Category: Pilates Teaching Tips
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Less Talk, More Pilates
(working with unfocused clients, part 3 of 3) Empathy:Generally speaking we come to know our clients quite well; we know there are those that can focus easily for the hour and those that who can’t. Both are equally rewarding to work with because either way as an instructor, you’re provided with a task and you…
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Less Talk, More Pilates
(working with unfocused clients, part 2 of 3) Segmenting & Variety With clients who are determined to remain unfocused there is often a frustrating result of anxious energy overlapped by the slowing of time. And it can throw off your planned programming and focus. Consider shaping the hour to include a broader level of programming;…
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Pilates Instructors as Cultural Intermediaries
(learning from the ‘lived body’ & having different conversations) Pilates practitioners are always game to learn more about the body in order to give clients the best workouts possible; from anatomy classes to other, complementing movement modalities, most Pilates instructors remain students at some level. But what about learning to think critically about the embodied…