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Here's to the bubbles.

The big, ridiculous, beautiful ones.

And not being afraid to let them pop.

PHLO JOURNAL — ISSUE 001
October 2026. 🧡

A monthly peek inside my head. The things I'm questioning, the things I'm unlearning, and why I think wellness could do with taking itself a little less seriously.

Come and have a nosey.

Sign up for PHLO Journal at the bottom of the website. Link in bio. 💌

Go with the phlo,

Sarah x by @phlowellness

A little something from the archives. 💀😂

And rather appropriate for Halloween, considering the outfit.

This was me teaching Pilates years ago, pre-El Nido life.

You'd think having done this before would make starting again easy, wouldn't you?

Nope. 😂

I've been absolutely bricking it. 🙈

Not because I've forgotten how to teach. But because when you've poured so much of yourself into something, putting it out into the world is a different kind of scary.

You start wondering if anyone will actually want to be part of it.

And then this week happened.

I quietly invited a few women to be part of PHLO's Founding 10.

And they said yes. ♥️

Before they've even taken a class with me.

I don't think they realise quite how much that means.

So here's to doing things that scare you a little. Because let's face it, you'll never feel completely ready.

And to the women who make you feel brave enough to do them anyway.

Happy Halloween, from the woman who apparently thought skulls were appropriate Pilates attire. 💀😂

Go with the phlo,
Sarah x by @phlowellness

Never done mat Pilates before?

GOOD.

You don't need to cram in a few YouTube classes before you book. 😂

If something doesn't feel right for your body, we'll change it.

If your knees aren't keen on something, tell me. We've got options.

Need to stop or grab some water? Go for it.

And if you notice I can't count, you're probably right. Pilates teachers are notoriously bad at this. 😂

If I start talking about your pelvic floor, breathing, or where your ribs are supposed to be going, and you're thinking what on earth is she on about?

Please ask.

I'll do my best to explain. That's what I'm there for.

PHLO classes are small on purpose. Just 10 mats, so there's room to ask questions, try things out and figure out what works for you.

We're not here to perform Pilates.

We're here to move, breathe, learn a little more about our bodies and hopefully leave feeling better than when we walked in.

First class or fiftieth, you're welcome exactly as you are.

There's a mat for you here. ♥️ by @phlowellness

Hi, I'm Sarah.

I'm the kind of person who hears something interesting, opens twelve browser tabs and eventually forgets what I was looking for in the first place. 😂

I've been practicing and teaching Pilates for over 10 years, and that curiosity eventually led me to train as a STOTT Pilates instructor.

It's also taken me down some unexpected roads. Some wonderful, some not so much. (life happens)

Along the way, I've changed. Not just my relationship with my body, but the way I think about wellness, also.

And somewhere in all of that, PHLO began.

A place for movement, interesting conversations and figuring out what actually works for your body - minus all the wellness noise.

I certainly don't have it all figured out. Who does?

But I do have a mat waiting for you.

And the rest? We can figure that out together.

Go with the phlo, Sarah x by @phlowellness

Are we better off, or are we living in a world where we have more information than we know what to do with? And with all the wellness noise, have we forgotten to ask the most important question of all?

How do I actually feel today?

This is where PHLO enters the room.

Not to give you another set of rules or tell you what your body needs.

But to help you tune in to the person who’s been with you from the start.

YOU.

Because if you begin to listen, your body is talking all the time — she’s a real Chatty Cathy.

I love learning. I love the science. I love understanding why something might be happening.

That’s a huge part of what PHLO is about.

But when the information overload drowns out our own voice, this is precisely when we need to go inward.

Maybe this is the missing piece - having some space to tune out, so we can tune in.

Go with the phlo. by @phlowellness

Your Monday reminder.

Jaw softens.

Shoulders relax.

One long breath out.

Science × Soul: A longer, slower exhale can help your nervous system shift towards a calmer state. (I also do this before bed to get out of my head and into la-la land.) 😊

Nothing complicated. Nothing else to do.

Just one breath at a time.

Go with the phlo. by @phlowellness

Same person. Different day.
Same body. Different need.

Some mornings you could take on the world. Some mornings you've slept eight hours and still feel like sh*t.

Sometimes a walk clears the cobwebs. Sometimes you need to sweat it out. And sometimes you dance around the kitchen.

“I've stopped believing there's one perfect way to feel well.” by @phlowellness

Sleep eight hours. Get 10,000 steps in. Fast. Don't fast. Track your sleep, your stress, your glucose. And don't forget to relax — just not with a glass of wine, apparently.

(Oura knows) 😂

No wonder wellness feels like homework.

Maybe my 18-year-old summed it up better than any wellness expert could:

“There's not one right way for everyone. Everyone's unique.”

What's on your never-ending wellness list? by @phlowellness

Most of the time my 18-year-old replies with a shrug.

This question got a bit more.

Swipe for the dinner-table conversation that brought everything back to basics for me and became a big part of what PHLO stands for.

How do you feel about wellness overwhelm — yes or no? by @phlowellness

Something’s been shifting for me recently.
And if I’m honest… it’s been a long time coming.

For so long, I thought feeling good meant doing more.

Pushing through.
Holding everything together.
And I got very good at that.
But somewhere along the way,
I stopped listening.

To my body.
To the signals.
To the whispers.

So now… I’m doing things differently.

Slowing down a little more.
Moving with more awareness.
Working with my body instead of against it.

Because I don’t need to fix my body.
I need to understand it.

This is what I’m building with Phlo.
A different way.
A softer way.
A more intelligent way to move, feel, and come back to yourself.

If this resonates… you’re in the right place.

Big love,

Sarah
Go with the Phlo 🌊 by @phlowellness

One of our mantras at Phlo is simple:
Power in the Pause.

When life forced me to stop, I discovered something I hadn’t expected.
Strength lives in stillness too.

The breath before movement.
The reset before the rise.
The pause that fuels your power.

This is Phlo.
Because when you move with intention, everything else becomes stronger.

🌿 Power in the Pause.
Strength that feels like sunrise. 🌞

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#PhloReset #PilatesFoundations #SomaticMovement
#GroundedAlignedFree #PowerInThePause by @phlowellness

Phlo pressed pause.
Now it’s time to hit play.

We’re kicking off with our signature 5 Week Reset with Phlo series.
Not another workout.
Not another thing on your to-do list.

This is the foundation — Pilates at its core, with somatic movement woven into each class.
So you don’t just move. You move with intention.

If a reset is calling you, let’s go with the phlo together.
Drop a 🌿 and as soon as the doors open, you’ll be the first to know.
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#PhloWellness #PilatesFoundations #MoveWithIntention by @phlowellness