IN HAYAMA
May 26 3 hr each

•  3D core:
• Posterior Lateral Hip:

May 27 3 hr each

•  Franklin Method: the Knee
• The Foot

IN SHINAGAWA
May 28

• Lower Cross Syndrome 6 hr

May 29

•  Upper Cross Syndrome: 6 hr

May 30

•  Working with clients with back pain using Pilates: 3 hr

Anthony Lett’s book is one of the best books on the market for professional teachers. We have a few more copies at the studio of a cd of his book.. You can go online also on his website to order an ebook.

Stay tune. We want Anthony back next year!

49 W. 27th St. Mezzanine B, New York City 212-904-1399 www.movementsafoot.com

Taught and Mentored by Marie-José Blom


Early bird Discount  for 3 workshops  $2160 by May 31, 2012.
Please call for this discount.

Each workshop  $850  See early bird discount dates for each workshop 5%  807.50

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This course is a three module study of skill enhancing specialty education designed for the already practicing Pilates Professional or Movement Educator.
• Elevate the content of your repertory knowledge into a body of excellence and expertise. The Pilates Leadership Introspective series turns your teaching into the art that transforms your clientele. This series will help you meet the demands of the current market with professional confidence. This higher education covers the depth and details of movement biomechanics intrinsic to the Pilates repertoire.  They integrate the biomechanical blueprint of the exercises through an anatomical theme per module.

Objectives

• The implementation of a directive and corrective hands-on approach with real time teaching. This instills renewed confidence with refreshed knowledge in Pilates teaching and movement practice.
• Learn to integrate these skills with the Pilates movement technique while deepening the whole body experience with a corrective, restorative effect.
• To integrate the protocols and biomechanics with the use of the Pilates equipment, including newly designed modifications and therapeutic approaches.

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Pilates Leadership Introspective, Part 1: 
A Pilates repertoire study of technique, themed ‘From Foot to Core’.
  Date:    June 22-24
Time:     9:00 – 5:00 daily
  Location: Pilates Core Center and Dragonfly Yoga
        Studio:  856.985.0900
        www.pilatescorecenter.com
  *Please call if you would like to be part of carpool and motel room
• Pilates Leadership Introspective, Part 2: 
A Pilates repertoire study of technique, themed ‘Pelvic & Spine Works’.
  Date:    September 21-23
Time:     9:00 – 5:00 daily
Location: Movements Afoot Pilates Studio
  Early bird discount August 30, 2012 5% off 807.50
       
  
• Pilates Leadership Introspective, Part 3: 
A Pilates repertoire study of technique, themed ‘Integrated Principals of Upper Core & Shoulder Girdle’.
  Date:    December 7-9 2012
Time:     9:00 – 5:00 daily
Location: Movements Afoot Pilates Studio
  Early bird discount November 1, 2012 5% off 807.50

Who Should Attend This Series?


This Pilates Leadership Introspective Series is designed to take movement professionals to the next level through the latest concepts collected during my travels, collaborations and studies.

• Pilates Professionals with 1-3 years teaching experience.
• ATCs, OTRs & COTAs, PTs, PT Assistants, DCs
•  Strength & Conditioning Professionals, and other medical professionals with a Pilates background or Pilates Therapy practice.
• All movement educators with a Pilates background or Pilates Therapy practice.

Ten years old.  Just recently replaced springs and leather straps

Price does not include shipping costs.

Anthony Lett joins us in April teaching a workshop based on his fabulous book. Innovations in Pilates.  Seeing his book and following him on Facebook, I think that he has something new and extraordinary to offer to Pilates teachers.

Please visit his website http://www.innovationsinpilates.com.au/. Finally there is a book for professional Pilates teachers beyond just learning the repertory.  We are selling a dvd of his book at the studio, a more affordable price.  Since the book is published from Australia,  the costs of the book and shipping is expensive.  Please feel free to come by the studio to view the book.

49 W. 27th St. Mezzanine B, New York City 212-904-1399 www.movementsafoot.com

Therapeutic Muscle Stretching on the Pilates Equipment

Click above to register

With Anthony Lett
When; April 14, 15   2012. 9-5
Cost $480  Early Bird special Register by 3/15/2012  $450.

Workshop includes;

• Joseph Pilates philosophy and stretching
• Relationships between core strength, good posture, dynamic exercise and flexibility
• Case studies and Flexibility interventions
• Anatomy revision-muscle function animations and experiential practice
• Deep and effective Therapeutic Muscle Stretching for the Calves, hamstrings, hip flexors, adductors, gluteals, trunk, arms shoulder and neck.

The workshop will leave you with new insights into Pilates, new class formats, and a whole bunch of new and exciting repertoire. Backed up by 3d muscle function animations and a mostly practical content, your Pilates teaching will feel invigorated and so will your clients!
About Anthony; Anthony is the author of Innovations in Pilates. A student and teacher of Pilates for 25 years, he has qualifications in Philosophy, sports science, exercise medicine, mind/body medicine and clinical anatomy. Anthony has presented his workshops in various parts of the world to Pilates audiences and runs his practice in Melbourne Australia. His workshops are known for their good humour and relaxed but thorough approach.
DVD is on sale now of this book $54 (tax included)

49 W. 27th St. Mezzanine B, New York City 212-904-1399 www.movementsafoot.com

Therapeutic Muscle Stretching on the Pilates Equipment

Click here to register

With Anthony Lett
When; April 14, 15, 16,  2012. 9-5


Cost $800   Early Bird special Register by 3/15/2012  $750.
Anthony Lett, author of Innovations in Pilates will present a  three day workshop covering all of the theory and major stretches selected from his popular Pilates book.
Workshop includes;

• Joseph Pilates philosophy and stretching
• Relationships between core strength, good posture, dynamic exercise and flexibility
• Case studies and Flexibility interventions
• Anatomy revision-muscle function animations and experiential practice
• Deep and effective Therapeutic Muscle Stretching for the Calves, hamstrings, hip flexors, adductors, gluteals, trunk, arms shoulder and neck.

The workshop will leave you with new insights into Pilates, new class formats, and a whole bunch of new and exciting repertoire. Backed up by 3d muscle function animations and a mostly practical content, your Pilates teaching will feel invigorated and so will your clients!
About Anthony; Anthony is the author of Innovations in Pilates. A student and teacher of Pilates for 25 years, he has qualifications in Philosophy, sports science, exercise medicine, mind/body medicine and clinical anatomy. Anthony has presented his workshops in various parts of the world to Pilates audiences and runs his practice in Melbourne Australia. His workshops are known for their good humour and relaxed but thorough approach.

DVD is on sale now of this book $54 (tax included)

In running a Pilates Studio and training teachers, I am seeing new teachers having problems developing a practice and following.  Many teachers run in seconds before their sessions begin.  They need to know the importance of making connections with clients and learning their fitness goals, levels and injuries.

When I was bartending, making any kind of contact improved my tip.  When I did not, the tip amount went down.  It could have been as simple as talking about the weather. Making your service personalize is how to begin to create a following in addition to your education as a teacher.

Last week I took class with a teacher who was not developing a following in her classes and privates.  She did come early, but made no attempt to talk to students waiting for her class.  While waiting for her to come into the classroom,  I found out more information about her students than she did.  One woman had only took mat classes.  The teacher did ask if they had done Pilates, but did not go in depth what was their true experience.

She interpretted as a lot of experience and taught material too advanced for their fitness level.  She taught swan on the tower.  I would never teach that exercise until I saw their fitness level with pulling the straps or swan on the reformer.

The teacher made no personalized comments to the students.  There was only 3 of us.  Not once did she call us by our names.

She was fired soon after this.

I started Movements Afoot when there was a trademark war.  We weren’t allowed to mention Pilates in any of advertising.  It was through my teaching on the physioball, pilates mat and other classes that the studio grew.  Making clients feel comfortable, challenged and motivated are essential to growing your career.

Freeing the Shoulder by Lesley Powell for Pilates Pro: a more in depth article

Relax your Neck – Liberate your Shoulders
With Lesley Powell, Franklin Method Teacher, Certified Movement Analyst, Balanced Body Pilates Faculty
$60  Early discount sign up by first of the month.February 11, 2012  Saturday 11 AM – 1 PM

When you embody the body’s natural support structure, ‘you’ don’t have to ‘work so hard’ to stay upright and moving forward in a world of ‘stress’.  Discover the flow and ease that exists within you. Lengthen and balance shoulder and neck musculature to dance through life with free healthy shoulders, a liberated neck and a dynamic supportive spine.

The counterbalancing effect of the shoulder blade is especially helpful in arm elevation. Dancers, gymnasts and anyone attempting to reach for the coffee container on the top shelf needs to be able to lift their arms effortlessly without disturbing their centers or increasing tension in the shoulders, back and torso.

In this workshop, you will learn simple and profound ways to catapult your shoulder experience to a beautiful new awareness and then integrate this magical sensation into your daily life movements. Use this every day and embody easeful shoulders and an easeful life. This workshop is highly recommended for dancers, movers, shakers, yogis, desk sitters, children, grown up kids, sky divers, swimmers and anyone who carries a bag.

Smile and notice how the muscles of your face activate.  

Now place your hands on your lower abs and smile your lower abs.  

Feel the abs contract wide against your pelvis.  

Feel how you created your own internal spanx.

Pilates is more than abdominal workout.  It is about connection of the entire body.  When the lower and/or upper body works in harmony with your torso, you create better alignment, strength, balance of tone and mobility with your entire body.

Newcomers to Pilates sometimes get stuck on the idea that a hard muscle is a functional muscle.  A lot of people are hardening their muscles that is destroying correct movement of the body.

As you advance in your practice, Pilates repertory has more sequencing of movement and level changes.  This teaches you to have dynamic stabilization of your body.