Health Service Notification

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Health Service Notification

To our wonderful clients. 

Ongoing news about the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is understandably creating concern and, although the risk to the general public is low, we wanted to keep you current on the latest information, to avoid panic and stay educated.
How can people reduce the risk of getting sick and prevent the spread of the coronavirus?
The best way for all San Franciscan and East Bay Studio Owners, Teachers and Clients to reduce their risk of getting sick, as with seasonal colds or the flu, still applies to prevent COVID-19: 
CDC recommendations:

  • Wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
  • Cover your cough or sneeze into your sleeve or a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash
  • Stay home if you are sick. Our policy requires you to not come to class if you are sick. If you come to class when you are sick, you will be sent home for the safety of everyone.
  • Avoid touching your face.
  • Try alternatives to shaking hands, like an elbow bump or wave.
  • Clean your mobile devices regularly.
  • Keep common spaces and apparatus clean to help maintain a healthy environment for you, your teachers and clients. Frequently touched surfaces should be cleaned regularly with disinfecting sprays, wipes or common household cleaning products.
  • If you have recently returned from a country, state or region with ongoing COVID-19 infections, monitor your health and follow the instructions of public health officials.
  • There is no recommendation to wear masks at this time to prevent yourself from getting sick.
  • Avoid close contact with people who are sick
  • If you develop flu-like symptoms — fever, cough and difficulty breathing — and are concerned that you may have been exposed to COVID-19, seek immediate medical attention follow the instructions of public health officials. If you are considering travel, please also be sure to stay up to date on the latest travel advisories, which currently recommend avoiding nonessential travel to China, South Korea, Italy and Iran.
    •  If you have symptoms of acute respiratory illness are recommended to stay home and not come to studio until you are free of fever, signs of a fever, and any other symptoms for at least 24 hours, without the use of fever-reducing or other symptom-altering medicines (e.g. cough suppressants).
    Peak Performance Pilates is asking our community to take extra precautions:
    • Please wash your hands before and after the session.
    • Please bring clothes to change into. We prefer you not to wear clothes that have been on BART/MUNI.
    • Use elbow or wrist to dispense paper towels.
    • Use knuckle of wrist to turn off light switches.
    • Use tissue for doors, doorknob, locks and toilet handle.
    • Please wear shoes if going to the restroom.
    • Please leave the outdoor shoes at the entrance of the studio. Do not wear them around the studio.
    • Clients and staff will clean the vinyl, straps, handles, ropes, pads, dog clips, carabiners and barres that were used – between clients.
    • Staff will wipe down doorknobs with bleach disinfectant daily.
    • Staff will clean the non textile (metal, wood) parts of the apparatus with bleach/alcohol disinfectant between clients, and on a daily basis. A deep cleaning of the entire studio will occur weekly. Straps and handles will be cleaned.
    • We have hand sanitizers around the studio.
      We will provide disposable gloves upon request.
    • If you are uncomfortable with the teachers spotting you, please tell your teacher.
    • If you have traveled recently please inform your teacher ahead of time. The teacher may decide if you can come into the studio within 14 days of travel. If you have had contact with a person who has been found to be positive, please do not come into the studio.
    • If you are fatigued or feeling under the weather please do not come into the studio.
  • There is currently no need to cancel classes. We continue to closely monitor events so that we remain fully prepared.  The Pilates studio is a place to be healthy.Communities thrive when we all stay committed to each other’s well-being. Someone who has a cough or a fever does not necessarily have COVID-19. Science and common sense remain our best tools for successfully addressing this situation.

How can people stay informed on the latest news about COVID-19?
Visit sfdph.org <http://sfdph.org> for the latest information, and sign up for the City’s new alert service for official updates:
text COVID19SF to 888-777.

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Fabulous Kathy Corey Workshop!

What a fantastic day with Kathy Corey and the Elders!  More photos to come!

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“All things Pilates” Broadcast with Darien Gold

Can you imagine practicing the Pilates mat in the water? Creator of “Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™,” Jennifer Stacey will tell us how it works on “All Things Pilates.” Sunday Feb. 16, 2pm and Streaming live on KPCA.FM and local radio, 103.3FM PST.

This Sunday, Feb. 16, Darien Gold interviewed me on “All Things Pilates”. Streaming live on KPCA.FMand local radio, 103.3FM – Sunday 2pm PST. She interviewed Kathy Corey last Sunday.  She will be interviewing Claire Dunphy next week. Darien has so many interesting interviews on her podcasts.

https://dariengold.com/radio-show/

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Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ course May 1-3

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Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ course. May 1 – 3. Moraga, CA. 18 PMA CECS.  10:00 am – 5:00 pm. Fri – Sun. 

A rare opportunity to study Pilates from Jennifer M. Stacey, MS, 2nd generation Pilates Teachers’ Teacher, in a Small Group and beautiful setting. Learn cues and wisdom from several Master Elder Pilates Teachers. Jennifer, an Exercise Physiologist, Biomechanist, Author has been teaching Pilates worldwide for 31 years. She was lucky to study from Romana Kryzanowska, Kathy Grant, Ron Fletcher, and Eve Gentry (and other Elders).

A fun, exhilarating, challenging way to explore Classic Pilates in, on and By the water. Enhance your teaching and knowledge of Pilates in the Studio and outside. Advance your opportunities to teach Pilates. Teach at retreats, outside, clubs, sports centers, at clients’ pools, spas. “Immediately feel the work in a deep way” “brilliantly energizing”. Space is limited to 6 in Moraga.  Sign up early!

“I got a thousand hours of information from the 18 hour IPA course.” KP

“With every experience of Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ I learn new insights that directly transfer to teaching in the studio. I’m falling in love with Pilates all over again, it’s great!”   FS  

” It’s Contrology! Contrology!” KS

“I always think of Jennifer as the best teacher I have ever met.”    

 “Jennifer is a brilliant Teachers’ Teacher.”

“I was amazed by how well Jennifer translated the Classical Pilates exercises to be done in and by the water.”

Come try a class! Jennifer Teaches a fun Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ class in Moraga on Fridays at 1:30 – 2:30 pm starting in March.  There may also be occasional Sunday classes.

For information, to register email Jennifer 
info@peakperformancepilates.com    https://peakperformancepilates.com/education/immersion-pilates-aquatics/

The Pensacola, FL, Rome, France, Japan and Ukraine course will be in 2020. DTBD.

 Moraga flyer: IPAMoraga20flyer

Information packet:IPACert2020

Application: IPAcertapplicMay2020

If you would like to host an IPA, or Studio Pilates Workshops, contact Jennifer at the above email.

Moraga Course Payment options: $750 with Check, Cash. Credit Card incur cc fees. Square invoice (+3.5% =$26.50), CC Paypal (+4.4% = $33 = $783).




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I was lucky to get a chance to experience Jennifer Stacey’s new Pilates in the water. I have been practicing Pilates for close to 30 years, and teaching for 20. Feeling the work in the water was an amazing experience. My body was able to organize around thecentral axis and deeply feel the spinal flexion, extension, twisting and side bending of the work. For some reason the support of the water made it easier to feel the movement originating from the core. I highly recommend this work for anyone at any level to feel the Pilates work as it was intended. – Carol LeMaitre

HGdls2100copyright2015JStacey I had a blast doing Pilates Aquatics™ with Jennifer Stacey! As a Pilates teacher myself, I was amazed by how well Jennifer translated the Classical Pilates exercises to be done in and by the water. Pilates Aquatics enables you to easily feel your core working, and being in the pool is an especially safe way to exercise. This workout is both fun and challenging for beginning to advanced students of Pilates. – Alicia Stone

HGSLSLS2copyright2015JStaceySLC9550copyright2015JStacey copyI worked on the swim board during the retreat in Italy, that was organized by Jennifer  Stacey. I think the swim board is an important invention. The Pilates exercises on the swim board were easily adapted to my own capabilities / limitations. During the specific Pilates exercise organized to perform in the water is the upward force your
friend and your challenge. (That was very funny). Great results in a short period of time. After the first class, my neck and shoulders felt connected to the rest of my body. I believe that it is very important that during class we experienced great fun together. And certainly not in the last place, “Pilates on a Pilates Aquatics board™” is a mindful activity. I had to concentrate to keep the board under control and do the exercise properly. So I it was impossible for me ‘during the exercises to make my shopping list in my head. – Pam Garcia

Pilates Aquatics was full of “Aha!” moments for me. Doing Pilates in the water provided a slight shift in physics that allowed me to immediately feel the work in a deep way. The exercises felt very accessible, and working out in a pool setting is brilliantly energizing!
– Lawrence Stone
The Pilates Aquatics™ was an excellent method of doing Pilates.  What I found was that, despite the fact I have been doing Pilates for over 12 years, Pilates Aquatics™ requires greater effort to do the simplest Pilates exercises correctly which leads to a deeper level of work for the core muscles.  The need for a greater amount of balance due to the board buoyancy seems to exaggerate even the smallest movement, thereby requiring more concentration and doing the exercise correctly.  It is an exercise method I would strongly recommend. – Ken Klein

Shirley Archer (Pilates Teacher) wrote an article for IDEA Fitness Journal in May 2017: Water Fitness: The Science behind the Splash. P. 36 – 44. She states several studies. “Experts agree that water fitness is positioned for significant growth owing to changing demographics, improved equipment options and greater public awareness.”  “A new era of water fitness is here.” “Mounting research on the benefits of Aquatics Exercise supporting the claim that it helps people of all ages and ability levels.”

2018: Aquatics Exercise had the highest spike growth in exercise

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Kathy Corey Workshop, March 1

Kathy Corey

2nd Generation Pilates Teacher, Author

Sunday, March 1, 2020.

10 am – 5 pm

6 PMA CECs

We are thrilled to welcome Kathy Corey back to San Francisco Peak Performance Pilates in celebration of our 31st year. 

A DAYS JOURNEY WITH THE MASTER TEACHERS: Bruce King, Carola Trier, Eve Gentry + Ron Fletcher, Kathy Grant, Romana Kryzanowska

Kathy’s description: I have been very fortunate in my Pilates career to have spent time with all the Master Teachers that studied with Joseph Pilates and my knowledge is a gift from each of them. In the early 1990’s, I became the publicity director for the Institute for the Pilates method and my job was to interview and work with these incredible teachers. I got to learn what and how Joe taught each of them and their personal and professional journeys with the Pilates technique. This is the foundation of this course. Each master teacher — Bruce King, Carola Trier, Eve Gentry, Ron Fletcher, Kathy Grant and Romana Kryzanowska. I will present their incredible knowledge and individual styles of the Pilates Method through this course. We will focus more on Bruce King, Carola Trier and Eve Gentry.

I feel a tremendous responsibility to Joe, Clara and all the Master Teachers who shared their work so openly. If I can help teachers understand the depth and power of the Pilates Method, not just through the exercises, but through the principles of Pilates, I feel I am making a contribution to honor our heritage and link us to the future of the method. The future is in the hands of the students in my classes. If I can help them in their journey, I will have accomplished my goals as a teacher.

This course includes Matwork and all equipment.

Kathy Corey, a 2nd Generation Pilates Teacher, Author, is one of the busiest and most in demand international presenters who conducts clear, precise, informative Pilates workshops around the globe.  She assisted Ron Fletcher, and worked with several other elders, including helping Kathy Grant in her later years. 

Kathy Corey began her career with the Pilates Technique in 1979. She has been a leading expert in the Pilates community for over 35 years and is the Director of Kathy Corey Pilates. The Kathy Corey Certification Program is taught at locations across the United States and her continuing education programs are taught in over twenty countries. In 2004, she designed the innovative CORE Band®, which is used in studios around the world. The CORE Band® Mat Class is recognized as an enhancement to the traditional mat exercises.

Since 2007, Kathy Corey has been a Chairperson of the IDEA Pilates Task Force as well as being on the Contributing Editor Board for IDEA Pilates Today and is considered and IDEA Expert. In 2007, she was selected by IDEA as one of ten people in the world “Who Inspire the World to Fitness,” the fitness industry’s highest form of recognition.

Mrs. Corey is a “Distinguished Instructor” for PilatesAnytime. PilatesAnytime.com is a global Pilates studio, created for people all over the world to explore Pilates with highly skilled, well-trained instructors.

In 2013, Kathy Corey received the first Plaque of Appreciation from Pilates in Asia for her outstanding performance and contribution to the growth of Pilates around the world.

$310 early bird price prior to January 31 (+12 cc and Paypal fee (total: $322)).  $330 after January 31 (+13 cc and Paypal fee (total: $343)).  Checks and cash paid to Kathy Corey Pilates do not require a fee: please send to: Peak Performance Pilates, 323 Geary Street, suite 510, San Francisco, CA 94102.

Flyer: KCorey

Registration: Registration for Kathy Corey 2020

info@peakperformancepilates.com

Contact Jennifer Stacey, MS. Early enrollment is highly recommended.

Payment for the workshop can be made through the Paypal link below (cc too).  A cc fee is applied for the transaction (see above). You can pay Kathy Corey by check, cc., cash without a fee (see above).


Kathy Corey Workshop, March 1, 2020



Peak Performance Pilates, 323 Geary Street, suite 510, San Francisco Union Square.

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Happy Boxing Day

Happy Boxing Day!  Beautiful views from the Festive SF Studio!

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Holiday Classes, spectacular views

Spectacular views while practicing Pilates! Holiday Stars!


 

 

 


 

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Kathy Corey workshop 2/29-3/1/20

Looking forward to exciting workshops taught by world renown Kathy Corey, Second Generation Teacher, February 29 – March 1, 2020.  Save the dates! San Francisco Studio.

Topics may include:

PILATES FOR ARTHRITIS

REFORMER, CADILLAC AND WUNDA CHAIR – ADVANCED PROGRESSIONS

A JOURNEY WITH THE MASTER TEACHERS : Bruce King, Ron Fletcher, Eve Gentry.

ALL ABOUT THE LUNGS

SPINE CORRECTOR

THE PEDIPOLE

PMA CECs

info@peakperformancepilates.com

 

Kathy is a world renowned Second Generation Pilates Teacher and Author. She once managed Ron Fletcher and helped take care of Kathy Grant towards the end of her life. She was the publicity person for the Institute for the Pilates Method in the early 90s.

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Holiday Season at the SF Studio

What a wonderful place to be in the holiday season!

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Dr. Robertshaw’s informative workshop

Thank you Dr. Robertshaw for your informative workshop.

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