Five teachers,five favourite shapes.

Co-founder · Studio lead

Georgia Hale

“Lengthen first, then lift.”

Georgia grew up in the eastern suburbs, trained in London and came home to open the kind of studio she wanted to train in: small classes, slow work, every spring explained. She writes the Signature and Slow programmes each term.

Teaches best

Leg circles · Hip control. The pelvis stays still while the leg draws.

Trained

Diploma of Professional Pilates Instruction (nationally accredited). Eight years teaching reformer in Sydney and London.

Classes

Signature · Slow · Long Sunday · Strong

13classes with Georgia this week

Co-founder · Strength

Jack Morrison

“Slower on the way down.”

Jack looks after the business side of MOVA and programmes Strength & Mobility in four-week blocks, so the weights go up over the month. He still teaches ten classes a week, including most of the early Strong sessions.

Teaches best

Bridge · Glutes and hamstrings, holding a long line through the hips.

Trained

Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science. Comprehensive Pilates certification.

Classes

Strength · Strong · Signature

10classes with Jack this week

Foundations · Pre & postnatal

Tilly Brennan

“Let the carriage come to you.”

Tilly teaches most first classes at MOVA and leads the pre and postnatal programme. Very good at making a reformer feel less like a machine and more like a place to lie down and breathe.

Teaches best

The Hundred · Breath and the deep abdominals: five counts in, five out.

Trained

Diploma of Professional Pilates Instruction (nationally accredited). Pre and postnatal Pilates certification.

Classes

Foundations · Pre & Postnatal · Mat

13classes with Tilly this week

Mat · Slow Reformer

Indi Walsh

“Draw the circle smaller.”

Indi came to Pilates from ballet and teaches with a dancer’s eye for line. Her Thursday-evening Slow Reformer is the first class on the timetable to fill.

Teaches best

Roll down · Spinal articulation, one vertebra at a time.

Trained

Comprehensive Pilates Diploma. Ten years of classical ballet.

Classes

Mat · Slow · Foundations

10classes with Indi this week

Signature · Strong

Sienna Clarke

“Exhale, and stay long.”

Sienna teaches the busiest weekday-evening classes and the Saturday Strong. Calm voice, hard work, and she will learn your name before the footwork is over.

Teaches best

Long stretch · Whole-body strength, holding one line from heels to crown.

Trained

Diploma of Professional Pilates Instruction (nationally accredited). Reformer jump-board certification.

Classes

Signature · Strong · Foundations

8classes with Sienna this week

MOVA is a concept studio: these teachers and their photographs are fictional.