Hundreds of Women Take Part in New Zealand's Largest Outdoor Pilates Session

Leading beauty brand, AVEENO® today hosted New Zealand’s first ever and largest outdoor pilates session in the tranquil surrounds of Western Springs Quarry, with a record 280 people taking part. The AVEENO® Inspires Pilates Day was held to celebrate the launch of its new Stress Relief range and AVEENO® hopes the event will encourage women to lead a balanced life for greater health and wellbeing.

The inspiring mind and body workout was conducted by expert Pilates instructors from Peak Pilates and was hosted by Dr Libby Weaver, one of Australasia’s leading experts in stress reduction through lifestyle changes.

“It’s no secret that when you are able to achieve a healthy life balance you will look and feel beautiful.

“The good health of your skin relies not only on choosing the right products to use on the outside, but how you treat it from the inside – good nutrition and exercise such as pilates to limit stress are just as important,” says Dr Weaver.

All money from ticket sales will be donated to Habitat for Humanity New Zealand, AVEENO’s® chosen charity, to help them with the inspiring work they do helping Kiwi families to live in a home of their own.

Rachel Faulkner, brand manager for AVEENO® hopes this will become an annual event held across New Zealand every year.

“AVEENO® Inspires is our global community initiative programme and Pilates Day is just the start of how we want to help make a difference while helping women discover their natural beauty,” she says.

AVEENO®
Recommended by US dermatologists for over 60 years, AVEENO® products capture the efficacy of natural ingredients to deliver real skin care benefits.
www.aveeno.co.nz

AVEENO® Stress Relief Body Wash & Moisturiser
Helps improve well-being by naturally calming and relaxing thanks to the scents of lavender, essential chamomile and ylang-ylang oils which are proven to reduce stress levels, combined with natural colloidal oatmeal to moisturize for 24 hours.
Now available in supermarkets
$17.59 for a 354ml bottle of body wash & moisturiser

Habitat for Humanity
Established in New Zealand in 1993, Habitat for Humanity is a not for profit organisation that aims to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness by building, renovating and selling simple, affordable housing for families in need.
www.habitat.org.nz

MC, Dr Libby Weaver
Dr Libby Weaver is one of Australia's leading nutrition specialists now based in Auckland, New Zealand. She is a much sought after and passionate speaker covering a broad range of topics such as health and wellbeing. Libby completed her PhD examining biochemical and nutritional factors in children with autism.
www.drlibby.co.nz

Peak Pilates
Peak Pilates has five studios across Auckland offering Pilates classes as well as private one-on-one sessions. Pilates teaches you how to use the correct muscles necessary for ideal posture and trunk stability, how to strengthen muscles, lengthen short muscles and improve joint flexibility in natural fluid movements, creating a greater sense of health and wellbeing.
www.peakpilatesgroup.co.nz