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
How To Grow Your PT Practice With The Reformer
When I acquired the studio space I am in now, I got this larger room area which is what I specifically wanted in order to be able to teach group reformer classes. The moment we moved into this space my business completely transformed. It went from a smaller operation to “wow” I am impacting a lot of people’s lives and really felt like a force in the neighborhood. It was simply for that reason, the ability to reach multiple people in that one hour of time. Read More
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
10 Amazing Benefits Of Leading Your Pilates Business with Purpose
You must believe in what you do, and the goal is to sell someone on becoming a member of what you do. Maybe this is buying a 10-pack of classes, or scheduling their next session with you. You can learn to look at this as giving them a gift to stay in touch and make sure they stay on track to reach their goals.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
5 Ways Pilates Can Support Your Mental Health
Pilates is often promoted as being great for ‘core strength’ or ‘reducing back pain’, both of which it certainly can do. (I know, as back pain was the main reason I took up Pilates in the first place). Through personal experience and in teaching clients in private and group settings, I now know that Pilates has consistently supported me in managing my own anxiety. The practice can be instrumental in supporting the positive mental health of others.Read More