You have a great class plan, you know your Pilates exercises, you know your cueing formula that will make the movements safe and effective for your clients. You start to teach. The room full of people before you do the exercise as you planned but there is one person. She doesn’t get it. She doesn’t…
Balance and resistance training using small apparatus is a great way to build strength and stability whether you are a novice Pilates student or have been doing it for years! The coach ball is a great tool to start as it is a simple prop with many different uses. It can add a balance and…
This series of exercises is closed chain and helps to take stress off the lower back. The key is to bend from the hips and isolate hip motion from spine motion. It may seem like a simple concept, but is very challenging for many people to do. When the hips are bending and low back…
Sarah lived in a cycle of pain, fear, self-doubt and confusion. She had been treated for depression, warned that she needed back surgery and told that she would never move normally again. During the birth of her second child, she sustained nerve damage in her lower back and a fractured pelvis. Five years after the fact…
Class themes are a valuable practice you shouldn’t overlook. They’re not only a way to make classes more meaningful and interesting for your clients, but for you as an instructor as well. Today I’m sharing 53 of my favourite class themes. There are some for novice and experienced clients, as well as some to “wow”…
When I first came to Body Harmonics, there was a huge emphasis on themed classes and themes that lasted an entire 3-month season. I remember looking forward to each class I attended because I knew I’d learn or experience something new every time. Some days it was a concept, other days, a feeling in my…
I was sitting in a yoga philosophy class with a fellow yogi whilst doing a recent yoga teacher training in India. We began talking about our strong areas and our weak areas, which muscles were easily accessible to us and which we had difficulty accessing. As a Pilates lover, I have more ease firing up the…
I’ve always been interested in money. It’s been a tool that’s created the opportunity to study with outstanding people throughout the world in the areas of investing, personal growth, peak performance, and movement. It’s also provided many lessons to me in the game of life. Back in the late 90’s, my mother went to Harv…
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