Our guest in this episode is Physiotherapist, Pilates teacher, Gyrotonics teacher and Breathability practitioner, Jakki Tobin from the Pilates Centre Mosman in Sydney.
[01:15] Jakki describes how she discovered Pilates while working as a newly qualified physiotherapist in the late 90s at a London teaching hospital. She tried some mat classes held on site and was blown away.
[03:40] Bruce and Jakki contrast knowing anatomy intellectually with their reactions to experiencing Pilates in their own bodies.
[06:05] Jakki's training and integration of Pilates into everything else she was doing and how her family and fellow physiotherapists reacted.
[08:37] Jakki recalls her shock at discovering how inflexible her shoulders were and how the effect of working on them under the guidance of a Pilates instructor, eased her headaches.
[11:09] Jakki says there were no negatives to her training, but she did feel the odd one out amongst the ballerinas.
[13:17] Jakki lists some of the people who inspired her along her journey – fellow Pilates and Gyrotonic instructors, and Mollie Joyce who partnered with her to buy into the Pilates Centre Mosman.
[16:14] Jakki talks about her studio – its history, the variety in the clients and how it is a beautiful space where people can grow in confidence, and how the diversity means she is never bored.
[18:57] Bruce and Jakki recall their shared Gyrotonics training.
[19:34] Jakki explains the roadblocks along the way when clients don’t “get it” and how her search for new skills led to Gyrotonics and then learning about breathing.
[21:59] “Pure Pilates” for Jakki is connecting with the mind and body.
[23:25] Her breath journey began with a five-day physiotherapy course that was not what she was expecting.
[26:25] Bruce asks about the changes Jakki has experienced through breath work and Jakki mentions better sleep, more energy and easy breathing when running.
[29:14] The biggest turning point for Jakki was the commitment of buying a studio.
[31:02] The changes in Jakki that she couldn’t have imagined at the start of her movement journey have been the mind body connection, tuning into a deeper part of self and having more tolerance of others and empathy.
[33:21] Jakki’s plans for the future have been shaped by all the changes that have happened in the last few years like COVID. With the help of Shani Morton and the team, Jakki has taken the business in new directions. Online learning and teaching and the effect of COVID on what time clients want to exercise, has created more opportunities.
[35:47] Bruce wraps up by asking what advice Jakki would give her younger self and people starting off in the industry – try everything, work for everyone, watch how each studio operates, discover what you’re naturally good at (you’ll know).
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