by Lesley Powell, Director of Movements Afoot and faculty of BalancedBody University

Take Your Pilates Certificate to the next level

Balanced Body University offers an opportunity to easily bridge over to their program.

The advantages:

• Full classical repertory of the Pilates Mat and on the equipment: reformer, cadillac, wunda chair, barrel, step barrel, toe corrector and magic circle
• Beautiful manuals with detail information about the function of the body, how the machines work, newest research about function, teaching skills and contraindications for specific injuries
• Examples of workouts from different points of views.
• Education in anatomy especially the unique courses of Anatomy in Clay
• Continuing education with any Pilates company and courses relating to the body

Requirements for the bridge*

• Full certificate from another Pilates Teacher Certificate Company
• Enlist in Mat I, Reformer I, and Apparatus I
• Purchase of all the manuals

I taught to the staff of Movements Afoot and prospective students for BBU the movement principles of Balanced Body University’s underlying concepts. The material is so rich. The principles takes you to understanding how the body moves 3- dimensionally, principles of lumpopelvic and scapular humeral stability as well as connecting to the rich material of Thomas Meyers, the author of Anatomy Trains. This material goes beyond simple anatomical principles. The body is dependent on dynamic changes of stability and mobility for all activities from walking to our movement loves of sports and dance.

For instance,  my Pilates education included the sequential bridge and a neutral bridge.  The neutral bridge from my education at the Laban Institute was called the pelvic shift forward. BBU’s movement principles include many variations of the bridge in many planes.

Why is this important?

Bridging in many different planes helps trains the legs and pelvis for all the movement activities that we do.  In healthy walking, the pelvis moves in many planes.