by Laura Helsel | Nov 8, 2019 | Biomechanics, Pilates, Pilates Teacher Training, Teaching Tips
“See all. Ignore most. Correct the essential.”
This Eric Franklin quote highlights the challenge we face as teachers in deciding when to correct and when it’s more powerful and positive to pass. It’s not about the cue it’s about the result.
by Laura Helsel | Aug 3, 2018 | Fitness, Pilates, Pilates Teacher Training, Vancouver Teacher Training Courses
Teacher training: Adapting Pilates to the person, not the person to Pilates. With the Pilates Process™ approach our concern isn’t that the client performs Pilates well, though that will eventually happen over time. Our aim is that Pilates serves the client well...
by Laura Helsel | Oct 24, 2018 | Fitness, Pilates, Pilates For Everyone, Pilates Teacher Training
Cues and images are very personal. Pilates teachers can offer a cue to a group class and get 5 different responses as to how that cue is embodied. The direction to simply “Stand Up Tall” can illicit a variety of responses from improving posture and alignment, to worsening posture and tension levels and adding excess neck strain…
by Laura Helsel | Aug 24, 2018 | Pelvic Floor, Pilates For Everyone, Pilates Teacher Training
Pelvic Floor Health: beyond the Kegel Tiffany Johns, B. Kin., is one of our Vancouver based Pilates Process ™ teacher trainers. A recent graduate of UBCs kinesiology program, Tiffany’s final project was the development of a paper presenting the most recent...
