Brisbane New Farm
Pilates in New Farm.
New Farm rewards a careful choice between supportive boutique reformer, fully equipped clinical work and a tiny mat-only room with no machines in sight.
The neighbourhood note
Use the route below to make the class part of the day, rather than the whole of it.
Before and after class
Choose the teaching relationship before you choose the New Farm timetable.
FORA Pilates teaches reformer with an explicit beginner pathway and an emphasis on care, clarity and connection. The Body Refinery is the deeper apparatus and allied-health option, combining reformer and mat classes with personalised Studio Pilates on Cadillac, chair, barrel and other equipment after an initial consultation. At the opposite end of the spectrum, la burns is a ten-mat, non-heated room whose 50-minute signature class uses modern mat movement rather than reformers.
Choose FORA Pilates when a conventional instructor-led reformer class and a clear starting point matter most. Choose The Body Refinery when an injury, specific goal or desire for close supervision justifies assessment and a more individual programme; choose la burns for compact, machine-free intensity. New Farm Park then supplies the neighbourhood coda, with 15 hectares of riverfront lawns, rose gardens and a rotunda rather than another workout disguised as recovery.
The local ritual
4 stops, one considered New Farm morning.
Pair the class with coffee, fresh air or a place that shows New Farm at its best.
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01
Visit
Supportive reformer studio
FORA Pilates
Instructor-led reformer with a beginner class and flexible ways to attend.
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02
Visit
Apparatus and allied health
The Body Refinery
Small supervised classes, individual programmes and a full apparatus studio.
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03
Visit
Mat-only boutique
la burns
Ten places, no reformers and a concentrated 50-minute signature burn.
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04
Visit
Riverside reset
New Farm Park
Heritage-listed lawns, roses and river views across one of Brisbane's oldest parks.
