There won't be any live online classes offered in the next block (September 2018) - please email me for details of the current block! 

hello@melanieirons.com 


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what
  • A 45 minute online Pilates class using Zoom (a much better quality, but still free, online meeting system, like Skype). I teach from my kitchen... you participate from your house!
  • Roll your mat out on the floor and do it in your pjs if you like

who
  • Anyone who has done some face-to-face classes with me before can join in

when
  • Thursday nights 8pm to 8:45pm
  • Check the Calendar for when the next block is

how
  • Get Zoom on your phone or laptop or computer - whatever you will be using
  • Here is the link: https://zoom.us/download
  • I will create a meeting. I will add the URL to this meeting to the Booking Spreadsheet
  • You click on that link at the time the class starts, and boom! You're in the session! 
  • Done! 
  • For ease, you might like to bookmark that page for later - we use the same URL each week

why
  • Why not?! It's fun, no travel required, and... why not! 
  • I want to see you face-to-face when I can. But not everyone can get there (kids, time, etc etc)
  • These sessions are about getting in there, getting it done, with minimum time wasted around the edges. Wham bam! 

how to set up
  • Please pop yourself SIDE ON - so that I can see you clearly from the side
  • Also please try to get your device far away enough so that a) you can still see me (although you will definitely focus more on what I am saying rather than watching me) and b) so that I can see most of you body. I set mine up on a foot stool, angled down a little bit 
  • Check it is light enough in your room so that I can actually see you. Sometimes people are wearing dark clothes on a dark mat in a dark room... I can't see a damn thing!

buttons to press
  • Don't panic - this is easy
  • Two things to do to make our class better: mute yourself, and make me big. Wow. What a combo! 
  • Please hit the bottom left 'mute' button when you first join the meeting - it's the image of a microphone. This will prevent there being a cacophony of sounds from different people. You will be able to see me, but no-one (including me) will be able to hear anything happening at your end
  • Also just have a look at the little windows that show you the other people in the meeting - hit the little icon that makes ME big, and so that you can't actually see other people in the session. Ta da! That way you can also see me in full when I am demonstrating things

getting there early?
  • No need. Just click on the website link at the time the class starts and we will get started! 

if I am late?
  • Just join in when you can. Just make sure your microphone (bottom left hand corner) is MUTE so that you aren't drawing all the attention to you! (Zoom focuses on whoever is speaking/making noise - so let that person be me, not you!)
  • Also please warm yourself up a bit before you join us - just our normal warm up stuff - a few roll downs etc

eeeeeek people can see me
  • When you log in and join the session, I will be asking you to click the setting where you can only see ME and not the other people in the group :-) That way I will be big on your screen as well so when I need to demonstrate something you can see me! I will obviously be able to see all of you but you will just be able to see me. And anyway... people are too busy doing the moves. They don't have time to stop and get up close to the camera and sticky beak!!!!!

do we chat during class?
  • Na. No time!! You'll be on the mute the whole time. Why doesn't my baby have a mute button?
  • When the session first starts I will say HI and you will WAVE CHEERFULLY and you will give me the THUMBS UP that you can hear me and then we will get started!
  • Then at the end I will say YAY, YOU DID IT! And you will WAVE! and then the session will END!
  • If there's any communicating you want to do with me about the session (feedback, questions etc) - send me a text or email straight away after the session, and I will do the same if there's anything I need to talk to you about

can I do it on my phone? 
  • Yep. You can do it on your laptop, desktop, hooked up to the TV, on your iPad... even on your phone if you have good eyesight...

does it matter if it's noisy at my end? 
  • You will be on mute. You can be singing away to yourself at your end and I won't be able to tell! 

i can hear your dog
  • Sorry. From time to time you might hear my baby or dog in the background. Hahahah! Sometimes even my husband making me a pie

do you give me feedback? 
  • Yes, yes I will. Just like I do in class, I will make suggestions if you need to make any corrections to your form. I will do a mixture of demonstrating and talking, and then talking while I am watching you. So I won't see ever single tiny thing you do (but I don't in face-to-face class anyway!) but I will see a lot of what you do and will make suggestions if I need to. That's why I need you to be side on, where I can see your whole body, and with good enough light so I can make sure you're not just having an expensive nap

do I need any equipment? 
  • Nope. Just your mat. Or a softish surface to roll around on! 

how much space do I need? 
  • Not heaps and heaps. Lie on the floor where you intend to do it. Check that you can reach your arms out overhead on the floor behind you and your legs out straight without banging into anything. Do a starfish. Some full-body snow angels. If you have enough room to do that, you should be fine! 

this is weird, I can't cope
  • Just have a go! Take a risk! Put yourself out there! Everyone was scared of... the television when it first came out. You can do this! Give it a go. You'll see it really isn't that weird. No-one is watching you anyway! Except for me. And that's my job! Do a couple of sessions before making your final judgement. And if it's not for you - that's fine! At least you had a go

Cool! I will 'see' you there!!