New to Return? Intro offers from $89.

Find your path
Find your path
Help me choose
Not sure where to start? Message the studio and a real person will point you to the right path.
Message the studio
- New to Return
  First class and what to expect
- Returning to exercise
  Rebuild consistency, on your terms
- Over 55
  Strength, balance & mobility with guidance
- Returning from injury
  Begin where it's right for you
- Pregnancy & postnatal
  Support through every trimester
- Perimenopause & menopause
  Strength, bone health & energy
- Sport & performance
  Train the body your sport asks for
- Teens & families
  Moving well, together
Classes & care
Classes & care
View the full timetable
Beginner
- Foundation
  Build a solid base. Start here.
- Enhance
  A gentle intro to the reformer
Intermediate
- Progression
  Take it to the next level
- Strong
  Strength & conditioning on the reformer
- Stretch
  Lengthen, mobilise, recover
Tailored
- Private Sessions
  1:1, duos, small groups up to three
- Physio & extra support
  When a class isn't the right starting point
Pricing
Find us
About
- About
- Why Return
  The story, the values, the people behind it
  Meet the team
  Physio-trained instructors, by name
  The Return Library
  Guides and free at-home videos
  Careers
  Work with us
Book a class

Resources & tips

The Return Library

Guides and free at-home movement videos from the physios and instructors at Return, to help you move, recover and feel a little better between sessions.

beginners

How long does Pilates take to work? What changes at 2, 6 and 12 weeks

Two weeks for the way you feel. Six weeks for the way you move. Twelve weeks before anyone else notices. That is the honest timeline, and almost nobody tells you…

The Return team

Smiling woman on her side on the reformer with her top leg lifted, mid-way through a class

How your body works

Pair of hand weights resting on a reformer in Return's quiet studio, with more reformers behind

Video

injury prevention, strength, Videos between classes

The benefits of strength: why stronger muscles mean less pain

Woman lying on the reformer with her eyes closed, hands resting on her ribs to feel her breath and deep core

Video

anatomy, beginners, core, Videos between classes

What is the core? More than the muscles you can see

Smiling woman sitting relaxed on a reformer between exercises in Return's bright studio

Video

technique, Videos between classes

More is less, or less is more? Finding the right effort

New to Return

The Return team of Pilates instructors and physiotherapists smiling together in the Malvern East studio

Video

beginners, Videos between classes

Welcome to the video library: movement support between classes

Smiling woman kneeling on the reformer with her hands on the footbar, set up and ready to start

Video

beginners, reformer, technique, Videos between classes

Why setup is so important: position first, then move

Client putting her sandals away in a locker at Return before her Pilates class

Video

beginners, Videos between classes

Getting ready for your classes: small habits, better sessions

Over 55

Pair of hand weights resting on a reformer in Return's quiet studio, with more reformers behind

Video

injury prevention, strength, Videos between classes

The benefits of strength: why stronger muscles mean less pain

Woman pulling the reformer straps with bent arms during a group class, working her arms and upper back

beginners, bone health

Enhance explained: a gentler way onto the reformer

Instructor supporting an older man's shoulder as he works through an arm exercise with the reformer straps

bone health, mobility

Stronger at 60, 70, 80: why Pilates works so well later on

Perimenopause & menopause

Pair of hand weights resting on a reformer in Return's quiet studio, with more reformers behind

Video

injury prevention, strength, Videos between classes

The benefits of strength: why stronger muscles mean less pain

Instructor supporting an older man's shoulder as he works through an arm exercise with the reformer straps

bone health, mobility

Stronger at 60, 70, 80: why Pilates works so well later on

Woman resting on her side on the reformer, head on a shoulder block, between core exercises

core, posture, strength

Why Pilates is so good for core strength, and it is not about abs

Pregnancy & postnatal

New mum training on the reformer with an instructor's guidance, her baby watching from a pram beside her

core

Returning to Pilates after a baby: a safe, supported way back

Woman lying on the reformer with her eyes closed, hands resting on her ribs to feel her breath and deep core

Video

anatomy, beginners, core, Videos between classes

What is the core? More than the muscles you can see

Woman lying on the reformer with her hand on her chest and eyes closed, focusing on slow, steady breathing

Video

breathing, core, technique, Videos between classes

Breathing matters: the link between breath and core

Returning from injury

Pyramid of black and sage spiky massage balls used for self-massage and release, beside a potted plant

Video

recovery, Videos between classes

How to use a spiky ball: self-massage for tight muscles

Instructor's hands supporting a client's lower back as she eases into a stretch on the reformer

recovery

Coming back from an injury? How Pilates helps you rebuild

Instructor gently guiding a smiling client's shoulder and ribcage during a standing arm exercise

core, injury prevention, mobility, posture

Train so it does not happen again: Pilates for injury prevention

Returning to exercise

Smiling woman on her side on the reformer with her top leg lifted, mid-way through a class

beginners

How long does Pilates take to work? What changes at 2, 6 and 12 weeks

Woman pulling the reformer straps with bent arms during a group class, working her arms and upper back

beginners, bone health

Enhance explained: a gentler way onto the reformer

Return instructor guiding a reformer class while clients lie on their backs with their legs lifted

beginners, reformer

Your first Foundation class: exactly what to expect

Sport & performance

sport and recovery return reformer pilates

core, injury prevention

Pilates for rowers: the off-water session that protects your back

Man doing a standing lunge on a reformer, one foot on the carriage, in front of Return's sage green wall

strength

Pilates for men: why being strong does not transfer

Smiling woman stretching forward with her hands on the reformer's tower bar as an instructor looks on

bone health

Cardio without the pounding: what the jump board adds

Teens & families

Return instructor guiding a reformer class while clients lie on their backs with their legs lifted

beginners, reformer

Your first Foundation class: exactly what to expect

Instructor gently guiding a smiling client's shoulder and ribcage during a standing arm exercise

core, injury prevention, mobility, posture

Train so it does not happen again: Pilates for injury prevention

Two women in activewear looking at a tablet together in the Return studio

beginners, posture

Can my teenager start Pilates? A parent’s guide

Videos between classes

The Return team of Pilates instructors and physiotherapists smiling together in the Malvern East studio

Video

beginners, Videos between classes

Welcome to the video library: movement support between classes

Pair of hand weights resting on a reformer in Return's quiet studio, with more reformers behind

Video

injury prevention, strength, Videos between classes

The benefits of strength: why stronger muscles mean less pain

Smiling woman kneeling on the reformer with her hands on the footbar, set up and ready to start

Video

beginners, reformer, technique, Videos between classes

Why setup is so important: position first, then move