Neil Nabbefeld
Neil has over 20 years experience in fitness and movement therapy. He is a 15+ year veteran of the Pilates Method (over 30,000 hours of teaching experience) and continues to pursue his interests in the rehabilitative and pain management benefits of The Pilates Method, Gyrotonic® and other movement therapies.
Neil received his B.Sci., Geological Engineering in 1979, but it took the next five years to discover his passion and a career path better suited to his soul. He has since gone on to gain a variety of experience in the US and Australia.
Some of his professional qualifications include Fitness Instructor Certification from the American College of Sports Medicine; Grad. Cert in Pilates-based Movement Therapy, an internationally Certified Instructor and Pre-Trainer in Gyrotonic®; Certification in Polestar’s Pilates for Post-Acute Rehabilitation; and has been teaching practitioner workshops in applied Pilates Method throughout Australia since 1995.
He was a graduate of the inaugural Australian Pilates Method Association’s Level 1 (currently the Level 2) Pilates Instructor Course in 1996 and obtained a Grad. Cert. in Pilates-Based Movement Therapy in 2005. Neil has additional on-going training and interests in many areas such as Body-Mind Centering®, The Feldenkrais Method, the use of visualization, and the therapeutic/rehabilitative application of his experiences.
Neil was co-founder of Origin Fitness Alternatives in Melbourne, Victoria (1995-2001). In 2001, he established Revolution Pilates Studio in Leederville, WA. It’s popularity as a studio and teacher-training facility necessitated a move to the more spacious Mt Hawthorn location in 2003. Neil is a Registered Level 2 Instructor Course Provider for the APMA, teaching on the course since 1996. He is a Practitioner Level 4 Member of the Association, has been one of the APMA’s liaison’s in WA since 2001, sits on it’s RTO Committee (helping write and develop the Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Pilates Movement Therapy), and had the honour to sit as its Vice President (2005-2007).