The more you can get the whole body to work as a system the better off your clients are when they leave your class. Great you did an hour of Pilates, but what happens when you need to go out and run around a soccer field and play a sport? It’s not that we’re not cueing specific muscles, but that we’re also trying to do it in the most intelligent fashion. Read More
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The Secret to Working with Joint Replacements
The ultimate goal is to give a positive movement experience. We need to help to re-educate movement patterns and then build strength! The instructor has to be aware of pathologies and common problems that we see on a regular basis.Read More
Six Tips To Better Cue The Breath in Pilates
The reason why the subject of breathing causes never-ending confusion is that breathing is both a very finely tuned autonomic process, as well as under our conscious control. Hence it can be altered, but we may wonder whether it should be. This will always have a very complex impact on the rest of our being. Read More
How To Make Your Movement Look Good And Feel Good With Dynamic Alignment.
Say the goal as a dancer is to look good in the mirror. What if it also feels good and is also efficient? Learning how to create that would be the goal. I’ve had conversations with people saying “Ballet wrecks your body”, but I disagree. Ballet can be a great exercise but you have to work on achieving those forms with good function and in dialogue with whoever is trying to achieve them. Read More
How To Maximize Neuroplastic Processes: Keep Your Clients Focused!
As Pilates teachers, how do we make what we do in one or two hours a week potentially influence a positive neuroplastic change? We know that one or two hours a week may not be enough to influence this. What else needs to happen, and what needs to be influenced in that one or two hours a week? Read More
Fascinating Neuro-Concepts You Need To Know As A Pilates Instructor
Neuroplasticity is the nervous system forming, adapting, or reorganizing in terms of its structure and function. Neuroplasticity describes the actual structural changes that can occur to a brain when it comes to learning and adapting, and also in terms of function and how we relay and communicate information “out” (from the brain). It does occur throughout all stages of life however it certainly seems to slow down with age but that’s not to say that it doesn’t continue to happen, it’s just the process can be a little bit slower or requires increased thoughtfulness to facilitate the process. Read More