Elyse is the founder and director of Elysium Studio Pilates located in Weston Arcade, Canberra. Elyse is a former Highland Dancing champion and spent 20 years competing at a high level winning numerous Australasian Championships culminating with competing at the (Worlds) Cowal Highland Gathering in 2001 in Scotland.
Elyse’s passion for Pilates stems from an intensive 2 year rehabilitation (consisting solidly of corrective exercises and pilates) following a career ending back injury in Canberra in 2011. Elyse has over 30 years dance experience which includes working with dancers from the Bangarra Dance Theatre, Australian Ballet School and Graeme Murphy from the Sydney Dance Company. Elyse is a classically trained ballet, jazz & contemporary dancer and has studied a Bachelor of Arts in Dance.
Elyse continues to teach dance in addition to instructing pilates, and recognises the importance of dynamic core stability, posture and correct movement patterns in both preventing and treating injuries in sports, pregnancy and in the general population.
She lives and breathes health, wellness and an active lifestyle. Elyse is walking talking embodiment of her brand “Elysium Studio Pilates”, specifically chosen for this business, not simply as a play on words but because it embodies “a place or state of perfect happiness”. She feels each and every body can achieve this through pilates and a healthy lifestyle.
Certifications:
- Diploma of Contemporary Pilates and Teaching Methodology
- Diploma of Slings Myofascial Training
- Certificate IV in Contemporary Pilates and Teaching Methodology – Certified Pilates Matwork
- Pre/Post-Natal Pilates Specialist Certification
- Support your Floor – Pelvic Floor Health Certification
- Level 1 – Dance Practitioner & Health Professional Training (Strength, Conditioning and Rehabilitation for Dancers), Sydney
- BootyBarre and Flex & Flow Instructor Certification
- Accredited member of Australian Pilates Method Association (APMA), Level 2
- Certificate III in Fitness, Canberra
- Certificate of Anatomy and Physiology, Canberra
- Current First Aid Certificate, Canberra
- Working with Vulnerable People (General Registration)