Fitness First
My interest in sport, fitness and health, started as a child and tried and tested various sports like: athletics, kayak, handball, ballroom dancing at national level, back in my country of origin in Romania. I am an accredited group fitness professional with over 12 years experience in the industry, as a Group Fitness leader, Personal Trainer and Senior Cluster Group Fitness Manager for Fitness First. Group fitness is the number one sport practiced in Australia and I'm proud to be an integral part of it. I teach four of the most popular Les Mills programs: BODYATTACK, BODYCOMBAT, BODYPUMP, RPM and I'm also trained in PILATES. All these programs provide great combination and variety of fitness and strength training, improving power, stamina, strength, speed, agility, core strength... Read the profile >>
Positive Integrated Physiotherapy
I still remember my first yoga class back in 1993. After graduating from Physiotherapy in 1990, I had worked intensively to save up for my big overseas adventure; my first destination was India! Back then I did a lot of running and cycling and I was a bit of a gym junkie, always out daily for my cardio fix. I loved to stretch, but really knew little about yoga. Whilst in India, I by chance met a fellow backpacker who was being taught yoga by an American Iyengar teacher who was teaching for a small donation in a sheltered forest at the far end of Mcleod Ganj village. Class started at 5.45am, we had no mats, just grass between our toes and the sweet smell of earth beneath us. I remember vividly the feeling of all my senses being saturated with nature as we moved through rhythmic sun... Read the profile >>
Shiva Yoga
Natalie teaches yoga at Shiva Yoga. She is also a registered nurse with 15 years experience - 10 of those in the critical care division. Natalie is currently a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Intensive Care Unit at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. Natalie also assess anatomy assignments & yoga asana classes at the Australian College of Classical Yoga in Blackburn under her guru Swamiji Shantananda (formerly known as Jani Baker). When she isn't teaching yoga, she is kept very much in the present by her two young and active children! Read the profile >>
ReCreation Carnegie / Fitness First Malvern East
I'm a full time fitness professional with a strong passion for improving lives. I'm an international dvd fitness presenter, and the Master trainer for Les Mills Asia Pacific, for Body Attack At a local level I teach fitness classes, run bootcamps, boxing classes and take one on one personal training. Taking people to a place they can't access on their own. Read the profile >>
Fitness First, Recreation Carnegie, Virgin Active, Genesis Port Melbourne
I’m Wendy, an active person who truly stands for her beliefs - I am out to make a positive contribution to the lives of others while I am here in this world, and have the privilege of my position to assist me in my endeavours. I am a Les Mills Asia Pacific Senior Trainer & Presenter who trains BODYSTEP & BODYPUMP instructors nationally, & now I also train the Instructor Trainers, which is immensely rewarding. I have always been self-driven and derive my inspiration from those close to me. Ambitious and determined, the sky is the limit! My initial interest in Group Fitness stemmed from a background in dance, & I trained to become a Group Fitness Instructor in 1993, when we wore our colourful g-string leotards on the outside of our leggings, with leg-warmers! 18 years... Read the profile >>
