Unity Studios Northcote is a Pilates, movement and physiotherapy studio at 2a Seaview Ave, one of three Unity Studios locations in Auckland alongside Mt Eden and Point Chevalier. It was co-founded by Caitlin Fris and Sophie Fogarty, who bring over 20 years of combined experience in Pilates, exercise and pelvic health physiotherapy, and built Unity Studios around the gap they saw for comprehensive pregnancy, postnatal and pelvic health care alongside specialised Pilates.
The studio runs functional exercise classes - reformer and mat Pilates, clinical Pilates, yoga, barre, strength training, pre and post natal classes, and an over 50's class - built around helping clients move better and feel better through intelligently designed, functional movement.
Alongside classes, Unity Studios offers a physiotherapy clinic covering pelvic health physiotherapy, pregnancy and postnatal physiotherapy, a pre and post natal assessment (WOF), sports and spinal physiotherapy, clinical Pilates and massage therapy. Every physiotherapy client is guided toward their own goals, whether that's preventing injury, returning to sport, moving through daily life pain free, or regaining control of bladder, bowel or sexual function.
Unity Studios Northcote's studio recently moved to its current address at 2a Seaview Ave.
Unity Studios Northcote sits at 2a Seaview Ave, one of three Auckland studios run by Unity Studios alongside Mt Eden and Point Chevalier. The studio recently moved to this Seaview Ave address, bringing its combination of Pilates, movement classes and physiotherapy to the Northcote community.
Unity Studios was founded by Caitlin Fris and Sophie Fogarty, who between them bring over 20 years of combined experience in Pilates, exercise and pelvic health physiotherapy. They built the studio around a gap they saw in Auckland: a lack of comprehensive postnatal physio, pregnancy physio and specialised Pilates in one place. Their approach centres on pregnancy pilates, prenatal pilates, pregnancy yoga and postnatal physiotherapy, all focused on women's health and pelvic wellbeing.
Unity Studios frames its classes around the idea that modern lifestyles leave little room for meaningful connection with our own bodies, and that everyday movement patterns can quietly lead to poor movement, pain and stiffness. The studio's classes are intelligently designed and grounded in functional movement, aiming for a proactive approach to health through the fundamentals of Pilates, yoga and strength training.
Classes at Unity Studios span reformer Pilates, mat Pilates and clinical Pilates, alongside yoga, barre, strength training, and dedicated pre and post natal classes. There's also an over 50's class, extending the studio's functional movement approach beyond its pregnancy and postnatal focus.
Beyond classes, Unity Studios runs a physiotherapy clinic built around several specialities: pelvic health physiotherapy, pregnancy and postnatal physiotherapy, a dedicated pre and post natal assessment (referred to as a WOF), sports and spinal physiotherapy, clinical Pilates delivered through the clinic, and massage therapy. Every physiotherapy client is guided toward their own specific goals - whether that's preventing injury, getting back to a sport they love, moving through day to day life pain free, or regaining control of bladder, bowel or sexual function.
Alongside co-founders Caitlin and Sophie, the Northcote studio's work is supported by a wider Unity Studios team that includes senior physiotherapists such as Laura Cook, reflecting a clinic built on a team of physiotherapists rather than a single practitioner.
Classes and physiotherapy appointments can both be booked directly through the Unity Studios website, which also lists a timetable for all three studios. The studio also offers Unity Online, an on-demand class platform, alongside merchandise and gift vouchers through its online shop.
For anyone in Northcote after a studio that combines functional Pilates, yoga and strength classes with evidence-based physiotherapy - particularly around pregnancy, postnatal recovery and pelvic health - Unity Studios' Seaview Ave studio offers that combination under one roof, backed by a founding team with a specific focus on women's health.