Calgary Pilates Teacher Training and Certification
- with Marta Hernandez
Marta Hernandez is the founder of The Space Wellness Studio and PhysicalMind Institute Canada and is considered to be one of the leading teachers in Canada. Her involvement in dance from a young age has given her a natural ability to work with the body through movement. She received her BFA in Dance from York University in Toronto in 1994 and completed her Pilates certification through The PhysicalMind Institute in New York in 1999.
In 2004, Marta was selected by the Physicalmind Institute to be a Certified Pilates Teacher Training Studio and in 2008 she became head of the Physicalmind Institute for Canada, where she certifies senior teachers to become certifying studios. She became a certified Level 1 GYROTONIC® teacher in 2004 and in 2008 a certified GYROKINESIS® teacher through the inventor, Julio Horvath. Marta is also a certified Qi Gong teacher in the Universal Healing Tao System, founded by the Taoist Master Mantak Chia.
Mat Pilates Certification
Successful completion of Initiation 101, Initiation 201 and Practical Teaching is required to become a certified Mat Pilates instructor.
Fees:
Registration Fee: $125 + GST (non-refundable)
Course: $1,525 (if registering for all 3, otherwise please see individual workshop prices)
Materials: $170 + GST
Students may also register for any component separately.
Mat Initiation 101 - Fundamentals (24 hours)
This course is the first step to becoming a certified Pilates Instructor. The PhysicalMind Institute approaches Pilates not just as a fitness regime, but also as a reeducation of the body through movement. Pilates is a preventative system that focuses on core strength, flexibility, and proper alignment. This course prepares students for both Mat and Reformer Training Programs. Students will learn, practice, and teach 14 Matwork Fundamentals and 36 Classic Mat Exercises. They will develop a deeper integration of the repertoire into their own body, resulting in a more effective ability to teach.
Students will gain a deepened understanding of:
- The Internal Core Muscles that form a Cylinder of Support around the Spine.
- Breathing: How it relates to internal abdominals and movement.
- Correct Body Mechanics and Postural Alignment: Neutral Spine and how this aids in efficiency, ease of movement, and injury prevention.
- Fundamentals: A movement language used to cue and help reorganize postural patterns.
- Increases in Physical awareness.
Dates & Times
April 5 - 7, 2013
Fees:
Registration Fee: $125 + GST (non-refundable)
Course: $675
Materials: $70 + GST
Register for Mat Fundementals- Initiation 101
Location: Barre Body Studio 1202 20th Avenue SE (Ramsay Design Centre), Calgary AB
Prerequisite: 20 hours of Mat Work.
Have you taken Initiation 101 or 201 before? If so, you can review our course for a $300 audit fee.
Mat Initiation 201 (24 hours)
This course is the second course in becoming a Mat teacher. Standing Pilates® adapts many of the classical Pilates mat exercises to take them into the vertical plane. It provides the link between Pilates floor work and everyday functional movement. Aiding in neuromuscular re-patterning of movement habits, Standing Pilates®, moves toward better alignment and efficiency. Students learn how to maintain neutral spine while standing, sitting, walking, bending, or lifting; thus making it a truly functional approach to fitness.
Some of the many benefits of Standing Pilates® are:
- Proprioception Enhancement: balance is required, benefitting the aging population and those suffering from neurological diseases such a Parkinson’s.
- Deep Core Strengthening: The Pelvic floor, transversus abdominus, multifidus and diaphragm form a cylinder of support for the spine, benefitting people with incontinence issues or postnatal mothers.
- Increase in Bone Density: standing on one leg is equal to 4 times ones body weight, benefitting those with Osteoporosis.
- More “Real Estate”: hips, legs and feet are areas of equal focus.
- More Three-Dimensionality: includes the side body and internal spirals.
Dates:
May 1 - 3, 2013
Fees:
Registration Fee: $125 + GST (non-refundable)
Course: $675
Materials: $70 + GST
Register for Standing Mat Pilates - Initiation 201
Location: Barre Body Studio 1202 20th Avenue SE (Ramsay Design Centre), Calgary AB
Prerequisite: Mat Work Initiation 101.
Have you taken Initiation 101 or 201 before? If so, you can review our course for half-price audit fee.
Practical Teaching Workshop (10 hours)
This course is a two day, 10-hour experiential workshop that will prepare students with the knowledge and practice they need to confidently teach a Mat Pilates Class.
Topics covered will include:
- How to prepare for your mat classes
- Level 1 and Level 2 Mat classes will be discussed
- Exercise sequences and transitioning between exercises
- Review of fundamentals and exercises from Initiations
- Practice of hands-on cueing
- Practice with fellow students in groups and in front of the class
- Discussions on how to read the classroom energy, how to be in the moment and change the direction of the class if the need arises
- Individual feedback on teacher’s quality of voice and teaching style will be offered
Dates & Times
May 4 - 5, 2013
Fees:
Registration Fee: $125 + GST (non-refundable)
Course: $300
Materials: $30 + GST
Register for Practical Teaching
We understand that becoming a teacher is not easy. This course will give students the necessary tips, feedback and encouragement to make the transition into becoming a teacher.
Course Requirements: Students must have completed both the Initiation 101 and Initiation 201 courses before taking this workshop.
Modified and Prenatal Mat Pilates
This 12-hour course is designed to give existing teachers a safe and functional repertoire to work with aging, pregnant and rehabilitating clients. Students will learn adaptations to existing fundamentals and exercises, as well as, several new exercises specifically designed with the modified body in mind.
Students will learn:
- 8 Fundamentals, 22 Exercises and 7 Stretches all relating to the body requiring modifications due to pregnancy, aging, and rehabilitation.
- What changes occur in the body, and how they affect posture, flexibility, strength and breath.
- Anatomy of the Prenatal Pelvis, tips for in the delivery room and postnatal recovery.
- Protocols for teaching a modified/prenatal class, including how to keep exercises safe, when to start doing pilates and when to stop.
- Sequencing a 5-week mat class.
DATE:
Summer 2013
HOURS
TBA
Fees:
Course: $425 Text: $65 + GST
Prerequisites: Mat Pilates Certification and it is recommended that teachers have at least one year experience teaching mat pilates
Students' knowledge of the Prenatal Mat Pilates will strengthen their ability to assist clients through a comfortable pregnancy and delivery.
