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.

The benefits of Pilates: Increases in bone density, joint mobility, muscle tone, organ function, and overall strength and flexibility of the body. Initiation 101- fundamentals and Matwork are very practical and can be applied to any fitness regime.  Completion of Initiation 201- Standing Pilates® is required to certify as a Mat Pilates instructor.   

 

Location:  Third floor dance studio, Dovercourt Penthouse, 805 Dovercourt Road, Toronto Major intersections: Dovercourt and Bloor

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. 

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.

This technique is truly an evolution of Pilates, as deeper connections are required to perform these new, complex, standing exercises. Experience the 10 new Advanced Fundamentals. Finish with 25 of the Classic mat exercises reconfigured to Standing Pilates®. After successful completion of Initiation 101 & Initiation 201, you will be certified to teach mat Pilates.  This course can be applied to BCRPA, AFCLA and SPRA continuing education credits. 

Location:  Third floor dance studio, Dovercourt Penthouse, 805 Dovercourt Road, Toronto Major intersections: Dovercourt and Bloor

Prerequisite: Mat Work Initiation 101.

Have you taken Initiation 101 or 201 before?  If so, you can review our course for a $300 audit fee. 

  

This 300 hour course certifies students in TheMethod™ Pilates

You will learn how to teach the original exercise protocols on the Reformer, Cadillac, and Chair. During the course you will apprentice, observe and assist teaching. 

Course dates (70 hours of contact class time with Teacher):

Enrollment in the course provides the following: Includes 6 months of classes in studio
Includes access to clients for Apprentice Teaching

Hours: Students have a 6-month period to complete course hours (listed above). Once all hours are complete, you are considered an apprentice teacher and are able to work without supervision in any studio at a lesser rate of pay. The Space offers an Apprentice Teacher Program that books clients in with Teacher Trainees at a discounted rate. Ask for details.

Course Requirements: You must have completed Initiation 101 as well as at least 10 classes on the equipment. You will also need to learn the study material provided by the PhysicalMind Institute.