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Boutique Pilates & Functional Training

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Realise your potential in our boutique Pilates and Functional Training Studio, in Double Bay, Sydney.

Steph and I created Pure Balance to encompass rehab to performance, welcoming a diverse range of clients, through a balanced and complete fitness philosophy. Our aim is to inspire health through challenging the body mentally and physically, empowering body awareness and movement.


Lior Schaim
Co-Founder & Director of Pure Balance Studio

About

PURE BALANCE PHILOSOPHY

Balance is having the right amount — not too much or too little — of any quality, which leads to harmony or evenness. Our system aligns, strengthens, and increases performance in a fun and challenging studio environment.

The Space

At Pure Balance, you’re welcomed by friendly instructors, dedicated students, and a warm, positive vibe. You’re not just joining a studio, you’re becoming part of a new community.

We welcome people of all ages and abilities. We offer a bespoke VIP service with exclusive use of the studio space.

Inspiring, well-equipped spaces and gear will enhance your training experience with subtle custom chakra-balancing light therapy.

The studio features Pilates zones with the latest Balance Body equipment range, including the cutting-edge Core Align. The cardio and functional training area is fitted with a Concept2 bike, NoHRD wall bars, and Iron Edge weights.

Train smarter, not longer, integrating elements of traditional and clinical Pilates with cardio and endurance training for a complete workout system.


Dr Michael Jamieson
Sport & Exercise Physician
BMed(Newc) FACSP FFSEM(UK)
President of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians

Team

Our dedicated Pure Balance team are certified instructors who have extensive education and experience, bringing you the quality, consistency, and safety you deserve. You can feel secure in the knowledge that you are in capable hands.
Lior Schaim

Lior Schaim

Director / Pilates Instructor

Stephanie Schaim

Stephanie Schaim

Director / Pilates Instructor

Joel Murray

Joel Murray

Pilates Instructor

Pure Balance is the total experience. Boutique Pilates with a high-intensity workout all in one studio. Food for the mind, body, and spirit.

Nicole Halim

Health Researcher

Methods

Find Pure Balance

Pure Balance Studio redefines Pilates with a hybrid training system that combines Pilates, cardio, and strength. These key training elements provide an efficient way to get your heart pumping, tone up, and stay flexible in less than an hour. Combine multiple workouts into one session or keep it simple with pure Pilates to find your balance.

All sessions utilise our Pilates zone, which features a full range of Balance Body Pilates equipment. Instructors will also guide you through your paces in the Functional Training Zone with NoHRD, Rip 60, Concept 2 Spin bike, and Irod Edge weights.

Specialised Modalities

Our expert trainers offer these special programs complimentary to our Pure Balance:

Hypotrophy & Weight Loss Training, Clinical and Studio Pilates, Pre-and Post Natal, Rehabilitation, Injury prevention, Sport Specific Programming & Outdoor Training.

Self-confidence, poise, consciousness of possessing the power to accomplish our desires with renewed lively interest in life are the natural results of the practice of Contrology (Pilates).


Joseph Pilates

Packages

Foundations Membership

3 private sessions

$420

All clients attending workshops or sessions at Pure Balance Studio are required to purchase a Foundation Membership. Conducted over 3 sessions, this package helps us better understand your individual strengths, limitations, postural requirements and medical conditions. We create a safe and satisfying program tailored to client health goals setting the foundations for improved movement an amazing total body workout. You will receive an ongoing report charting your progress in the studio.

Booking

Private

Foundation Member

Single Session

$145

5 PACK – $650

Duet

Foundation Member

Duet session

$80 p/p

4 PACK – $280 p/p

Non-Member

Non-Member Drop In Single Session

$160

*If a client chooses not to commit to purchasing a Foundation Membership Assessment Package, they may still attend the studio, doing private workouts only (not duets) without enjoying discounted rate.

Booking

Studio Hire

You can hire our bright, airy studio for workshops, classes, photoshoots, video shoots, and meetings. One studio is fully equipped with top-of-the-range Pilates equipment and can also be used for Barre, Yoga, or Mat classes.

RATES

Casual or one-off 1-hour rate: $100 excl. GST, plus set-up time and pack-down time and pack down time.

Casual half-day rate or 4 hours: $250 excl. GST.

Casual whole day rate or 8 hours: $500 excl. GST.

Recurring hire: Discounts available for recurring venue hire and for non-profit organisations. Please email us for more information.

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The mind, when housed within a healthful body, possesses a glorious sense of power.


Joseph Pilates

Community

Welcome to our Pure Balance Blog. Our team are here to keep you motivated with all the latest happenings at the studio, our people, our workshops, and helpful tips to keep you inspired, feeling fired up, and looking good.

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What Inspires Steph?

What Inspires Steph?

What inspires you to move, and push your body in new directions? I grew up in a creative household where sport was a dirty word.  Exercise was done in prescribed amounts, but never loved. At age 24, after an incredible adventure trekking the Himalayan mountains, and...

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Steph explains the 5 Key Elements

Steph explains the 5 Key Elements

Our Trainers at Pure Balance integrate the APPI Pilates method into all our programming. The APPI method is unique in its design, as it is the only Pilates program in the world that was fully designed, taught, and developed by physiotherapists. Unlike many other...

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Getting to Know Lior

Getting to Know Lior

What led you to opening Pure Balance Studio? I had been working as a personal trainer and managing a gym for about a year, when I felt there was definitely something missing from the system of training at the gym. I began to explore other methods of movement and this...

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Tatjana Marx
20 July 2026
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Have been having physiotherapy with Lior for many years now. He is knowledgeable, professional and friendly. Pleasant to work with, excercises he gives me are most helpful. Cannot recommend his enough.
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Ari Taibel
13 April 2026
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They understand injury prevention and management like no other place in Sydney.
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Tepsilola
13 April 2026
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Absolutely instrumental in injury rehabilitation I was previously unable to get any help with through physios and other Pilates. As well as getting through a tough pregnancy physically and recovery post partum
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Stephanie Porter
11 March 2026
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Lior, has completely changed my life. I have always had problems with my back and my neck to the point that I really couldn’t do any arm exercises without ending up with headaches. He has rebuilt my body to the point where I can actually do pull ups, weights and everything in between- without any headaches. My recent body scan showed I was incredibly even in terms of my muscle mass and I know this is due to the work I have done with Lior.
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Susan Gelber
11 September 2025
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Great studio with extremely qualified trainers by body has never felt better
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Nick Green
7 September 2025
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Training with Lior has been great. He explained how to do the exercises in a way that worked around my injury, which gave me a lot of confidence and made the whole experience really positive. I feel better now. Highly Recommended!
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Michelle Spiller
20 August 2025
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Pure Balance Studio is a rare gem that continues to inspire and elevate my Pilates journey. Lior and Steph have created a space that beautifully balances energy and calm, distinguished by their excellence as instructors. Their deep technical expertise and warm guidance make every session challenging, restorative, and truly rewarding.
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Yaron Taub
27 February 2025
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I am an Exercise Scientist that came for work experience observing a few sessions and really learnt a lot. I would highly recommend going to Pure Balance Studio.
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Kate Kain
26 February 2025
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The Pure Balance team really know bodies! I have arthritis and my symptoms have reduced significantly since I have been receiving a tailored program for my injuries. Each week I am given something new to do which I love, as it keeps it interesting! Their approach is all encompassing for the body —PURE BALANCE!
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Skye Dunworth
29 December 2024
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Thank you, Lior, and the wonderful team at Pure Balance Pilates in Double Bay. Truly, if it weren’t for Lior’s expertise and guidance, I wouldn’t have been able to recover from my injuries so quickly. Thanks to their support, I’ve been able to return to my power walking, golf, and other activities I love. Highly recommend! ~ Robyn D
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Pure balance is a user-friendly program developed for retraining correct activation of the core muscles: multifidus, TrA, pelvic floor muscles and breathing muscles. Its carries a progressive repertoire of mat and equipment based exercises which allow the trainers to successfully teach a clinical and general population. I trust all my clients with their trainers and am assured that they will get the results they are after.

Nadine Judelman

Orthopaedic Manipulative Physiotherapist
BAppSc (Phty), MHlth.sc (Orthop.Manip.Ther)

Contact

Shop 18
401-407 New South Head Road
Double Bay, NSW 2028

Email: info@purebalancestudio.com.au
Tel: 0420 271 993 / 0401 836 604

 

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Pure Balance Studio
Shop 18
401-407 New South Head Road
Double Bay, NSW 2028

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Forget the impersonal big gyms. Here, it’s a community. I’ve loved getting to know everyone and building real friendships. What really sets them apart is how much they genuinely care about your health and well-being, offering personalized, evidence-based programs that actually get results.

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