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Enhance your strength, flexibility and overall movement with Mat Pilates! Fitness Passport invites you to an exclusive webinar hosted by Northern Rivers Pilates, where you’ll learn how this low-impact yet highly effective exercise supports injury prevention, posture improvement, and long-term wellbeing.

Led by Kimberley Garlick, a Senior Educator for Polestar Pilates with over 25 years of experience, this session will provide expert insights into movement, mobility and functional fitness.

Through an informative talk complemented by a series of demonstrated movements and exercises focussing on sitting postures, standing postures, and balance, this webinar will explore:

• How Mat Pilates strengthens the core for better posture and reduced strain
• The role of flexibility & mobility in preventing injuries
• How improved balance & coordination enhance daily movement
• The connection between Mat Pilates and long-term musculoskeletal health

Whether you’re new to Mat Pilates or looking to deepen your practice, this is the perfect opportunity to learn from one of the best.

Guest speaker:

Kimberley Garlick

Senior Educator
Polestar Pilates Australia

Our very special guest expert for this webinar is the esteemed Kimberley Garlick, who has been immersed in the world of movement and wellness from a young age prior to beginning her professional journey as a Pilates teacher in 1996. With decades of industry experience, Kimberley is deeply passionate about helping people move better, feel stronger, and live well and can be found working in all areas of the studio.

Her love of Pilates began at just 15 while studying ballet full time. After an injury ended her dance career earlier than expected, she channelled her passion into new pathways, earning qualifications in sports science and nutrition, and later expanding into modalities like massage therapy, bioenergetics, yoga, personal training, group fitness, and Myer-Briggs personality profiling.

A sought-after International Guest Teacher and Senior Educator with Polestar Pilates since 2004, Kimberley is known for her expertise in elevating the teaching and evaluation skills of instructors across Australia and abroad. Her outstanding contributions to the industry were recognised in 2023 when she was awarded Educator of the Year at the AUSactive National Fitness Industry Awards.

Today, Kimberley continues to teach Pilates and Ballet and blends her rich background with a holistic approach to education – empowering others to teach, move, and thrive. She is the Founder & Director of a Pilates Studio in Northern NSW.