Reformer Foundations
The first six weeks, taught as a course rather than a drop-in. You learn the springs, the footbar positions, and what neutral spine actually means before anyone asks you to hold it.
Scotchmer Street, Fitzroy North · Since 2016
That is the whole idea. We never put a ninth reformer in this room, because the ninth is the one nobody gets watched on.
Every class is capped at eight, every instructor teaches from the floor rather than a machine at the front, and if your knee is doing something odd today we will change the springs before you have to ask.
New here
Enough to find out whether this is for you, and long enough that the second class stops feeling like the first. Bookable once per person; no card kept on file afterwards unless you ask.
$49 · valid 3 weeks from first class · grip socks included
(01) Classes · three of them, that is all
The first six weeks, taught as a course rather than a drop-in. You learn the springs, the footbar positions, and what neutral spine actually means before anyone asks you to hold it.
Our standard class and the one most people settle into. Continuous, spring-loaded, and built around the legs and the mid-back. You will be warm by minute six and know about it tomorrow.
Light springs, long holds, and the lights down two stops. Written for the day after a heavy week, for stiff hips, and for anyone coming back from a break who would rather not be brave about it.
(02) This week · 34 classes, capped at eight
| Day | 06:15 | 09:30 | 12:10 | 17:45 | 19:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Flow 50Priya Raman3 left | FoundationsMarta Kowalczyk1 left | Flow 50Priya Raman5 left | Flow 50Dan WhitmoreFull | Restore 40Marta Kowalczyk4 left |
| Tuesday | Flow 50Dan Whitmore2 left | Restore 40Ana Beltrán6 left | Flow 50Priya Raman4 left | FoundationsMarta Kowalczyk1 left | Flow 50Ana BeltránFull |
| Wednesday | Flow 50Priya Raman3 left | FoundationsMarta Kowalczyk2 left | Restore 40Ana Beltrán7 left | Flow 50Dan Whitmore1 left | Flow 50Priya Raman3 left |
| Thursday | Restore 40Ana Beltrán5 left | Flow 50Priya Raman4 left | Flow 50Dan Whitmore6 left | Flow 50Marta KowalczykFull | FoundationsMarta Kowalczyk2 left |
| Friday | Flow 50Dan Whitmore1 left | Flow 50Ana Beltrán3 left | Restore 40Priya Raman5 left | Flow 50Dan Whitmore4 left | — |
| Saturday | — | Flow 50Priya RamanFull | FoundationsMarta Kowalczyk3 left | — | — |
| Sunday | — | Restore 40Ana Beltrán6 left | Flow 50Ana Beltrán2 left | — | — |
Book up to fourteen days ahead. Cancel free up to twelve hours before a class; inside twelve hours the class comes off your pack. Late cancels on the intro offer do not burn a class — we would rather you came back.
Reformers in the room
People per class, capped
Classes every week
Instructors on the roster
(03) The room · one floor, north light
One room, eight machines, and a window that runs the length of the north wall. We took the mirrors down in 2019 and nobody has asked for them back — you will be told what your spine is doing rather than left to guess at it in a reflection.
(04) Who is teaching
Founder · teaches Foundations
Opened the room in 2016 after eleven years in physiotherapy. Writes the Foundations course and still teaches four of them a week.
Senior instructor
Comprehensive reformer and mat training, 2018. Took over the 06:15 slot in 2021 and has not missed one since.
Instructor · rehab focus
Came in as a client with a rebuilt knee in 2019 and qualified two years later. Runs our post-injury and pre-surgery work.
Instructor · teaches Restore
Trained in Madrid, moved here in 2022. Wrote Restore 40 for her own recovery and then for everyone else's.
All six instructors hold a comprehensive reformer qualification and current first-aid certification. Training bodies and certificate numbers are on the wall by the door.
(05) What it costs · no lock-in, no joining fee
Drop in
$34per class
Best value per class
$29010 classes · $29 each
Most members
$189per month
Start here
$220six-week course
Perfect for: reformer pilates studios, barre studios, small-group movement studios and physio-led exercise clinics
(06) From the people on the machines
“I had done exactly none of this before and was braced for a room full of people who had. There were seven others and two of them were on their second class. Nobody looked at me once.”
“Dan rebuilt my confidence after an ACL reconstruction more effectively than the twelve weeks of clinic that preceded it. He changed my springs before I knew I needed it changed.”
“No mirrors is the thing I tell everyone about. I stopped checking what I looked like doing it and started noticing what it actually felt like. That took about four classes.”
(07) Before your first class
Foundations, or the intro offer if you would rather try before committing to six weeks. Foundations runs as a closed course — the same eight people, the same instructor, six weeks — which means nobody is joining halfway through at a different level. If you would rather just book a Flow 50 and see, that is fine too; tell the instructor at the door that it is your first and they will set your springs and stay near you.
Something you can move in that is not too loose — the instructor needs to see your hips and knees. Grip socks are required on the reformers for safety, and we keep them at the desk for $18 if you forget. Your first pair is included in the intro offer and in Foundations. No shoes past the door.
Yes, with conditions. We teach through all three trimesters and after twelve weeks we will move you into Restore 40 or a private session rather than Flow 50. We ask for written clearance from your midwife or doctor after twenty weeks. Tell us before you book, not when you arrive, so we can put you with Marta or Ana — both have taught pre- and post-natal for years.
Usually, and often it is the point. Dan runs our post-injury work and Marta came from eleven years of physiotherapy. Email us what happened and when before you book. For anything in the last six weeks, or anything involving a surgeon, we will want their clearance first and will likely start you in a private session rather than a class.
Free up to twelve hours before the class. Inside twelve hours the class comes off your pack or counts against your unlimited month, because at eight spots a late cancel usually means an empty machine. If you are ill, message us — we do not charge people for staying home sick, and we have never once argued about it.
Yes to both. Around a third of waitlisted spots come free, mostly in the twelve-to-two-hour window before class. You will get a message the moment one opens and have fifteen minutes to take it. Unlimited members sit above pack holders on the 06:15 list, which is the only slot that reliably fills.
We are at 42 Scotchmer Street, a four-minute walk from the 11 tram at Scotchmer Street stop. Two-hour unrestricted street parking on Scotchmer and on Best Street, which is generally fine outside the 17:45 class. There is a bike rack in the laneway and room for four bikes inside if it is wet.
Up to eight weeks a year, in blocks of one week or more, with three days' notice. No fee and no minimum term to earn it. Cancelling outright takes effect at the end of the month you are already paid for — there is no exit fee and no notice period beyond that.
Next Foundations course starts Monday 10 August
Three classes for $49, valid three weeks, grip socks included. Book the first one now and decide about the second after you have done it.
Cadence Room · 42 Scotchmer Street, Fitzroy North VIC 3068 · (03) 9486 0142