Pilates is often easier to start with because it focuses on slower controlled movement and core stability. 

Barre adds more cardio intensity and muscle endurance strength through isometric holds, body weight resistance and bigger dynamic movements. Both are low-impact, beginner friendly and complement each other for a well rounded routine of suggested movement 4 times a week.

Source: Mayo Clinic Press, Today.com comparisons, compiled 13 Jul 2026: https://classpass.com/blog/pilates-vs-barre/ ; https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/nutrition-fitness/pilates-vs-yoga-vs-barre-which-is-right-for-you/

Global Sports Medicine recommends full body resistance training at least 3-4 times a week during perimenopause and menopause. Resistance, strength training and compound movements (squats, skater lunge, backward lunges, Barre chair, deadlifts) support bone density, muscle retention and metabolic health, is the most evidence backed answer. At Balanced Life our classes; Pilates Strength Circuit, Barre Strength Sculpt, Barre Strength Flow and Functional Strength Circuit are best suited to support bone density, muscle loss, hormones. With Pilates Mat Core Flow, Stretch Restore, Breathwork, Align; Body, Mind, Energy noted as valuable complements for sleep, anxiety, burnout and stress.

Source Stanford Lifestyle Medicine, NCBI, Progressive PT, sighted Jul 2026: https://lifestylemedicine.stanford.edu/strength-training-during-perimenopause/ ; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323511/

Movement is one accessible, low stakes way to support stress and mental wellbeing alongside, not instead of professional support. Only a minority of men currently reach out for help, so lowering the barrier to showing up matters for Men’s workouts, that’s not the gym. Balanced Life’s low pressure entry point for movement Men will get the most results from Pilates Mat Core Flow, Functional Strength Circuit, Stretch Restore, Pilates Strength Circuit, Breathwork, Align; Body, Mind, Energy as one small, private first step.

Source; Beyond Blue, Men’s Health Week Australia, Compare the Market Men’s Mental Health Report 2026, sighted Jul 2026: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/mental-health/mens-mental-health ; https://www.menshealthweek.com.au/

Please arrive at the studio 10 minutes early to your first Pilates, Barre, Strength, Stretch, Breathwork, Restorative class. For safety reasons, we do not permit clients to enter the studio if you arrive after the warmup.

If there is a waitlist, we release spots to the clients at the start of class.

For the safety and hygiene of our clients and staff, you will need grip socks, worn at all times for Barre, Pilates, Stretch, Breathwork and Restorative classes. Where possible for stretch and for comfort in meditation and breathwork. Supportive trainers for Functional Strength Circuit classes in the studio.

Bring a water bottle and a small towel. Especially for Barre and Circuit style classes. 

You can purchase grip socks and bottled water in the studio.

All classes are designed for any body, any age and any fitness level. Modifications are available and guided by our professional instructors for all levels. Including injury rehabilitation and previous injury support. We work on a referral basis with your allied health professional, Dr’s and practitioners. We can push the seasoned Balanced Life regular to feel the burn and increase the heart rate and support beginners or those getting back in to fitness in the same class. Whether you are new to Balanced Life Dee Why, new to Pilates in Dee Why, injury rehabilitation, are a prenatal or postnatal client, the modifications and experienced instructors allow for a low impact, low heart rate and safe space for your workouts. Our programs and classes are written by industry professionals and focus on technique, muscle growth, sculpt, posture and balance, among other things.

Great if you’re postnatal or post injury.

Strong body: Barre and Pilates Strength, Circuit, Functional Strength Circuit’s for those who are wishing to focus on increasing musculoskeletal strength and decrease bone density and muscle mass  loss, work on body composition change, and cardiovascular strength. Those classes are perfect for seeing results in an increase in muscle mass and decrease the rate of muscle and skeletal degeneration as we age. 

Calm Mind: Our Breathwork, Stretch Restore and Align; Body, Mind, Energy (guided REIKI meditation) classes are designed for those who practice Restorative Breathwork, REIKI, Meditation regularly or those who are just starting to explore the benefits breath, flow, stretch and meditation has on the mind and body. 

Pre and postnatal modifications available for all classes speak to your instructor about your pregnancy development stage and, your postnatal exercise clearance from your physio and postpartum healing stage and we will modify for you.  
We’ve got you Mumma bear.  

Injury rehab – you may attend a group class while injured if you have received permission from your doctor or health care practitioner. Please be mindful that our group classes are not specifically designed for injury rehabilitation unless they are barre strength slow flow or Pilates classes. More so injury support and prevention. However, with medical clearance you can attend any class and the class will meet you where you are at and our dedicated a qualified instructors will support you. It is your responsibility to let your teacher know of any injuries you may have or be recovering from before class, discuss your physio or rehab exercises with your instructor to receive best suited individual modifications. If there is any concern, discomfort or uncertainty it is recommended to go at your own pace and have a prior discussion.

Our studio is located in the convenient Meriton Lighthouse Development, off the retail and dining precinct! A short walk from Pittwater Road, B-Line busses. We are in between Howard Avenue and Oaks Avenue. If you are entering via foot Meriton Tower A Ground floor lift, the same entrance to Beyond Self. 

Driving, enter the Wilson Parking carpark via either Howard or Oaks Ave. Our direct lift to the studio on level 1 is on the Oakes Ave underground parking side. The Opp end to Woolworths Dee Why side, and head up the lift to level 1.  

Our address is Suite 25, Level 1. 888 Pittwater Road Dee Why. 2099. https://share.google/A2ACs52yf9Uq2NI4J 

Free 2 hour underground parking in the Meriton Lighthouse Development, Wilson Carpark. Conveniently right underneath the studio in our building carpark. Access via Howard or Oaks Ave. Enter via the lift, Commercial Building, Tower A, side of the carpark (Opp Woolworths Dee Why and Upstate Real estate travelator entrance) and head up to level 1.

Alternatively, you can park at street level in the Australia Post Dee Why Post Shop / AusPost Parcel pick up carpark or any of the ample street parking available out the front of G’rilld Dee Why or on the other side of the road, Our Medical Dee Why Dr. Dee Why Family Dental and Lawler’ss WholeLife Pharmacy and Healthfoods Dee Why. 

Street level access is also accessible via the paved retail and dining precinct on ground floor. Enter via the lifts doors in between the HERO Sushi Shop and Made in Dee Why Coffee Shop (Opp Woolworths) and head to level 1. On the other side of Pittwater Road there is Dee Why Library and PCYC Northern Beaches Council Parking. Cross the road to the NAB and Commonwealth Bank side, walk down past Fishbowl, 3 Bean and Guzman y Gomez you’ve gone the wrong way. 

Hot shower and changing room facilities. 

Fully airconditioned and heated studio. With extraction ventilation system refreshing the air.

A quiet oasis that looks out to the trees and fairy lights of the Corso.

In the heart of Dee Why’s dining and retail precinct. Perfect for running arrands after your class if you need to.

5 min walk to Dee Why Beach.

You can book directly through our Balanced Life Dee Why App (download where you get your app’s) or via the website

Clients and Members can see and manage their bookings through the studio App. We ask that all clients manage their own class bookings through these online booking systems.

Please ensure that you have turned on your notifications in your MindBody account to stay up to date with any class or waitlist changes.

Make sure you have ticked yes to receive marketing material. Balanced Life will never bombard your inbox with spam. We only share announcements, news, class updates and relative information for you achieving your Balanced Life goals.

Unless you are a previous client, an initial consultation is required prior to attending a Semi Private or one on one transformation / Personal Training session, Pilates technique, REIKI 1:1 etc. These sessions include individual client programming, based on your body and specific needs, therefore an initial assessment is needed.

The introductory offer currently entitles 14 Days unlimited access to all classes classes for $59. 

The calmest way to feel the difference 14 days can make for your self.

The two week period begins from the date of your first booked class and extensions are not available unless discussed with the team.

We cap all our classes and run some smaller clinic classes. When a class is full, you can book yourself onto the waitlist.

Clients will be placed into the class up to 5 hours before the start time of class – check your online account to confirm if you’ve been placed into class. If you are on the waitlist, but know you won’t make it to class, please remove yourself from the waitlist via your account.

Spots will be given to waitlisted clients at the studio at the start of class if there is a no-show. Spots will be given to waitlisted clients at class start time.

Plans change! If you book into class and are unable to attend, you may cancel your session up to 10 hours prior to start time with no charge. After this, you will incur a late cancellation fee of $15, or no show fee $23 (prepaid accounts will lose a class)

Private sessions will not incur an additional late cancellation or no show fee, but late cancel and no show sessions will be forfeited

If you fail to cancel a class, members will be charged $15 for late cancellations and $23 for no shows.

Prepaid pack, Casual and Intro offer clients will forfeit their session

Memberships may be paused for $5 admin fee – this also saves you a new member admin fee when unfreezing or returning to the studio.

You can cancel 8 weeks after start date, we have a 30 day notice period for cancelations for you to continue classes during this time.

Please email info@balancedlifedeewhy.com.au to arrange this

The best way to reach the studio is via email info@balancedlifedeewhy.com.au

Yes. Please email info@balancedlifedeewhy.com.au to arrange this.

Nerves before a first class are completely normal, and you won’t be watched or judged at Balanced Life Dee Why. Every class builds in modifications, and our instructors expect and welcome beginners there’s no such thing as behind. 

Ask questions any time; we’ll meet you exactly where you are.Most people arrive worrying they’ll be the only new face, or that they won’t know the moves. In reality, every class at our Dee Why studio has a mix of first-timers and regulars, and the room is built for both.

– A friendly check-in at the front desk, no assumptions about fitness level
– Instructors who explain and demonstrate every movement
– Modifications offered without you needing to ask
– No pressure to keep up, go at your own pace

Come as you are. Everyone in that room started as a beginner once.

Our 14 days unlimited access for $59 is a calm way to start and feel the difference for your self.

Nerves before a first class are completely normal, and you won’t be watched or judged at Balanced Life Dee Why. Every class builds in modifications, and our instructors expect and welcome beginners there’s no such thing as behind. 

Ask questions any time; we’ll meet you exactly where you are.Most people arrive worrying they’ll be the only new face, or that they won’t know the moves. In reality, every class at our Dee Why studio has a mix of first-timers and regulars, and the room is built for both.

– A friendly check-in at the front desk, no assumptions about fitness level
– Instructors who explain and demonstrate every movement
– Modifications offered without you needing to ask
– No pressure to keep up, go at your own pace

Come as you are. Everyone in that room started as a beginner once.

Our 14 days unlimited access for $59 is a calm way to start and feel the difference for your self.

Pilates is often the easier calmer to start, because it’s slow, focuses on controlled movement built around core stability. Barre adds more cardiovascular intensity and functional fitness through isometric holds and bigger dynamic movements, so it suits people ready for a bit more challenge. 

Both are low impact, both workouts meet you exactly where you are at, offering modifications to suit any age and any fitness level. Beginners are always welcome.

At Balanced Life Dee Why, Pilates Mat and Barre Strength Flow are your gentlest entry point, and Barre Strength Sculpt is a natural next step once you’re moving with more confidence.

At a glance:
– Pilates Mat is calmer controlled movement, low impact, core-focused
– Barre Strength Sculpt is rhythmic, low impact strength with more cardio energyThere’s no right or wrong place to start.

If the schedule suits, try both, and adjust from there. Our 14 days unlimited access for $59 is a calm way to start and feel the difference for your self

Slowing your breath, especially the exhale, activates the vagus nerve and shifts the parasympathetic (“rest and digest”) nervous system. That’s the physiological basis for breathwork’s effect on stress and sleep onset. If your mind is loud and your body is tired, this is the class built for exactly that.

At Balanced Life Dee Why, Breathwork and Align: Body, Mind and Energy classes are both built around this. No experience needed. Just turn up with your breath and we look after the rest.

Movement is one accessible, low stakes way to support stress, and it works alongside professional support, not instead of it. Right now, only a minority of men reach out for help when they need it, so a quiet first step matters.

At Balanced Life Dee Why Functional Strength Circuit, Pilates Mat, Pilates Strength and Stretch Restore are all low-pressure entry points. No lecture, no clinical language, just a session that gets you moving.

If things feel heavier than usual, it’s worth talking to a GP too. Movement is a support, not a substitute.

Come as you are. No pressure, just show up. Perfect for Men who are stressed and not big on the gym.

Our 14 days unlimited access for $59 is a calm way to start and feel the difference for your self