About Us

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The Story Behind The Health Hike

Health Hike Pilates was born from movement, creativity, and rebuilding.

Hi, my name is Monica. I’m a 21-year-old performer, actor and aerial dancer, and movement has always been at the centre of my life.

At 18, I made the decision to leave university to fully commit to a career as a performer and to begin building my own business alongside it.

I trained and worked across multiple disciplines — teaching Pilates, qualifying as a Personal Trainer, teaching dance, performing professionally, acting, modelling and freelancing on the reformer. My body wasn’t just something I trained — it was my livelihood.

Then in 2025, everything changed.

A major knee injury meant I could no longer dance. I underwent knee reconstruction surgery and had to relearn how to walk, move and trust my body again. It was the most challenging period of my life — physically, mentally and emotionally.

Movement, once effortless, became intentional. Slow. Purposeful. Rebuilt.

Through that process, Pilates stopped being just something I taught — it became the foundation of my recovery. It taught me how to move safely, rebuild strength, reconnect to my body and regain confidence in myself again.

In August 2025, after coming through the hardest chapter, I decided to take a leap of faith — and Health Hike Pilates was born.

The studio opened its doors in mid-October 2025, built on the belief that movement should support you, not break you.

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About The Health Hike

Health Hike Pilates is a Pilates studio and coaching space rooted in functional movement, rehabilitation, strength, and longevity.

Our approach is informed by:

Performance training

Injury rehabilitation

Functional strength

Real-life bodies and real-life demands

This is Pilates that meets you where you are — whether you’re rebuilding after injury, supporting your performance, or simply wanting to move better and feel stronger.

Having lived through injury, identity shifts and recovery, my coaching is grounded in empathy, education and intelligent movement — not punishment or perfection.

Health Hike Pilates exists to help you:

Build strength safely

Move with confidence

Reconnect to your body

Feel capable again

This is movement with purpose.
This is strength rebuilt — from the inside out

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Born from performance.

Built through recovery.

Designed to help you move for life.