Jennifer Stacey, M.S., Second Generation Pilates teacher, exercise physiologist, is available for teaching Pilates Teachers’ courses, seminars and workshops in the USA and worldwide.
Since 1991, Peak Performance Pilates teachers’ education course is a time honored, internationally reputable program that respects the work of Joseph and Clara Pilates. The course is listed as “The most comprehensive course” in the Pilates Method Association.
The course is a comprehensive program to learn how to teach in a highly intelligent and kinesthetic manner.
In the course you learn to: teach, cue, modify and spot the classic Pilates exercises on all apparatus; program design – levels, sequencing, transitions, insights from 5 Master Elder Teachers; concepts; business management.
The course requires: 150 hours of lecture, 200 hours of observation, 600 hours of assistant teaching and paid supervised teaching, and taking Pilates sessions 2 times a week.
Prerequisites: Experience in the following: Advanced Pilates in your body; movement teaching; being a mover (dancer, yoga, etc.); studies in anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, physical rehabilitation.
It requires dedication, commitment and a respect for the system that Joseph and Clara Pilates designed.
The lectures are organized according to apparatus and level.
1. Pre-Pilates (prepares the body to perform Pilates more effectively)
- Movement Perspectives™ and concepts
- Historical context of Joseph and Clara Pilates and the Master teachers
- Posture and Gait Assessment
- Basic injury rehabilitation and prevention
- Movements based on teachings of M. Feldenkrais, Physio-Synthesis® and dynamic stabilization
2. The Full Pilates Repertoire:
- Beginning Cadillac
- Pilates Mat
- The Universal Reformer
- Intermediate/advanced Cadillac
- The Chairs
- Spine Corrector (small barrel)
- Ladder Barrel
- Auxiliary apparatus (including Ped-a-pul)
Each lecture is divided into various subjects:
a) Management: How to deal with clients, scheduling, pricing, what it takes to run a business.
b) Marketing: Advertising, publicity.
c) The language of teaching.
d) The “eye” and “focus” of teaching.
e) How to assist hands on, how to spot without endangering your own body.
Each lecture is divided into Concepts of “how to teach”.
a) An exercise; the mechanical, physiological and kinesiological principles behind the movement and its applications.
b) When and how to introduce an exercise. The levels on each apparatus. How to modify a movement for a client.
c) The order, modifications, transitions and sequencing, and flow of exercises.
d) The exercise repertoire on all of the equipment and how it relates between each piece of apparatus.
e) How to develop a program for a client and how to customize and apply.
f) How to deal with special problems.
g) The versions of the various Master teachers
(Romana Kryzanowska, Kathy Grant, Ron Fletcher, Eve Gentry, Bruce King) will be presented to increase your understanding of the exercise, where it originated.
In addition the following subjects will be reviewed:
a) Muscle and nerve physiology
b) Exercise physiology and application to “training principles”
c) Kinesiology and biomechanics.
Practical and written Quizzes will be given during the lectures. An entrance exam and final exam (written and practical) are required.
For information contact Jennifer Stacey, M.S. at info@peakperformancepilates.com