Day One Program

 

Introduction: Interactive

Teacher

Students

Outline/Syllabus

 

Terminology: Lecture

• Form

• Principles

• Fundamental Cues

• Imagery

• General Pilates Anatomy

• Basic Bio-Mechanics

• Understanding the Manual

 

Mat Work-out: Practice

 

Fundamentals: Lecture & Practice

• Facilitate Fundamentals Class

• Anatomy Spinal Anatomy

• Lumbar-pelvic region

• Pelvic Stability & Mobility

• Neutrality & Trunk Stability

 

 

Teaching Fundamentals: Lecture & Practice

• Breathing-Imprinting-Neutral

• Pelvic Bowl-Mobilization

• Pelvic Foundation-Stabilization

 

Progressions: Lecture

• Building Blocks

• Fundamentals that support each exercise

• Foundational teaching for successful execution of the exercise

 

 Q & A: Lecture & Practice

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Day Two Program

Work-out: Practice in class environment 

Full Mat Class

 

Fundamentals: Lecture & Practice

• AnatomyThoracic-Lumbar Relationship

• Respiration

• Ribs to Spine

• Ribcage Mobilization & Stabilization

 

Teaching the Fundamentals

• Spinal Bridging-Spinal Articulation

• Ribcage Arms-Ribcage Connection Angel Arms

• Arm Circles 

 

• Cat-Ribcage MobilizationCat-Cow: Flexion-Extension

• Lateral Bending

• Rotation Simple Twist

• Torso Twist

 

Breaking Down the Exercises: Lecture & Practice

• Creating building blocks for each exerciseFundamentals

• Principles & Form

• Body Mechanics

• Progressions Building Blocks

• Fundamentals that support each exercise

• Foundational teaching for successful execution of the exercise

 

 

The Classical Exercises

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Fundamentals: Lecture & Practice

AnatomyCervical-Thoracic Relationship

 

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