Pilates Center of Rockville Proudly Presents
Deborah Lessen Workshop Weekend
A Continuing Education Event
April 1 – 3, 2016
Save the date for an amazing weekend of continuing education workshops with Deborah Lessen. Deborah is a world-renowned master Pilates teacher, educator and a true leader in the Pilates industry. Her leadership in the 2000 Pilates trademark case is part of the reason we can say we teach Pilates.
Deborah has been called the “grand teacher of teachers”, conducting a roster of continuing education workshops and seminars for Pilates teachers around the world. She received her Pilates training from Carola Trier, Joseph Pilates’ first protégé, giving her a unique insight and proximity to the source of our work. Her teaching is intuitive, intelligent and progressive, yet committed to the Pilates philosophy. She draws from her diverse background, including her work with Carola and master movement educator Irene Dowd, and she continually re-evaluates and explores.
Deborah founded the Greene Street Studio in New York City in 1983. She is a founding member and Immediate-Past President of the Pilates Method Alliance. We are thrilled to host Deborah for this phenomenal weekend of workshops that perfectly integrates the intuitive, classical, technical and progressive aspects of our work.
Pilates teachers can earn up to 12 PMA Accredited CEC Hours.
Master Mat Class
Friday, April 1, 2016
5:30 – 7 pm
Visual Assessment Skills for Pilates Teachers
6 PMA Accredited CEC Hours
Saturday, April 2, 2016
9 am – 4 pm
One of our greatest challenges as Pilates teachers is to effectively use our visual skills to assess the physical issues, asymmetries and imbalances that a body presents, and skillfully use that information to design a program that brings about the desired results. In this workshop, we will select subjects from the group, observe and assess the body statically in various orientations, then dynamically using Pilates vocabulary, and compare results. Participants will learn to focus on client-specific issues in order to design an effective program, use proper cueing and establish appropriate goals for the individual. We will utilize the Cadillac/Trapeze Table, High Barrel, and Reformer.
Foundational Foot & Legwork
6 PMA Accredited CEC Hours
Sunday, April 3, 2016
9 am – 4 pm
Exercising the feet strengthens the intrinsics of the body, and provides feedback through the lower limbs to the pelvis and spine. Proper muscular support from the lower limbs is essential to carrying the upper stories of the body in optimal vertical alignment and function. Based on work taught to Deborah Lessen by Carola Trier, we will discuss proper weight-bearing, work the feet and then focus on footwork and leg alignment within the standard repertoire on all major Pilates apparatus. The outcome is to see, correct and integrate muscular support of the lower limbs with the whole body. We will utilize the Cadillac/Trapeze Table, Reformer, Low Chair, and other small props.
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