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COMPREHENSIVE CERTIFICATION LEVEL I
Level I
Course Objectives:
Learn to perform and teach the Beginning exercises for Mat, Reformer, Cadillac, High & Low Chairs, Semi Barrel, Spine Corrector, Ladder Barrel, Wall and Power Circle.
Learn how to teach a safe and effective mat and reformer class.
Ingrain teaching skills including tactile and verbal cueing, learning to read bodies, and how to safely progress students.
Learn anatomy in an interactive and functional way to help improve understanding of the Powerhouse, posture, and pelvic floor.
Explore the mechanism and effect of breathing on movement.
Develop strategies for working with students who suffer from chronic lower back pain, as well as spondylolisthesis, disk herniation, disk protrusion, disk extrusion, free disk fragment, stenosis.
Benefit from personalized coaching on live courses aimed at accelerating practical skills as well as personalized feedback with real clients in a teaching practicum.
Connect with a community and a mentor to help guide you through your teaching journey.
Course Pre-requisites: It is recommended that the instructor take a minimum of 10 classical lessons or classes.
Required Reading: Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germain. Return to Life and Your Health by Joseph H. Pilates. Both are available on Amazon.com
Level I Anatomy/mat and reformer Weekend 1 march 1-2, 2024): $685
8am-5pm Saturday and Sunday
Weekend 1 starts with the Mat and Reformer work. Learn the beginning Mat and Reformer exercises, how to progress clients into the ideal form safely, and how to teach effectively. Students will receive a manual detailing all the exercises upon registration so they can practice, as well as practice videos and mini videos for every exercise (by the end of the course, the library will include over 150 videos). By the end of this weekend, students will be able to explain the set up and execution of each beginning exercise on Mat and Reformer, and will learn the Teaching Methodology for how to teach. This course is our foundation and will also help you understand the vocabulary and history of Pilates as well as our Structural Integration concepts that help make our program unique. These concepts teach you how to break down the most perplexing and difficult parts of the method so you can explain it at the first lesson with your clients so they can feel and fire the correct muscles in their body.
Level I Anatomy/cadillac chair and barrels weekend 2 (april 19-20, 2024): $685
8am-5pm Saturday and Sunday
Weekend 2 teaches even more exercises on the other pieces of apparatus in the studio - chair, barrel, Cadillac, Magic Circle, and the wall. Joseph Pilates designed his workout to be a system, and this weekend will give you all the tools to use that system to help improve clients so they progress. Students will also learn how to teach effective, safe, and fun group classes on Mat and Reformer. Workshops will include how to spot and fix errors, how to use imagery effectively, how to create effective Powerhouse cues, and how to use touch to safely inform movement and spot clients. This weekend builds from weekend 1 so that more of the details of the functional movement patterns in Pilates can be used by students to help align and correct movement with clients in private as well as group classes.
Level I Anatomy/Back Issues/Teaching Practicum Weekend 3 (June 1-2, 2024): $685
8am-5pm Saturday and Sunday
8am-5pm Saturday and Sunday
Weekend 3 places the teaching focus on refining teaching skills in the Teaching Practicum Module. Anatomy is taught in an interactive, live workshop that delves into the muscles of the Powerhouse and how injuries in this part of the body affect posture and movement. Teaching feedback is given using a student in a lesson setting, facilitating the teacher to make choices in real time to help benefit and deepen their teaching to the Powerhouse safely and progressively.
Pre-Requisite: Completion of Modules 1 & 2.
Level I Assessment Weekend 4 (june 29-30, 2024): $685
8am-5pm Saturday and Sunday
Weekend 4 is the final leg of the Pilates Academy Level I Comprehensive Certification Program. Teachers have polished skills and are ready for Assessment of exercise technique, Group Mat and Reformer teaching, and Private Full Session teaching.
Pre-Requisites:
100% attendance of Modules 1, 2 and 3.
Completion of all 120 required hours for observation, exercise technique practice, teaching practice and assignments in the Instructor Workbook for all modules.
The Pilates Academy Level I Comprehensive Instructor Certification is awarded upon successful completion of all required elements and passing assessment.