We are pleased to announce the publication of several books:
1) The first volume (of 9) of Jennifer Stacey's Peak Performance Pilates Movement Education Program Teaching Manuals called "MOVEMENT PERSPECTIVES™" available now in in English and French. 8.5" X 11", 176 pages. 714 black and white photographs. Black and white. Wire-O binding.
2) MOVEMENT PERSPECTIVES™ II The Client Edition of Movement Perspectives™. Building a foundation to understanding Pilates and movement. 8.5" X 11", 156 pages. Black and white. Wire-O binding.
3) TEACHING THE UNIVERSAL REFORMER REPERTOIRE. 8.5" X 11", 256 pages. 2740 black and white photos. Black and white. Wire-O binding.
4) ROLLER PLAY™ Roller Repertoire. For students and teachers. 8.5" X 11", 40 pages. Wire-O binding. 232 photographs. Black and white edition: $28.99. Color edition: $48.99. Detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to perform over 65 skills on the roller.

A flyer is attached for "Movement Perspectives™" and for the 9 comprehensive teaching manuals and mini-manuals. "Movement Perspectives™" is like having 8 books in one. It helps you develop a foundation from which to understand and teach Pilates and Movement. If you are interested in purchasing the Movement Perspectives™ books, please download and print out the attached order form and send to Peak Performance Pilates. You can also email Jennifer Stacey with any questions you may have: js@peakperformancepilates.com.

Testimonials:

Ron Fletcher (Master Elder Pilates Teacher):
"This is an awesome and wonderful piece of work Jennifer Stacey has produced." The best academic study of Joseph Pilates' Body Contrology I have seen---She really shows and tells you what this work is about, the specificity, the depth and quality—and the study and work required to become a teacher prepared to pass it on! This is not an "easy read" but invaluable to the serious student—and great for the archives."

Jillian Hessel, Pilates Teacher, Author.
"Jennifer Stacey's 'Movement Perspectives Manual Volume I' is by far the most comprehensive treatment of Introductory Pilates that I have ever seen. It covers so much more than Joe's exercises: from how muscles work, to how to breathe, from how one might assess a client's posture, to examples of language imagery for teachers. Jennifer has thought of everything, and provided meticulous detail that should please even the most thoughtful Pilates student. She has worked tirelessly on this first volume, and I can't wait to see the next one!"

Marika Molnar, P.T.:
"Movement Perspectives™ is full of valuable information from a variety of disciplines that will be useful to Pilates teachers. I especially like the sections on Breathing and Preparing the Body. I would encourage anyone involved with movement to use this book."

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"Teaching the Universal Reformer Repertoire" manual has just been released! An in depth, comprehensive guide to Joseph and Clara Pilates' Universal Reformer Repertoire. 256 pages (8.5 X 11"), 2740 photographs of over 120 skills.

Ron Fletcher (Master Pilates Elder) on "Teaching the Universal Reformer Repertoire": "Jennifer has put together an awesome piece of work - good for the entire community and I am pleased to be included in her lore - and honored!"

The Movement Perspectives™ introduction reviews the:

• History of Joseph and Clara Pilates.
• Master teachers.
• Principles, concepts and goals of Pilates.
• 16 Basic Pilates' movements.
• Movement Perspectives™ images.
• Peak Performance Pilates' Program Design.
• Process of learning. Gender differences.

Optimize your "partnership" with the Universal Reformer and understand the settings. There are detailed, step by step instructions on how to perform, teach, and spot the repertoire. Numerous photographs illustrate the:

• Performance of over 120 skills by various people of different levels.
• Common errors.
• Spotting techniques.
• Modifications and variations of the skills.
• Classic transitions, mounts and dismounts.
• Sequencing and levels (classic and modified).

• Apparatus settings.
• Breathing patterns.
• Concepts, principles and imagery.
• Cues and language of teaching.
• Goals, contra-indications and neural, musculo-skeletal and organic benefits.
• "Teaching gems" passed down by the Pilates Master Elder Teachers.

Unique to the Peak Performance Pilates Teachers' manuals, Dr. Chady Wonson, D.C., LAc., C.T.N., C.N.C., specifies how Pilates is efficient at enhancing the structure and function of the body, and offers tips on how to optimize performance. Dr. Wonson identifies the sinew meridians that are opened from the performance of certain Pilates' skills.

Those who order Movement Perspectives with The Teaching the Universal Reformer Repertoire receive a discount on the Reformer manual.

PDF Examples of the Reformer Book

Table of Contents

Footwork

Long Back Stretch

Teaser

Tendon Stretch

Workshops and classes taught by Jennifer M. Stacey, M.S.

In memory of her friend, mentor and teacher, Jennifer Stacey will be teaching several Kathy Grant based Mat classes. The proceeds for these classes will be sent to Kathy Grant's husband and grandchild. The classes will be held in June and July, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in San Francisco, and Thursdays and Saturdays in Half Moon Bay. Please contact Jennifer if you would like to participate in these classes. Experience in Pilates is optimal.

Peak Performance Pilates will be presenting a series of scintillating Pilates health forums in San Francisco, by Jennifer Stacey, M.S., and respected health professionals from various fields, including Dr. Richard Robertshaw, D.C., and Dr. Chady Wonson, D.C., LAc., C.N.C., C.T.N.

Forum One: "The Placement of the Head and Neck in the Pilates' Repertoire." Enhance Pilates performance and discover solutions for movement problems and injury through a Chiropractic, Chinese Medicine, Naturopathic, Nutritional, Applied Kinesiology, Osteopathic, Motor Control, Pilates' and M. Feldenkrais® based perspective.
by Dr. Chady Wonson, D.C., LAc., C.T.N., C.N.C., Dr. Richard Robertshaw, D.C.,
Jennifer M. Stacey, M.S. (Exercise Physiologist, Pilates teacher)
Date to be announced. Summer 2010.

Future Forums:
Honoring the Psoas; Freeing the rib cage, and the pelvis and head will follow.
Spinal Alignment. The wrist and forearms in Pilates. The feet in Pilates. How to teach the injured client, from a Psychologists' viewpoint.
And more topics!
See pdf for more information. Contact Jennifer Stacey.

New York

Saturday, September 25, 2010. 3 pm - 6 pm. $55
Pilates from the Wings:
The power of the scapular muscles and Serape in Pilates and movement
Location: Reforming New York
54 W. 39th St., 2nd floor, NY, NY 10018
For information contact: ann@pilatesrny.com
Click here to download PDF File for more information.

Finland

Jennifer Stacey, M.S. will be presenting workshops in Helsinki, Finland in August, 2010.
Art Fysio Oy, Somatic Studio, Kasarmikatu 36,
00130 Helsinki, Finland.

Paris, France

Upcoming Pilates' workshops, teacher's course and "client lessons" taught by Jennifer Stacey, M.S., in Paris, France at A-Lyne Centre de Formation/Ecole de Pilates Curtis-Oakes.

All workshops are open to the public. You are welcome to sign up for all of the workshops or for separate workshops.

Friday to Sunday October 22-24, 2010 Movement Perspectives™.

Movement Perspectives™ (condensed).
In this workshop, the participants will learn the following:
1) The principles of Pilates.
2) Pilates is a comprehensive system with proper sequencing, levels, order, and transitions.
3) The 11 cues or images that empower the body to immediately perform movements correctly.
4) The 16 basic movements of Pilates that the system is based upon.
5) Demystifying Pilates: the physiology and science of Pilates. The physiological and biomechanical explanation for why Pilates (when done properly) can be effective at re-patterning the body towards optimal biomechanical efficiency.
Anatomy of Breathing.
Pilates Kinesiology
Muscle physiology and how to apply the science to teaching while keeping the client in his/her kinesthetic body.
Biomechanics
Using imagery to ensure results.
7) Application to a basic Pilates Mat Class and Foam Roller work.

Movement Perspectives™ continued.
Application of Movement Perspectives™ to Pilates Mat and Apparatus work and other movement systems including skills inspired by M. Feldenkrais and Physio-Synthesis.

Jennifer Stacey will be teaching the following October 19 - 21:
Jennifer is available to teach private and semi-private classes during the week by appointment. All classes can be scheduled by emailing A-Lyne Centre de Formation.

In memory of her friend, mentor and teacher, Jennifer will be teaching a Kathy Grant based Mat class. The proceeds for this class will be sent to Kathy Grant's husband and grandchild.

For information on registering for classes and workshops please contact:
Martine Curtis-Oakes:
Pilates Consultant, Instructor, and Author of "Perfect Pilates"
A-Lyne Centre de Formation
29 rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, 75003 Paris
09.54.11.91.38
Martine Curtis-Oakes (mcurtisoakes@gmail.com)
http://www.pilatesfrance.com
http://www.supersaas.com/schedule/alynepilates/jenniferstacey

International Association of Dance Medicine and Science Symposium. Birmingham, England. Friday, October 29, 9 am - 9:50 am. "Hands free: Articulate the arms, wrists and fingers for magnificent presence, and injury free dance." www.iadms.org

Jennifer is available for teaching Pilates' Teacher's courses, seminars and workshops in the USA and worldwide.

Jennifer M. Stacey, M.S.
Peak Performance Pilates
126 Post Street, 3rd floor, San Francisco, California, 94108, USA
717 Main Street, Half Moon Bay, California, 94019, USA
415.392.9662 (SF), 650.726.1657 (HMB)
www.peakperformancepilates.com
js@peakperformancepilates.com

Other workshops:

Jennifer will be teaching other workshops in Germany, France, Italy, Finland, Spain, Belgium, Ireland, Australia and Taiwan.

Friday, June 11, 9 am to 12 noon.

Dr. Richard Robertshaw, D.C. Presents Cranial motion and its relationship to the jaw and other weight bearing joints, and the "fight or flight' (stress) mechanism. See pdf for information and registration for this workshop and the Pilates health forums in the future.

A second workshop by Dr. Robertshaw will be presented. "Visceral work." The date is to be determined.

Click here to download Robertshaw PDF Form

TBD: Dr. Chady Wonson

1. Movement and Chinese Medicine
2. Womens Health

Jennifer is available for teaching Pilates Teachers' courses, seminars and workshops in the USA and worldwide.

Peak Performance Pilates Pilates Teacher's course.
Jennifer Stacey, M.S.

The teachers' course is a comprehensive program that respects the work of Joe and Clara Pilates. The course is listed as "The most comprehensive course" in the Pilates Method Association.

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 Teachers; concepts; business management.

The course is an internationally renown program to learn how to teach in a highly intelligent and kinesthetic manner.

The course requires: 150 hours of lecture, 200 hours of observation, 600 hours of assistant teaching and paid supervised teaching, and taking Pilates 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 Pilates designed.

The lectures are organized according to apparatus and level.

1. Pre-Pilates (prepares the body to do the Method more effectively)
Movement Perspectives and concepts
Historical context of Joseph and Clara Pilates and the Master teachers
Posture Assessment
Basic injury rehabilitation and prevention
Movements based on teachings of M. Feldenkrais
Dynamic Stabilization
Physio-Synthesis®
2. Beginning Cadillac
3. Pilates Mat
4. Reformer
5. Intermediate/advanced Cadillac
6. Chair
7. Spine Corrector (small barrel)
8. Ladder Barrel
9. Auxiliary apparatus (including Ped-o-pole)

Each lecture is divided into various subject:

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 and why.
d) All of the exercises 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:

Practical and written Quizzes during the lectures. An entrance exam and final exam (written and practical) are required.