The Gentle Gym

The Gentle Gym The Gentle Gym is the gym of choice for women AND men between age 20 and 70, who prefer our personal Come and be restored!

We offer body toning, stretching, core stabilisation and a place to socialise in a tranquil garden setting.

I am so challenged by this quote from Joseph Pilates, the founder of the method we use."Patience and persistence are vit...
09/01/2023

I am so challenged by this quote from Joseph Pilates, the founder of the method we use.
"Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor."

As we enter our 32nd year at the Gentle Gym, I realise that some of our pupils have been with me and my team for a couple of decades. I want to applaud these persevering types who show me not to give up when I am so tempted to do so because of pain or hardship or the pressure of time!

So here's to the New Year of 2023! May we perseverers!

18/12/2022

Happy Christmas to all our students and followers.
It's been a good year. Challenging but good.
In May this year we lost two teachers because they had moved too far away to return to the studio when we returned to face-to-face classes.
At the end of this year we say goodbye to long- term teacher Bev Mallows(24 years!) and to Steph Rohrs, who has been with us for six months.

Next year Ruth Schonegevel joins the team and so does Emily George. We have six newcomers joining the studio in January. The Gentle Gym is gradually rising from the ashes of the Covid years.

21/10/2022

It's been wonderful to see how students have been gradually returning to face-to-face classes. We feed off each other's energy and inspiration, and even off our troubles and injuries.

25/01/2022

It's crazy how long some people have been with us. Mary says "29 years" and Hilda tells me out of the blue - "17years"

09/01/2022

After a wonderful active holiday, I reopen the Gentle Gym on Mon 17th Jan 2022

30/11/2021

We have been learning to breathe much more deeply expanding the thorax to stretch the nerve-rich fascia under the skin and to reduce that burning pain in the muscles of the back and shoulders.

06/11/2021

Under lockdown, we have been gradually supplying our students with home equipment. The latest is for everyone to be equipped with a soft Overball. We are thrilled with tge variety of exercises one can do with this resistant medium.

18/06/2021

We are doing so well on Zoom. All last year and half of this year.. Still hanging in there, with so few hitches considering all the classes we teach. Well done to our teachers and students of the Gentle Gym who attend so faithfully, and for the others who pay for the videos to be sent to be done at your leisure. We love you all. Miss your faces.

19/04/2021

I have had a refreshing holiday and I back in the saddle this morning. It was rather alarming to notice how tight and twingey my body was when I went away. Over the three weeks, my body went through different levels and undulations of pain and pain free days, and then settled. It was as if all the pent up tension of running the studio during Covid had built up toxins in the muscles which had to be got rid of.

14/04/2021

I am so proud of our teachers who run the gym with great professionalism while I am on holiday.

16/12/2020

We have closed for the December break and will reopen on Mon 18th January 2021!
It has been a challenging year but our plucky little business has survived.
Two new Beginner classes have been opened on Tues and Friday mornings at 09h00
Send a whatsapp to Colleen on 082 780 3793 to enquire about these or the other 8 classes that we run.

29/10/2020

I am so grateful for this Gentle Gym space. No longer thronging with laughing students but certainly a happy and inspiring place for video classes on Zoom

29/10/2020

Hey! I was feeling really lonely today. Where are my happy laughing students who used to throng into the studio. However, I exercised myself happy today, using this glorious space I call The Gentle Gym!

16/09/2020

We are allowing up to two people back into the gym now. Masked and sanitized, they work alongside me as I run my Zoom class. I can correct them and communicate without losing the flow of the class.

16/08/2020

Loving my dedicated film studio where my class videos are filmed. Love the cheery faces in our Zoom classes. Treating this space with reverence. Loving the healing that is happening. Grateful for a job.

20/07/2020

We are forging ahead on Zoom with great individual contact with our students. . Phone 082 780 3793 to join this wonderful studio!

Our Gym is not huge but makes a great impact on individual lives. Some say that it defines their week to be known, to be...
03/06/2020

Our Gym is not huge but makes a great impact on individual lives. Some say that it defines their week to be known, to be invited to Zoom classes, to connect personally with instructors who known them and look out for them. We welcome you! Give me a ring on 082 780 3793. Colleen

At our little Gym, everyone is known personally to us. Some say that our Zoom class invitations define their week and he...
03/06/2020

At our little Gym, everyone is known personally to us. Some say that our Zoom class invitations define their week and help them to keep in touch with reality. Others find that doing our You tube classes at their own convenience has kept them fitter than at other times.

Address

14 Muswell Hill Rd Mowbray
Cape Town
7700

Opening Hours

Monday 07:30 - 08:30
09:00 - 10:00
Tuesday 08:30 - 09:30
09:35 - 10:35
Wednesday 17:30 - 18:30
18:30 - 19:30
Thursday 07:30 - 08:30
09:00 - 10:00
Friday 08:30 - 09:30
09:35 - 10:35

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