About Recover Wellbeing
Our Values & Team Members
About Us & Our Team
Recover Wellbeing is a Pilates and holistic health studio that is located in Currumbin QLD (view map). Our fresh and inspiring studio promotes and empowers the health, happiness and wellbeing of all our client family. We’re all about healthy conscious movement, mind/body connection and incorporating holistic health modalities.
Everyone is made to feel welcome in our warm and inviting studio that is only a short walk to the beautiful Currumbin creek. Recover Wellbeing is a supportive and social community space that encourages and facilitates positive changes in the mind as well as the body. We offer a range of health services including: studio equipment Pilates, mat, yoga and meditation classes as well as remedial massage, cransiosacral therapy, traditional herbalism and lymphoedema assessment and treatment.
We like to update our services regularly depending on our client’s needs, so feel free to contact us for information about our current health and wellbeing services. You will find details below about our lovely team members and their areas of expertise.
Sarah Paxford
Owner / Director of Recover Wellbeing
Read Sarah's Bio
Sarah is an energetic practitioner with an open heart and passion for holistic wellness and corrective movement. Sarah began practising Pilates over 10 years ago for the management of personal injuries and body imbalances, when she fell in love with the Pilates method. Sarah noticed its positive impact not only on her body but on her mind and spirit. Sarah has since become a Pilates instructor and loves to tailor your workout whether its restorative, rehabilitative or a challenging workout, she’s got you covered.
Sarah is also a registered Occupational Therapist who specialises in working with women post cancer and those with lymphoedema to increase their holistic wellness, movement and recovery.
Credentials:
-
Bachelor degree of Occupational Therapy (currently registered with AHPRA)
-
Lymphoedema Level 1 Certificate
-
Diploma of Professional Studio Pilates
-
Member of: Pilates Association Australasia, Australasian Lymphoedema Association, OT Australia
Linda Charlson
Structural Therapies & Wellness Practitioner
Read Linda's Bio
Linda has been working as a structural therapist and wellness practitioner for over 15 years. Her knowledge of the human body and its need for anatomical alignment and wellness make her treatments unique. Linda gained her love and passion for natural health techniques after watching exceptional results in her children’s health change from serious childhood illnesses to health vibrant people in just a few months. Your life will never be the same after one of her treatments.
Credentials:
-
Diploma of remedial massage
-
Reiki master
-
ATMs accredited member
Kim Bradshaw
Pilates Instructor
Read Kim's Bio
Kim has always had a passion for health, exercise and how movement can heal the body. Dancing when she was young, first gave her the awareness of how movement was crucial for retaining a healthy body and an overall more balanced lifestyle. Kim started with a career in marketing and sales, and although enjoying it, she felt there was something missing in her everyday life. Learning about rehabilitation and how the body can heal through movement became such a strong interest that she decided to pursue her new journey and become a qualified Polestar Pilates Practitioner. Her passion is to help people discover how they can help alleviate pain, restore healthy movement patterns and work towards a more aligned, strong and balanced mind, body and spirit.
Credentials:
- Diploma of Professional Studio Pilates
Eliza Archer
Pilates Instructor
Read Eliza's Bio
Eliza first fell in love with Pilates in early 2014, after seeing major improvements in a family member who was recovering from injury. With injury prevention and management her main focus, Eliza strives to not only teach the practice of Pilates, but also educate clients about the importance of staying strong and mobile through all stages of life and health.
Eliza’s keen interest in Pilates is based upon a Bachelor Degree in Exercise Science and training of the rehabilitation method of Pilates. A love of movement and wellbeing is also a factor which she believes is essential to enjoying a happy and fulfilling life.
Credentials:
-
Bachelor of Exercise Science
-
Rehabilitation Pilates Certificate
Lisa Massingham
Pilates Instructor
Read Lisa's Bio
Lisa has always lived an active lifestyle of dance, sport and being outdoors. This fuelled her passion for movement and integration of strength and mobility. Lisa was introduced to Pilates after suffering from a back injury eight years ago and has been a client since.
Lisa commenced her work with the human body when she studied her Certificate IV of Massage Therapy in 2013. In 2014 Lisa started her journey as an instructor when she studied to Comprehensive Studio Pilates course through Polestar Education.
In her teaching Lisa strives to educate her clients on proper movement patterns that they can adapt into their everyday lifestyle.
Credentials:
-
Cert IV of Massage Therapy
-
Comprehensive Studio Pilates Course – Polestar
Sarah James
Craniosacral Therapist
Read Sarah's Bio
Sarah has worked as a healer for many years. First as a registered nurse, then as a qualified midwife, child health nurse and antenatal educator. She now combines all of her experience in the role of craniosacral therapist and intuitive healer.
Her unique blend of experience, empathy and intuition makes Sarah the perfect person to hold the stillness that is required for a craniosacral session to unfold, guiding the client gently to that place where healing and alignment can occur effortlessly.
‘I am deeply honoured and profoundly grateful for the work I do. To bear witness on a daily basis to people’s journey into healing and back to wholeness is a huge privilege, one that I never take for granted. I look forward to sharing the power of the stillness with you.’ – Sarah
Credentials:
-
Certificate of Craniosacral Therapy
-
Bachelor of Nursing
Micaela Hayes
Yoga & Meditation Instructor
Read Micaela's Bio
Micaela from Zenaste Yoga is a positive and openhearted Yoga and Meditation teacher at Recover Wellbeing. Micaela’s main interests other than her own practice include staying connected with nature with regular outdoor activities, Pilates, volunteering with those in need and furthering her knowledge on natural living. Micaela’s personal practice of yoga began at the age of 13, helping to nurture her journey and passion for promoting a holistic approach to wellness. After feeling and seeing the benefits of obtaining mind-body awareness through yoga and meditation, Micaela completed her Yoga Teacher Training in the heart of where yoga was founded; Rishikesh of India.
Combing her path as an emerging Social Work practitioner and Yoga instructor, Micaela endeavours to share her love and knowledge of yoga to help empower individuals with self-love, positivity, awareness of alternate/holistic healing and wishes to promote unity within the community.
Micaela teaches Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga and Meditation classes that are recognised by Yoga Alliance Australia and International. All classes are tailored to ensure yoga is accessible to all ages, bodies, genders and abilities.
Join Micaela at one of her classes for a unique and intimate session for furthering your personal connection with your mind, body and soul, whilst also helping to keep your physical body strong, flexible, energetic and healthy.
Credentials:
- Completed her Yoga Teacher Training in the heart of where yoga was founded; Rishikesh of India.
- Teaches classes that are recognised by Yoga Alliance Australia and International