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INTENSIVE REFORMER (IR)

This course is intended for those who have a background in movement/teaching OR are already working in the fitness/Rehab/movement field. This includes those in academia who have experience in pilates at their local gym or studio and are looking to change careers, create additional income part-time or someone who is simply passionate about pilates and wants to go deeper personally or learn to teach. The course is conducted over 4 weekends. Building on your industry knowledge, it teaches you to design and lead an Level 1 Essential and Intermediate STOTT PILATES Reformer repertoire for personal or group training settings for a range of clients. You will leave with a solid foundation and required skills to develop effective and motivating Pilates Reformer programs.


What you will learn:


The STOTT PILATES Five Basic Principles

Essential, Intermediate, Power workouts

Effective use of the reformer to enhance torso stability and strength, peripheral extremity conditioning, joint stability, flexibility, balance and coordination

Effective communication and observational skills

Verbal cueing and imagery for performance enhancement and client motivation

Theory and practice of postural analysis

139 exercises plus modifications for specific body types, postural issues and conditions

How to incorporate resistance equipment to support and intensify exercises

Exercise layering related to effective program design

Workout composition for personal and group training


Dates: Mar 8 - April 15, 2024

Sessions:

Friday March 8, 12:30pm - 7:00pm

Saturday March 9, 11:00am - 4:30pm

Sunday March 10, 9:00am - 2:30pm


Friday March 22, 12:30pm - 7:00pm

Saturday March 23,  11:00am - 4:30pm

Sunday March 24, 9:00am - 2:30pm


Friday April 12, 12:30pm - 7:00pm

Saturday April 13, 11:00am - 4:30pm

Sunday April 14, 9:00am - 2:30pm

*Location : Evolution Pilates, 293 Oakland Street, South Windsor CT 06074



Cost: $1750 CEC'S 5.0

Materials: Manuals $260, Support Material guide $32.50

Intensive Cadillac (IC)

Building on your industry knowledge and the material learned in IMP or IR you learn to design and lead the Level 1 Essential and Intermediate STOTT PILATES Cadillac repertoire for personal or group training settings for a range of clients. 125 exercises on the Cadillac/Trapeze Table.


What you will learn:


  • A variety of exercises performed on the Cadillac Trapeze Table through the full Essential and Intermediate repertoire
  • To become better acquainted with the Cadillac as a tool to create complete workouts or as a complement to routines featuring Matwork and other equipment
  • To observe and experience a variety of exercises utilizing the Cadillac’s features including the Roll-Down Bar, Push-Thru Bar, Trapeze, Leg, and Arm Springs
  • The goals of each exercise, biomechanics, and alignment, as well as cueing and correcting for safety and effectiveness
  • How to apply the STOTT PILATES Five Basic Principles to a variety of exercises, variations, and modifications
  • Familiarity with the safety guidelines and application of the equipment for a variety of clients


Dates: TBD

*Location : Evolution Pilates, 293 Oakland Street, South Windsor CT 06074

The STOTT PILATES® Injuries & Special Populations (ISP)

The STOTT PILATES® Injuries & Special Populations (ISP) course equips you with the skills required to address a broad range of physical challenges among your clients. It is important to note that this course will NOT prepare students to diagnose or treat any specific injuries or conditions or prescribe exercises for these populations without consultation with an appropriate health practitioner (i.e. Physical Therapist, Physiotherapist, or similarly recognized health care professional).


Completion of ISP is required for full STOTT PILATES certification.


General course objectives

  • Discuss the Pilates instructor’s role in the rehabilitative process
  • Examine the industry standards for screening clients and learn how to begin a Pilates program to safely and appropriately work with special populations
  • Discuss the three-level muscle classification system
  • Develop and be able to apply a rehabilitative approach based on current models of joint stability
  • Examine optimal and dysfunctional biomechanical patterns in various regions of the body
  • Review the most common injuries and special populations that may be encountered
  • Review appropriate exercise progressions for those injuries and special populations
  • Practice programming for specific injuries and special populations


*Location: Evolution Pilates, 293 Oakland Street, South Windsor CT 06074

Advanced Reformer (AR)

Learn to use the various Reformer components and accessories to intensify Reformer repertoire and provide a stimulating workout for athletes, dancers, and highly conditioned clients. Held over three days, this 18-hour Advanced course teaches exercises in the repertoire that require greater strength, stability, and flexibility.


What you will learn:


  • Muscular initiation and sequencing of Advanced-level exercises
  • Multiple variations for variety and intensity
  • 70 exercises


Continuing education credits

STOTT PILATES 1.8 CECs (18 hrs)

Dates: TBD


Friday, December 1, 12:30pm - 7:00pm

Saturday, December 2, 11:00am - 5:30pm

Sunday, December 3, 9:00am - 3:30pm

*Location : Evolution Pilates, 293 Oakland Street, South Windsor CT 06074

INTENSIVE BARRELS (IBRL)

Building on your industry knowledge and the material learned in IMP or IR you learn to design and lead the Level 1 Essential and Intermediate STOTT PILATES Ladder Barrel, Spine Corrector and Arc Barrel repertoire for personal or group training settings for a range of clients.

  • What you will learnHow to apply the STOTT PILATES Five Basic Principles to exercises on the Arc Barrel, Spine Corrector and Ladder Barrel
  • Exercises from the STOTT PILATES Essential and Intermediate Barrel repertoire
  • To understand movement essence and exercise goals
  • How to support the spine in flexion, lateral flexion or extension, to target core and peripheral muscle groups, and to adapt exercises to specific body types
  • How to incorporate the barrels into a full-body workout and program for specific body types, postural issues and conditions
  • To develop effective communication and observational skills, verbal cueing and imagery for performance enhancement and client motivation
  • Requirements of certification10 hours of instruction and supervised teaching
  • Minimum of 5 hours of observation
  • Minimum of 10 hours of physical review
  • Minimum of 5 hours of practice teaching
  • Total: 30 hours

DATES: March 23-24, 2024

Mar 23 11 am - 4:30 pm

Mar 24 9 am - 2:30 pm

*Location : Evolution Pilates, 293 Oakland Street, South Windsor CT 06074

COST: $325 PLUS MATERIALS $47.50

CEC'S: 1.0

TOTAL BARRE FOUNDATIONS COURSE

The dynamic Total Barre® program is intended for those already working in the fields of fitness or movement. Instructors looking to bring music-inspired movement to their clients will love the 11 specially arranged and selected segments that serve as the template for each session or class.


Segments are accompanied by timed selections of music, each at a designated pace and focus on individual areas of the body or movement type.


Upon completion of the Instructor Foundation Course, participants will be able to teach the Total Barre method of exercise. Only upon the receipt of their certificate will they be entitled to identify themselves as a Total Barre Qualified Instructor.


Total Barre offers a balanced and thorough blend of theory, observation and practical experience to help you master the repertoire.


General course objectives:


Learn creative choreography of a well-balanced Barre workout

Receive a template to effectively guide participants to modify and choreograph future workouts

Break down various movements and explore the stabilization and mobilization required to achieve them

Learn how to cue, correct and modify effectively for all populations

Experience and implement six Total Barre Foundational Principles

Participants are supplied suggested beats per minute for each segment of the workout they learn with optional music playlist

Dates: SATURDAY APRIL 6, 2024

!2 pm - 7:00 PM

*Location : Evolution Pilates, 293 Oakland Street, South Windsor CT 06074


Cost: $420 plus $75 materials

CEC'S: .7

ZEN*GA® Instructor Foundation Course, Mat

The ZEN*GA Level 1 Mat Course will help us explore the foundational principles that make up the method and apply them to movement programs designed to help reach the desired goals. This is a seven-hour in-class training (plus one-hour break) - and some yoga or other mind-body training is highly recommended.


What you will learn:


The four ZEN*GA Mindful Movement principles

Experiential exercises on the Mat to reinforce these principles

The definition of fascia and an introduction to the new model of training termed fascial fitness

The benefits of training the neuromyofascial web

An introduction to a new field of study in the human body called biotensegrity

Exercises on the Mat that explore the Myofascial Meridians

Dates: TBA

*Location : Evolution Pilates, 293 Oakland Street, South Windsor CT 06074

Cost: $350

CEUs: .7


Download Zenga Mat Foundation registration form here.

Intensive Mat-Plus™ (IMP)

This course is intended for those already working in the fields of fitness or movement, as well as those who are unable to devote the time required in our Comprehensive Program due to work and/or scheduling issues. Conducted over 2 weeks or 3 weekends. Building on your industry knowledge it teaches you to design and lead the Level 1 Essential and Intermediate STOTT PILATES Matwork repertoire, for personal or group training settings for a range of clients. You will leave with a solid foundation and required skills to develop effective and motivating Pilates Matwork programs.

Dates: Jan 19 – Feb 25, 2024


Friday Jan 19 1:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Saturday Jan 20 11:00 - 4:30 pm

Sunday Jan 21 9:00 am - 2:30 pm


Friday Feb 2  1:30 - 7:00 pm

Saturday Feb 3 11:00 am - 4:30 pm

Sunday Feb 4 9:00 am - 2:30 pm


Saturday 24 11:00 - 4:30 pm

Sunday Feb 25 9:00 - 2:30 pm

*Location : Evolution Pilates, 293 Oakland Street, South Windsor CT 06074

Times: Friday 1-6:30, Saturday 11-4:30, Sunday 9-2:30

Cost: $1175 with $200 in materials

Intensive Stability Chair™ (ICHR)

Building on your industry knowledge and the material learned in IMP or IR you learn to design and lead the Level 1 Essential and Intermediate STOTT PILATES Stability Chair repertoire for personal or group training settings for a range of clients.

Dates: Jan 26 - 28, 2024


Friday January 26, 1:30pm - 7:00 pm

Saturday January 27, 1:00pm - 4:30 pm

Sunday January 28, 9:00am - 2:30 pm

*Location : Evolution Pilates, 293 Oakland Street, South Windsor CT 06074


Cost: $525 plus $75 in materials

APRIL 20, 2024; 2-3:30PM DEDHAM

SPRING IS HERE!   LOOK AND FEEL YOUR BEST!

Powerful Duo! Join Eliza for this 90 minute myofascial release "deep dive" which explores foam rolling as a way to detoxify muscle and connective tissue, to promote healthy lymphatic drainage and better circulation--all of which are critical in the spring time to assist the body in releasing build-up and excess fluids from the winter time-- while letting the detoxifying healing properties of infrared heat help facilitate your journey! The change of seasons can often be challenging for the body and is the quintessential time to slow down and practice intentional self-care as a way to ease from one season to the next. 

 

Eliza will guide participants through a gentle but thorough exploration of the body and share tips and tricks from Ayurveda which promote optimal transitions into springtime no matter your age, physical condition or experience level. 

 

Please bring your own mat; foam rollers will be provided.


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