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Re-Balancing Asymmetrical Breath & Posture
Join Brent Anderson as he hosts Donna and Sarah, founders of the Re-Balance Pilates Approach. They will be discussing dynamic alignment restoration, Breath, functional definition of neutrality and very important the discussion of respect for asymmetries in the human body.
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Pilates Hour – Episode 208
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About Pilates Hour:
Polestar Pilates Hour is a free Pilates webinar series where we discuss various topics on movement science, teaching skills, and much more. They are one hour and hosted by Polestar Pilates founder Brent Anderson with occasional special guests.
This series provides a flexible, accessible, and supportive platform for Pilates professionals, physical therapists, and movement enthusiasts to connect with others, expand their knowledge and skillset, and enhance their teaching techniques. Access expert instruction from certified instructors, connect with other like-minded individuals from around the world, and stay up-to-date on the latest trends and developments in the field of Pilates and movement science.
Meet the participants:
Donna Parise Byrne, PT, PRC, NCPT
Re-Balance Pilates EducationDonna Parise Byrne was introduced to Pilates by Elizabeth Larkam and Brent Anderson in 1991, and has been integrating Pilates into her physical therapy treatment plans ever since. Donna’s first love was ballet. After a career as a professional ballet dancer, she received her Physical Therapy degree from the University of Illinois in 1988, and earned her Polestar Pilates Rehabilitation certification in 2001.
Donna joined the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago in 1995 to help grow the Performing Arts program and introduced Pilates to RIC. She opened her private practice and first Pilates studio in 2003. She was first introduced to the concepts of Postural Restoration in 2009, and immediately began incorporating PRI into her PT and Pilates practice. In 2012 Donna earned her certification in Postural Restoration (PRC), her studio, Pilates Central Wellness, is the only designated Postural Restoration Center in Illinois.
In partnership with Sarah Petrich, Donna co-founded Re-Balance Pilates Education, integrating the concepts of PRI and Pilates, creating techniques to re-balance and retrain the body. Re-Balance Pilates is an evolution of the course “PRI Integration for Pilates” that they co-created and taught from 2016 to 2020.
Sarah Petrich, PT, DPT, PRC, NCPT
Re-Balance Pilates EducationDr. Sarah Petrich, a movement enthusiast deeply rooted in dance, holds a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and a Masters & Doctorate of Physical Therapy from St Catherine University. With nearly two decades of experience, she specializes in integrating Pilates and Postural Restoration® techniques to assist patients and clients in re-balancing asymmetrical breath, posture, and movement patterns that may contribute to injury, dysfunctional movement or decreased performance.
Drawing inspiration from Ron Hruska’s groundbreaking work with the Postural Restoration Institute® (PRI), she earned her Postural Restoration Certification (PRC) in 2011. In 2013, she achieved her Pilates Method Alliance Certification. She has served as an educator for the Postural Restoration Institute, Summit Professional Education, and Re-Balance Pilates which she co-founded with Donna Parise Byrne in 2022 where she continues to teach a PRI approach to Pilates.
Additionally, she helped found the dance medicine program at TRIA Orthopedics in 2010, is a founding member of Minnesota Dance Medicine Foundation (MDMF), a member of the Pilates Method Alliance and serves as an Airway Advocate with the Foundation for Airway Health.
Brent Anderson, PT, PhD, OCS, NCPT
Founder and President, Polestar PilatesBrent Anderson is a Physical Therapist, Pilates Educator, and author of the book Principles of Movement.
With over 30 years of experience in rehabilitation and movement science, Brent is passionate about the power positive movement experiences have in changing the world.
Early in his career as a Physical Therapist he discovered the power and efficacy of Joseph Pilates mind-body work to expedite rehabilitation outcomes. This early testament to the power of the Pilates Method inspired him to create a program that merged the worlds of traditional rehabilitation with the mindful movement that Pilates provides. It also spurred the development of Polestar’s evidenced-based Pilates teacher training curriculum.
In an effort to add to the evidence of Pilates, Brent pursued a doctoral degree researching the impact of Pilates rehabilitation on chronic low back pain using psycho-emotional wellness and quality of life measures.
Brent is the creator and host of the Pilates Hour podcast, featuring case studies and in-depth reviews of movement science topics with expert guests from a variety of fields. Brent is an Assistant Professor at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in the DPT department in Miami, FL. He teaches as an adjunct professor in the Physical Therapy departments at the University of Miami, University of Southern California, and New York University.
Brent is dedicated to sharing Pilates with the world and is an active consultant for hospitals, universities, and wellness organizations internationally. He is also an avid public speaker, lecturing at health conferences and forums worldwide. Brent has always been deeply involved in community service and has volunteered on many boards within the community, profession and faith, in line with his desire to impact the world one person at a time.
I absolutely love these exercise breakdowns. Sure, we’ve taught for years and practiced Pilates for even more but it’s still fun to dissect things together and Shelly is brilliant at helping us look at the old through fresh eyes.
I love learning from Shelly because she makes me feel that I understand everything! Her capacity to explain with calm and details allows me to go deeper in my teaching approach. Thank you for this exercise breakthrough!
I absolutely love these exercise breakdowns. Sure, we’ve taught for years and practiced Pilates for even more but it’s still fun to dissect things together and Shelly is brilliant at helping us look at the old through fresh eyes.
I love learning from Shelly because she makes me feel that I understand everything! Her capacity to explain with calm and details allows me to go deeper in my teaching approach. Thank you for this exercise breakthrough!
Thank you Shelly. Great session and I look forward to watching the next one.
I had the privilege of attending the Polestar Pilates Zoom seminar on the Pathokinesiology of the Hip, featuring Brent Anderson and Shelly Powers. The session was incredibly insightful and expertly delivered. Brent and Shelly’s deep knowledge and clear presentation style made complex concepts accessible, helping me deepen my understanding of how hip mechanics impact movement and overall health. Their expertise and passion for Pilates and movement science were truly inspiring. I highly recommend their seminars to anyone looking to expand their knowledge in this field!
Thank you all for allowing us to keep growing in our practice and learning! Hugs from Florence, Italy.
It’s so great to feel stupid! Seriously, I realize every time that I cannot take anything for granted. I haven’t missed a webinar in years, this is my go to training. I appreciate you!
I really enjoy the Pilates Hour sessions. They are informative and I feel part of a wonderful worldwide community. Thank you.
Amazing and enlightening hours ! Always inspiring to keep learning with people who loves to share their knowledge and beautiful experiences ! Thank you Brent and all team Polestar Pilates! Greetings from Paris FR.
Thanks, Polestar Pilates for the opportunity to take new knowledge every week. Sometimes coaches haven’t the time or money for a long learning course and these webinars help to stay in form and keep up with the times.
Fabulous session, thank you
This was one subject I was unsure how much I would get out of. We all have times in this field where we feel “stuck” or wonder why we do what we do. This message was so applicable right now! Acts of service keep us alive spiritually. Not having thought about a Pilates trainer performing acts of service- I now feel invigorated in my work and ready to change lives and therefore feeling more alive myself!
Again I am amazed and inspired! Thank you! Can’t wait for what comes next!
Thank you so much for your time, knowledge, and genuine to educate us for better teacher, community and better world! Thank you so much.
I’m a 35-yr cancer survivor/warrior. I also had 2 car accidents & an accidental fall off of a loading dock that has damaged my back. I share my personal experiencees while incorporating dance techniques for creative movement in my Pilates classes; to offer positive movement experiences & practical application of certain exercises for everyday movement beyond the class in order to improve one’s quality of LIFE! THANK YOU again for the valuable weekly sessions!
I try to listen to all of the wonderful webinars! Today I actually was able to listen in real time. Dinah and Brent, that was wonderful and very educational. I realize that the onset of my OA happened in Perimenopause. My dance career and hypermobility caught up with me, resulting in total hip replacements. (Brent on a personal note I related to your surgeries emotionally and understood what you went through). I also appreciate putting the dots together for some of my clients. I am putting my Pilates education to work on myself and doing strength training. So grateful for my good health.
I have been following the Pilates hour for over a year now and love your perspective on many various topics….love your mix of presentations. I hope someday to come to the farm and do some training with you live but right now I am very grateful to have this wonderful weekly educational experience.
Educational and enlightening hours with people who do not hesitate to share their knowledge and experiences! Thank you!
Thank you so much for providing these educational webinars with experts from around the world that allow everyone to collaborate and learn! I really appreciate the continued education for NO COST! Many many thanks.
Excellent and very interesting, so very useful for improving teaching Pilates and other movement/fitness classes! Thank you very much for sharing state-of-the-art current research in this field.
Very interesting and easy to follow presentation! Always good to keep learning. Thank you Hagit and Brent!
Always so informative, lots of good new learning as well! So appreciative to be part of this presentation! Thank you!
Shelly shares great energy and positivity in her webinars, I’m never disappointed in the content. Love these webinars! Thank you!
Excellent opportunity to take a look into what I could learn as a Pilates teacher.
The Pilates Hour online have been great! I have used them in my teaching and appreciate the time and thought that has gone into these sessions
Thanks articulating and sharing much awareness/wisdom and any wonderful insights on practical ways to apply them. Be well
The strength of Polestar is the people who are so connected to the integrity of Joseph Pilates and his dreams for our world. Christi gave us so much information with inspiration. Thank you!
I very much enjoy these webinars, today particularly. As a retired PT and current Pilates Instructor, it helps to keep my mind active, engaged and up to date. The caring atmosphere is exceptional and heart warming.
Very informative and helpful. Thank you for continuing to do these.
THANK YOU for a fantastic dive into the Fascia Pilates research. I especially want to thank you for all the additional resources provided and workshop/course opportunities. As a former dance Professor at a University I find this work moving us all far beyond the basic understanding and movement concepts of Pilates for dancers and others.
Pilates hour webinars bring me the most current material applicable to my pilates teaching. I am grateful for the connections and opportunities to learn!
I have been doing your webinars weekly and find them so helpful. I learn and affirm. You present us with alot of different topics that are all so useful in my Pilates practice. The holistic philosophy that you present each week especially touches home for me as it affirms what I am doing and why I am doing it. Thank-you!!
These tutorials, introductions and classes are a wonderful testament to Polestar’s commitment to a world that works for everyone. As we heal and learn to heal others, transformation becomes the norm in all areas of our lives and hence the world around us can heal. Thank you.
I am loving the webinars. They are varied, informative and in line with my philosophy of helping others through Pilates.. thank you to Polestar Pilates for offering them.
I really enjoy these webinars
I really appreciate that Brent is putting so much time and effort into sharing his knowledge. The Pilates Hour is one of the highlights of my week.
These sessions are amazing. I’m a new graduate and I learn so much from these!! Thank you so much! I’m so proud to be part of the Polestar family.
Helpful information for my teaching, refreshes things learned years ago and feels great to be a part of the Polestar community
I tune in for every one I can schedule, and love that test Pilates Hours are open to clients as well as students & graduates! Thank you!!
This was my first Pilates Hour, thanks so much it was very insightful and joined some dots in relation to topics in my training. Looking forward to receiving my copy of the book!
Began watching these during PAO rehab, 5th hip surgery. Amazing content for dysplasia hips and PAO recovery techniques . Grateful for this platform.
The subject matters are always very helpful and pertinent. I enjoy the Mentimeter participation. Thank you.
Great selection of experts, thinkers, movers. The content is always stimulating and inspiring
I enjoy these webinars in general and this one in particular because we don’t often get well articulated demos. I am planning to try the techniques she taught as soon as I get to the studio. Thanks for providing these.
Very interesting topic, human aspect of the webinar very appreciated.
I have been enjoying your educational system for years! I really appreciate what and hoy you do it! Thank you so much
Always insightful, packed with valuable tips and Pilates drill downs. Great for anyone wanting to expand their horizon and gain knowledge and inspiration!
so grateful to be in the Polestar family
These webinars are truly amazing. Thankyou so much.
Thank you for today’s session. I joined in from Athens, Greece on the recommendation of my teacher trainer, Teresa B, who was also attending. I had no idea what to expect, but though I’m just beginning my own journey as an instructor, I can relate to just about everything you said! The description of the physical and psychological self-preparation process to focus before a session was most inspiring. The need to keep the focus on the client’s needs during the lesson is of course imperative, as it should be in all teacher-student settings. Generally, I felt encouraged by this opportunity to reflect on my own development as a Pilates specialist, which has involved channelling energy that goes beyond physical and technical skills development. Thank you for sharing your personal experiences and positive energy.
It’s so wonderful of Brent to do these! Much appreciated
Invaluable information regards hip replacement. Thank you for sharing your personal experience from both hip replacements including the emotional aspect of the surgeries.
Began these sessions while recovering from 5th hip surgery , PAO. I used the information for my own recovery. Enjoyed theses sessions. Thank you.
Always great information on how the body moves and how we can help out clients with their body awareness
The webinar was absolutely F A N T A S T I C! This is why I have decided to train with Polestar Pilates in the first place & it reminded me how much I am still in awe of everything Polestar Pilates represents. Thank you.
Really moving, topical thoughts and incentive to action. That teaching movement and connection between one\’s body and mind can lead to increased awareness and kindness. That\’s what this is about.
I have been a frequent Pilates Hour attendee since height of the pandemic. I loved the discussion of the rhythm of the bones today. Sitting hinged in a chair does not do us any favors. We are so much more than hinges. I also took Beth Kaplaneck’s Hip/joint replacement seminar online in 2020. Beth was amazing transforming what was to be in-person course in Miami to a online/hybrid course within several months time.
This was one of the best episodes, ever! Your frankness, truth-telling and sharing about your experience really warmed my heart. Blessings on your recovery and future plans. I can’t wait to order the new book you haven’t written yet…..just sayin!
I find many of these videos extremely interesting and informative. The deeper dive into the topics and moves are really valuable to me as a pilates student. I really value the time that Brent, Shelley and the guests put into doing these 🙂
Always very informative. Thank you for providing all this important information free of charge.
So grateful for the weekly hour offered by Polestar. So kind and generous.
I love these webinars. They give me confidence to teach with confidence!
These seminars are so very essential for educational sharing & caring & learning in order to improve the quality life of my many students as well as myself! THANK YOU so very much`
I’m always more informed, relaxed and self aware after I watch this. Thanks so much for offering it to us!
It is so refreshing to have an opportunity to listen, learn and share new and varying ways of thinking and practicing. It truly takes a special person to think outside the box, step away from the norm, and innovate to create and change in established practices. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and perspective and bringing together other to do the same.
Each week I teach 20 small group Reformer classes plus an additional 5 private sessions in my home studio. Each week I have the most amazing opportunity to sit in the front row of a post-graduate seminar, taught by the cutting edge leaders in my field, in the comfort of my own home. Whether I’m at my kitchen table or feet up in the shade on my beautiful deck, I look forward to my coveted time of restoration, connection and mind-expanding ideas at the Polestar Hour.
Fascinating and inspiring. Thank you!
I always enjoy attending PH because it is such a wealth of useful and practical information that I take out of every session Thank you Polestar Team for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Great introduction to Adult Spinal Deformities! This will definitely spur me on to learn more so I can tailor my programs to be even more client specific. I think every client I have can benefit from spine stabilization work!!
Great basic seminar. I like the simple measurement guidelines re determining who is at risk for spinal instability.
Wonderful Pilates Hour session on spinal deformities Wealth of information..
Enjoyed the info in this presentation . Have wanted to take a Lisa Stolze class but haven’t had a chance. Great info I can implement immediately into practice
I totally enjoy the Polestar Pilates Hour each week. I can’t always participate during the actual time but I always look forward to seeing the tape. Thanks so much for providing this wonderful resource to the community.
Very useful and interesting series. Thank you for your research and generosity in sharing
I love these sessions, truly thought-provoking, informative and inspiring.
Excellent session
I absolutely LOVE the Pilates Hour with Brent Anderson. I always learn. It’s the best hour of my week and keeps me mentally stimulated.
I’ve been in the field of Health/Wellness/ Fitness & Dance for over 50 yrs. It’s my passion as well as my now “retirement profession”. I trained at Polestar Pilates- Miami with Brent, Shelly & so many wonderful instructors. I greatly appreciate all the Pilates Hour sessions over the past 3yrs & hope to continue “helping others to help themselves” – physically, mentally, emotionally & spiritually through Pilates & the art of dance. THANK YOU for helping me to look forward to my 70th birthday next month (September 25th) as a 34 year ‘Breast Cancer Survivor Warrior Woman”! God bless – Cathee
These sessions are an enormous gift! Presentations are grounded in expertise and experience; topics are interesting and useful. I prefer attending the webinars live, but it’s great to have the replays when I cannot attend. Inspiring, informative, and – I feel – coming from a place of kindness, compassion, and hope. Many thanks to all who make the Pilates Hour happen!
Thanks a lot for the webinar. I have pelvic injury myself from giving birth and I got a lot of useful information from you today. I am planing to start a Pilates training course and my long term goal is to help women like me.
As always very informative and something to add to my “tool box”
Thank you VERY MUCH, Brent!
Love, Love Love the time we all share on the Pilates Hour. Great topics, Knowledgable Speakers, Awesome Feedback
This was a lovely webinar – I particularly enjoyed the use of menti.com for the interactive feature, enabling us all to participate.
I really enjoy and appreciate these Polestar Pilates hours. They are very informative and helpful. Today was especially inspiring for myself, as I felt I really needed this class.. thank you!!
Some powerful things were said today, June 29 with Christi. This was much appreciated, that we all take the time between our busy lives, to pause. Thank you.
I love Pilates Hour. Very grateful to learn new things every week! Thank you.
Love the knowledge and teaching tips offered in your webinars
Beautiful explanation and very helpful tips, as always. Thank you!!
I just wanted to thank Brent for these weekly programs. My schedule is full and I appreciate the flexibility of tuning in at my convenience. I enjoy the dialogue immensely. It always leaves me with new awareness and creative ideas. I’m very grateful for this community and what you choose to bring to the table.
It was a Great session! Thank you. Been using all the methods mention and this session have given me more ideas on movements.
Thanks for all you do at Polestar. Another informative hour. I love the feeling of connection that you bring to the Pilates world community.
These Pilates Hour sessions have helped to re-energize me as a trainer. I’ve been teaching Pilates for nearly a decade and recently completed the Polestar Instructor training program. The variety of Pilates Hour classes and the amazing speakers offers so much to the community. Each week I leave with a new way of approaching my upcoming sessions.
Comprehensive Polestar graduate who enjoys staying connected with familiar teachers and education on a regular basis. Thank you, thank you for providing these Pilates Hour sessions!!!
I have learned so much from the Polestar weekly Pilates webinar. The topics are always interesting and informative, and if I’m working I always watch the replay. Thank you for providing this service, I recommend it to everyone!
These webinars are fantastic. They serve to reinforce, enlighten, support, and connect. Some webinars I’ve listened to at least three times. Others have served to give me “fresh eyes” in my sessions with clients. I love the variety, and Brent is the consummate professional; utterly down to earth with enormous expertise, yet still humble, curious, and even spiritual. I hope these webinars will continue for a long time!
Appreciate the weekly content and the fact that we received recordings should we be unable to attend live. Thank you!
This was great! Thinking about the reciprocal movements the way it was presented here today was unique yet clear. I’d like to further my practice and learning by keeping the information and examples presented in mind. Thank you.
great information! amazing, thank you
I received my Polestar training in 2004/2005 timeframe. I had already gone through a program with a classically trained instructor in Charlotte. I also did intense mat work with Colleen Glen. I decided to do Polestar as I needed something that would help me work with a wider variety of bodies. I really loved my training and I find that the weekly webinars that Polestar generously offers to their graduates (and others) to be so helpful in this changing world. The way i was taught years ago doesn’t work as well now. I find that people have different expectations and my training along with the variety of webinars really helps me to stay fresh in my practice.
fascinating. I always enjoy Polestar Pilates science and evidenced based approach to the webinars. Each hour delivers an Ah Ha! Moment. Thank you!
A deep appreciation for the opportunity to take deep dives and and learn so much from Brent and all his guests.
I’m really really happy every time when I have the possibility to watch the Pilates Hour. I’m from Brazil and It’s so nice see people for other side the world tell the same things I think. And, It’s a proud to see people have a large knowledge about Pilates and share with us. Thank you so much for talk about Pilates and the body.
Pilates hour is amazing, I am infinitely grateful for the knowledge that your speakers share, especially the wisdom of Dr. Brent Anderson
I love these Pilates Hour shows. I ALWAYS learn something — and it makes me think in a broader way about the Pilates Community. Reminds me of Feldenkrais practice some times.
I find Brent’s sessions invaluable – THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Each session has brilliant visuals and a logical flow, that are easy for my brain to connect and understand. It’s always just the right amount of information, which is relevant to a subject being discussed. It’s a great gift, to be able to explain such complex things in a way they can be understood by anyone.
Thank you for this meticulously detailed work which clarifies so many aspects of our work. This was only my 2nd webinar, my first was Pilates for EDS, which was unknown territory for me and will help me to help a relative who has just been diagnosed. I will be back…
Really enjoy Pilates Hour sessions. They are long enough to learn or to recap over topics but short enough to attend. Keeps me in touch with the latest topics and helps me to keep teaching my clients with information that is current. Thank you and don’t stop what you keep doing so well, educate!
I absolutely love joining the sessions every week, sharing knowledge, learning is what I love the most but the most important for me is that keep motivated.
Thank you for the breadth of coverage, inclusiveness, the understanding that it’s appropriate to teach a exercise differently to different people- or to the same person on different days. The relationship between experience and intuition. I was taught by a highly intuitive teacher, but it took me years to understand what my intuition was telling me, and still I find the more I learn the more intuitively I can work. About “aha” moments, they are often not to do directly with the body: I had a client who after several classes said, ” Now I relate differently with my husband ” (We had not discussed her marital relationship!). I believe the focus that we teach on the body level sets the spirit free to do what it needs to do.
This was SO helpful. Even for 10 years post-grad I found is very informative. Thanks so much Shelly!
Bravo!!! What an awesome session with Brent and Viktor regarding the Konnector to increase mobility !! Thank you so much !!! Thank you Brent and Shelly for your dedication to educate us all to be better movers and to treat each other kindly!!
Thank you! So informative.
I always enjoy the pilates hour and look forward to the next topic. This hour is always so enlightening, thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for offering Pilates Hour for free. I try to watch it every week online or replay and I`m so thankful. I learn a lot, not only for my pupils and clients, but especially for myself.
I love these seminars! Especially when it’s over my head, I can lookup what I need to know to accelerate my learning. Thank you!
I loved the webinar. It was a perfect length, with interesting, up to date information, delivered in language that was easy to understand. The content was relevant to use with our clients and I look forward to similar webinars.
Shelly, great job as always. I appreciate the deeper dive into exercises. You always remind me that the basics are the starting point and we build from there. Good review of the basics with some good choreography and ways to tease out some new challenges. Thank you!
Love Pilates Hour, thank you.
The webinar sessions have been great because they help reiterate, catch, reinforce what we may have missed or need to be reinforced even after any training/certification. Also, if you don’t catch something during, you can watch the replay. I especially like the specialists & case studies, & higher level thinking even though I’m not on the Instructor level. … and I value my practitioner Instructor, Shelly Power who has helped me walk thru any question.
That was a very inspiring talk. I look forward to trying out some of the ideas.
Shelly, your deep dive into these exercises are always helpful! Thanks so much!