and mobility.”
J J · Google review
How our year runs
Two rhythms, one lab.
Strength runs in cycles with a recovery week off between them. Pilates and all our other classes run every week of the year. Workshops and courses add depth along the way.
Other classes & courses
Classes and courses to complement your weekly training and your recovery week.
See courses & classesWorkshops
One theme explored in depth, from handstands to pelvic floor connection and breath-led movement.
See workshopsFind your place in the lab.
Strong, steady, understood.