Bottom Up or Top Down? 

Understanding the power of the sensory system can be an absolute gamechanger for enhancing movement, easing pain, or calming the nervous system. Brain-based approaches are fast becoming a go-to for many therapists, and something Rob has been slowly pushing in to the Pilates field since 2016, when he arrived back in Melbourne after starting his training back in London. 

What is a brain-based approach? From a Pilates and movement perspective, it's about understanding how exercising your sensory system impacts how your body organises itself against load - whether that be gravity, or other external resistance. This a top-down approach, where as traditional Pilates and other movement modalities tend to focus on enhancing the local area of the body, which is more of a bottom-up approach. And both work effectively, in their own ways. The power of understanding both though, opens up new movement capabilities for your clients.

This workshop will be blended lecture and practical application, with real-time application of learning as we go. It's best suited to those who work in a 1:1 or small group setting, particularly those who might dable a bit more in athletic performance or injury rehabilitation. Those who work in larger groups are more than welcome to attend, but may find the application trickier. 

Your Educator
Rob completed his degree in Exercise Science and Physiology in 2011 in New Zealand. After graduating and a period of travel, he fell into teaching fitness-based Reformer Pilates classes in some of central London’s most popular studios, managing a number of them. After 12 months, he retrained to focus on injury rehabilitation, and leveraged his sport science background to begin working in several physiotherapy clinics, and supported the medical staff at the Brentford Football Club by delivering Pilates. It was during this time, he also began studying the world of Functional Neurology and finding avenues to bring it in to the Pilates world.

Upon moving to Melbourne in 2016, Rob and Ash worked together for the same company before opening Movementality in 2017. Over the next 7 years, Rob refined his teaching focus to develop strategies enabling a ground-up rehabilitative process for the Pilates side of his focus, and a top-down approach for those with more complex movement and pathological considerations.

Training The Male Body Over The Years

Following on from his successful presentation at The Pilates Expo in Sydney, Rob brings his Training The Male Body Over The Years workshop to Perth! 

Take a deep dive in to the basics of physiological changes the male body goes through as they age, and how best to adapt training load to ensure men remain strong for as long as humanly possible. 

This workshop contains lecture elements to understand the physiological changes, and then practical exploration around ways to modify basic exercises to facilitate the load requirements for males. 

All participants get lifetime access to the recording. Workshop can also be live-streamed for those who live outside of Perth. 


Your Educator
Rob completed his degree in Exercise Science and Physiology in 2011 in New Zealand. After graduating and a period of travel, he fell into teaching fitness-based Reformer Pilates classes in some of central London’s most popular studios, managing a number of them. After 12 months, he retrained to focus on injury rehabilitation, and leveraged his sport science background to begin working in several physiotherapy clinics, and supported the medical staff at the Brentford Football Club by delivering Pilates. It was during this time, he also began studying the world of Functional Neurology and finding avenues to bring it in to the Pilates world.

Upon moving to Melbourne in 2016, Rob and Ash worked together for the same company before opening Movementality in 2017. Over the next 7 years, Rob refined his teaching focus to develop strategies enabling a ground-up rehabilitative process for the Pilates side of his focus, and a top-down approach for those with more complex movement and pathological considerations.