Saskatoon Pilates Teacher Training and Certification
- with Suzanne Hepburn & Tanis Lee
Suzanne Hepburn received her Pilates certification through the Phyiscalmind Institute, in both Mat and Equipment work, and has been teaching and working with Marta Hernandez since 2003. Having been a dancer from a young age, Suzanne found that pilates was a natural evolution in her work with the body. In 2008 she became a certified Physicalmind Teacher Trainer, and has since trained teachers in Vancouver and the Yukon. Suzanne is also an acting instructor, and finds that her training and skills in that arena only serve to improve her abilities as a Pilates Instructor and Teacher Trainer. She thoroughly enjoys teaching, and is thrilled to pass on her knowledge of pilates and the body to clients and teachers in training.
Tanis Lee was first introduced to Pilates in 2003. Having been heavily involved in sports, a competitive gymnast, and a gymnastics coach, she was intrigued by the approach Pilates took to exercise. By providing a deeper understanding to the mind body connection, Tanis continued to develop her own practice. This led her to embark on becoming an instructor. She obtained her certification in both mat and equipment Pilates with Marta Hernandez and the PhysicalMind Institute, and has been working with Marta since 2006. In 2008, Tanis also became a certified Teacher Trainer with Physicalmind Canada, and a GYROTONIC ® instructor. Tanis is both passionate about teaching movement and enthusiastic to share her knowledge for these various modalities to all walks of life.
Mat Initiation 101 - Fundamentals
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 3-day course prepares students for both Mat and Reformer Training Programs. Students will learn, practice, and teach, 17 of the 28 Matwork Fundamentals and 35 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: To be determined Fall 2010
Times and location to be determined
Fees:
Course: $500 (+ tax)
Materials: $100 (approximately)
Register for Mat Fundementals- Initiation 101
Location: Saskatoon Pilates Center 610 Broadway Avenue
Prerequisite: 20 hours of Mat Work.
Have you taken Initiation 101 or 201 before? If so, you can review our course for a $250 audit fee.
Mat Initiation 201
This course is the second course in becoming a Mat teacher. It is also a prerequisite for Concentration 101- Equipment Training. 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.
June 4, 5, 6 2010
Times and location to be determined
Fees:
Course: $500 (+ tax)
Materials: $120 (approximately)
Register for Standing Mat Pilates - Initiation 201
Location: Saskatoon Pilates Center 610 Broadway Avenue
Prerequisite: Mat Work Initiation 101.
Have you taken Initiation 101 or 201 before? If so, you can review our course for a $250 audit fee.
