State what we want the client to do simply, without using memorized cues.

What is the client potentially missing, and what simple direction might help them achieve it?

In this workshop you will learn to :

1. Simplify the practice of cueing to become more efficient and effective.

2. Eliminate outdated cues that have become popular jargon.

3. Understand the purpose of an exercise in order to cue accurately. 

4. Learn how the exercises affect the anatomy in movement to more accurately cue what is needing to happen in each exercise.

Understanding pain and how to work with clients who are in chronic pain.

How do we help a client move through a Pilates practice when in chronic or long-lasting pain?

In this workshop:

1. Pain- the mechanisms of pain, different types of pain, the biopsychosocial model, modern understandings of contributing factors to painful stimuli, pain in the absence of pathology or injury, and differentiation between sensation and pain.

2. Client’s Experience of pain- fear of movement, kinesiophobia, ideas of bracing/guarding, myths around posture.

3. Teacher’s Responsibility- scope of practice, appropriate methods of hands-on, encouragement vs enabling.

How to teach Pilates to injured clients.

In this workshop:

1. Chronic vs acute injuries, stages of healing, and appropriate loading methods.

2. Understanding various pathologies and orthopedic conditions.

3. Precautions, Contraindications and adjustments to classical or traditional work, adapting the work for injury.

4. Exercises for specific conditions, appropriate Pilates exercises and functional rehabilitative exercises.

Working with pregnant clients.

How to work with clients who are newly postpartum.

In this workshop:

1. Stages of pregnancy and physical changes

2. Exercise during pregnancy- adjustments to classical or traditional work, adapting the work for pregnancy

3. Corrective Exercise for Prenatal Stages

4. Postpartum expectations and physiology

Teaching clients with Hypermobility

How to work with clients who are hypermobile, EDS/HSD.

In this workshop:

1. The spectrum of Hypermobility

2. Differences in hypermobility spectrum disorder, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and having hyper-mobile joints

3. Corrective Exercise for hypermobility

4. Pilates exercises for supporting hypermobility, precautions, and contraindications

How to teach Pilates to injured clients.

In this workshop:

1. Chronic vs acute injuries, stages of healing, and appropriate loading methods.

2. Understanding various pathologies and orthopedic conditions.

3. Precautions, Contraindications and adjustments to classical or traditional work, adapting the work for injury.

4. Exercises for specific conditions, appropriate Pilates exercises and functional rehabilitative exercises.

Learn exercises to use with clients when they need assistance before being able to do traditional Pilates, “pre-Pilates”, to work through injuries, or complement to a traditional practice.

In this workshop:

1. Exercises to use with clients who are currently unable to do much of a classic repertoire

2. Beneficial exercises that work alongside a Pilates session

3. Building blocks to connect functional movement exercises to Pilates sessions

Learn what the client needs by observing through assessment exercises and visual cues.

In this workshop:

1. Notice what the client needs each session

2. Recognize what a client is missing in their practice

3. Learn how to fit an exercise to the client instead of forcing a client into an exercise

4. Observation skills to be able to adjust and adapt the teaching plan and exercises within a session

Learn exercises using the Baby Arm Chair, Push-up devices, Neck Stretcher, and Airplane Board.

In this workshop:

1. Experience using these devices on your own body

2. Assess where these exercises might be useful for a client in their practice

3. Key concepts of these exercises and connections throughout the work

4. Building blocks for each movement and how to build them for the individual

Translating the exercises from traditional to contemporary apparatus or vice versa. It doesn’t matter which style you originally learned.

In this workshop:

1. Learn how traditional and contemporary Pilates intersect.

2. Experience the differences in the exercises

3. Explore the purpose and goals of different Pilates styles in the same exercises

4. Discuss what traditional and contemporary Pilates actually means

Learn the archival Pilates exercises, the traditional work of Joseph Pilates.

Headstand front and back, Wrestling Bridge, High Bridge, Squirrel, Control Balance Off, Piano Head, and more.

In this workshop:

1. How to do the exercise, setup, safety considerations

2. Why the exercise might be chosen for a specific client

3. Key concepts of these exercises and connections throughout the work

4. Building blocks for each movement and how to build them for the individual

Ergonomics in Motion is a movement system addressing issues arising from workspace set-ups, spending all day at the desk and computer to reduce RMI in the workplace, and increase vitality and productivity.

This is a guided movement session and presentation that is tailored to the workday, done at the desk, no extra equipment, no change of clothes necessary, and for all fitness levels, tailored to countering the day-to-day impacts of sitting in front of the computer. Working with companies around the country, Ergonomics in Motion teaches employees how to reduce pain and stiffness from working all day at home or in the office.