Shirley Selaelo
Mbuso is a very hardworking, transparent, consistant,professional trainer. I believe that regardless of my busy schedule he still supports me .I appreciate it
Yoga & Pilates at Home
Your mat. Your lounge. Your own instructor.
A qualified yoga or Pilates instructor comes to your home with everything you need. No studio timetable, no traffic, no back row.
- Qualified instructors
- At your home
- First session free*
Book your free session
Get matched with a Yoga or Pilates instructor near you
Fill in a few details and we will match you with a qualified instructor in your area. First session free.
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The first session
45 minutes that fit your body, in your own space
No studio, no traffic, no back row. Your instructor arrives with everything, works to your level and adjusts as you go.
Meet your instructor before you commit
The first session is free so you can see if the fit is right.
How it works
Three steps to your first session
Tell us where you are
Fill in the form with your area and what you would like to work on.
We match you
A qualified yoga or Pilates instructor near you, suited to your body and goals.
Your first session is free
They come to your home with mats, blocks and straps. You need about 2m x 2m.
The big question
Yoga or Pilates?
Yoga
Breath, mobility & headspace
Flexibility, balance, stress and sleep. Slow and restorative, or flowing and strong. The style is matched to you.
Pilates
Core, posture & control
Deep core strength and back support. Precise, controlled and low impact. The usual answer for desk-bound backs.
Either
Happy to go with whoever covers your area
Tell us you are open to both and we will match you to the instructor available in your suburb. Where we have both nearby, plenty of clients alternate through the week. Pilates for strength, yoga for mobility and recovery.
- Hatha
- Vinyasa
- Yin
- Restorative
- Pre & post-natal
- Mat Pilates
- Clinical Pilates
- 50+ mobility
What else we offer at home
Weight loss & toning
HIIT training
Flexibility & mobility
Injury prevention & conditioning
Weight loss and toning is about changing your shape, not just the number on the scale. At home, your personal trainer combines fat reduction work with resistance training that firms and shapes the areas you want to change, slimming you down while building the muscle tone that gives the result its definition.
Because you have an at-home personal trainer rather than a gym timetable, the programme fits around your life, which is exactly what makes it sustainable long enough to work. Sessions are completely private: no mirrors full of strangers, no waiting for equipment, no feeling watched while you learn. For many clients that privacy at home is the difference between starting and never starting.
Your trainer tracks measurements against your body plan and lifts the intensity as you change, and will guide you on what to eat and what to avoid so that the training and the eating pull in the same direction. If you have been looking for a personal trainer near you, this is the version that comes to your door.
HIIT is short bursts of hard work separated by controlled recovery. It is the most time-efficient way to raise fitness and burn fat when your diary is tight. Done at home with a personal trainer standing over you, the intervals are actually timed, the intensity is actually reached and the recovery is actually enforced, which is where training alone usually falls apart.
The format suits an at-home personal trainer perfectly. Very little space is needed and very little equipment, and your trainer brings whatever the session calls for. A lounge, a patio or a driveway is enough. Sessions are scaled to your current fitness and adjusted as your conditioning improves, so a beginner and an experienced client get the same structure at different intensities.
Forty-five focused minutes at home, supervised, beats an hour of half effort anywhere else.
Flexibility is how far a muscle will lengthen; mobility is how well a joint moves through its range under control. Desk work, driving and years of sitting quietly erode both, and most people only notice once something aches or gives way.
Mobility sessions with an at-home personal trainer are guided, hands-on and specific to where you are tight, usually hips, shoulders, upper back and hamstrings. Your trainer assesses your range in your own home, works on the restrictions that matter, and leaves you with the short daily routines that keep the gains, taught in the same room where you will do them.
Mobility work protects everything else in your plan: better range means better squats, fewer niggles and a body that still moves well in twenty years.
Most training injuries come from the same short list: doing too much too soon, moving badly under load, and ignoring an imbalance until it becomes a problem. An at-home personal trainer catches all three early, because they see every rep rather than the last set.
Conditioning work strengthens the supporting structures (core, glutes, shoulders, ankles and knees) and the loading is managed so your body adapts instead of breaking down. If you are coming back from an injury, or working around a long-standing one, private personal training at home means the plan is built around your limitations, with no pressure to keep up with anyone else.
Where a clinical eye is called for, our in-house biokineticist can join an online session with you and your trainer to assess the issue and shape the programme around it.
Questions
Before you book
No. Flexibility is what these sessions build, not what they require. Your instructor scales every pose to where your body actually is.
Yes. Your instructor arrives with mats, blocks, straps and anything else the session needs. You provide the space.
About 2m x 2m of clear floor. A lounge, spare room, patio or garden works.
Yes. We have qualified pre-natal and post-natal instructors who tailor every session to your stage.
Yes. Your first session is a proper trial with your matched instructor, no cost and no obligation. Terms apply.
45 minutes, one on one. Most clients book once or twice a week, but there is no fixed timetable. You book around your diary, not ours.
From R500 per session, depending on your area and how often you train. Your first session is free, so you can meet your instructor before committing to anything.
We cover most suburbs in and around Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban and Bloemfontein, plus a number of surrounding towns. Put your suburb in the form and we will confirm who is available near you.
Yes. Two people in one session is common. Same instructor, same 45 minutes, shared between you. Mention it in the form and we will quote for it.
Yoga leans into breath, mobility and holding shapes. Pilates leans into core control and precise, repeated movement. If you are unsure, say so in the form and your instructor will start you on whichever suits your body and your goals. You can switch at any time.
Nationwide
A national brand, at your door
BodyBack instructors travel to homes across Johannesburg and the northern suburbs, Sandton, Pretoria, Centurion and Midrand. We also cover Cape Town and the southern suburbs, Stellenbosch, Paarl and Hermanus, along with Durban, Umhlanga and Pietermaritzburg, plus Bloemfontein, Gqeberha, East London and George.
If you have been searching for a yoga or Pilates class near you and only finding studios whose timetables do not fit your diary, this is the alternative. Your instructor comes to your lounge, your patio or your garden, at a time you pick. Mornings before work, the middle of the day, or after the kids are down.
Every instructor is qualified, vetted and insured, and arrives with the mat, blocks, straps and small equipment the session needs. We cover most suburbs in and around the cities above. If you are just outside one, ask anyway and we will check who is on your side of town.
Book my free sessionInstructors available in: Johannesburg, Pretoria, Centurion, Midrand, Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Hermanus, Durban, Umhlanga, Pietermaritzburg, Bloemfontein, Gqeberha, East London, George.