The Workshops
STEVE AND GILL WRIGLEY - THE HIP ESSENTIALS FOR PILATES TEACHERS
Take a trip around the hips with this great interactive lecture session. Two great physios and pilates teachers take you through a very relevant and functional journey. These guys know hips and have been taking people through active cutting edge rehabilitation for years with both high level active young and older populations. Not just NHS, but sport and military rehabilitation too. Learn about key hip tissue and anatomy pointers, common dysfunctions, surgical procedures. Relevant pilates assessments and how to then use that information for effective movement teaching.
They will then present a second class movement session to follow this, that goes through common moves with key cues and interpretations along with new moves for common issues.
STEVE AND GILL WRIGLEY - HIP ESSENTIALS - THE MOVES
A class that takes yo through essential hip joint moves with the combined moves of the body to ensure great integrated function and awareness. Some progressions for rehabilitation and key focus points when trying to achieve a flowing, stable hip region.
The aim is to give you even more ideas for the hip region and understand why you would use them. Follows on from the lecture they did earlier but not essential to have attended in order to do this session.
NICKY SMITH - NO SUCH THING AS AN ANKLE SPRAIN
As the most commonly injured peripheral joint, the ankle is often a recurring issue for people and/or a precursor to other injuries both local to it and remote.
Nicky uses her experience and advanced knowledge to take you on an anatomical, bio-mechanical and neuro-muscular analysis of the joint. A review of common types of injuries and latest research in the prevention and cure.
A clinical reasoning approach to identifying functional problems with the ankle and related structures and strategies to consider in the rehabilitation of this area and its whole body connections relevant to the Pilates teacher.
This will be a practical interactive presentation.
NIKKI CHRYSTOSTOMOU - MAT AND POLE
JOAKIM VALSINGER - LESS IS MORE ON THE MAT
Pilates is so beautiful in its simplicity. Many other forms of exercise try to up the ante by shifting more weight faster for more repetitions. Pilates allows you to go smaller, resist less, do fewer repetitions and often slower which helps clients find a true challenge - whatever their level of ability.
In this workshop Joakim looks at exercises you are already familiar with and shows you how to make slight changes for a big impact. Get ready to work if you are fit, get set to take one step closer to recovery if you are nursing an injury.
JOAKIM VALSINGER - HIIT - HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING IN PILATES ON THE REFORMER
A twist on a popular training technique that has been around for a long time and even Joe Pilates used. Are you teacher enough for this one?
CAMERON ANGUS - THE REFORMED SHOULDER
Reformer workshop for all levels
Work with the spring to explore, mobilise and coordinate shoulder function on the reformer. The reformer gives excellent opportunities to fully use and enhance the shoulder girdles amazing mobility and stability. Working with common and innovative moves to accurately and effectively show the reformers ability to aid connection in multi tissue and true 3D moves.
Whether you use the reformer regularly or are new to it, this session is ideal. Camerons “Reformed” sessions have sparked new work on the reformer around the world. You will go away with enhance shoulder knowledge and inspiration you can translate to the mat or keep on the reformer.
BILL TAYLOR - PELVIC FLOOR ESSENTIALS - RELEVANT FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION AND PILATES
The Pelvic floor has been recognised more and more for its important integral part in both the functions of controlling bladder, reproduction organs and bowels, but also how it is integrated into spinal, hip and breathing health. We know much more about its normal functions and dysfunctions, plus importantly how they present. Often masquerading as back, hip and abdominal pain or other sensations.
Physiotherapy management of these is now more recognised and the release of overactivity and subsequent reintegration of muscle action into the overall movement patterns of the pelvic region is better understood and taught.
Pilates has the opportunity to be part of the appropriate management and education of the integrated pelvic floor. Pilates instructors should be aware of the more up to date knowledge to ensure that the movement integration the teach is optimal.
Bill will summarise current pelvic floor knowledge, review relevant dysfunctions and illustrate relevant movement management that specialist pelvic physiotherapists do and the relevance to the pilates teacher both in understanding of this and how they continue with promoting a healthy pelvic floor function as part of there practice.
MAX STOHY & CINZIA GALLETO - MOTR - THE MOVES AND INNOVATIONS
Max and Cinzia will introduce you to the MOTR and the then take you through a class that gives you an all around workout in the Pilates way. You will experience the versatility and amazing feedback that this amazing piece of equipment gives. The MOTR is “More Than a Roller.” With the addition of an extension arm and resistance units, this piece of equipment provides endless options to challenge range of motion, balance and strength. It is appropriate for all levels.MOTR’s versatility offers unlimited programming and limitless results. Improve your strength, balance, agility, sports condition, cardio, and more! Max and Cinzia have been teaching the MOTR for a number of years and is always finding new ways to use its talents to enhance a clients movement. You will experience a class which shows the versatility of the MOTR and how it integrates so well with Pilates and of course that Italian flair !
MAX STOHY & CINZIA GALLETO - FREESTYLE PILATES
A classic Italian recipe from these amazing teachers famous for there ability to weave contemporary and classical into practice. This session involves many Joe Pilates influences - equal parts Pilates, gymnastics, Dance for Health, HipWork, Contemporary dance. The goal remains the same, controlled flowing movements. Give yourself and your students some freedom with the learning and experience you get from this session.
CAMERON ANGUS & STEVE WRIGLEY - THE PILATES REHABER
The Pilates Rehaber session takes you through a number of client scenarios that have a rehabilitation focus and facilitates you to use your knowledge, critical thinking and planning skills along with Pilates principles, to evolve an intelligent evidence based pilates programme for a client. All under the guidance of Cameron and Steve who have been doing this for nearly 40 years each as active musculoskeletal physics and Pilates teacher and presenter!
Yes, YOU will have to think, evolve and be flexible in your thinking. This interactive experience will encourage YOU and the other participants to come up with pilates framed programmes for clients and feel confident as to why you are using it. You personally will come up with a nugget for everyone else too!
Understand and engage the concepts of successful rehabilitation programming in pilates, with people who teach and work in the field, know and teach pilates, love it and live it. The aim is that you understand how to think about and structure your movement programmes to be effective and not just use a recipe. Feel empowered, enthused and confident.
JENNY TYLER - PILATES WITH A TWIST
Rotation is very often a forgotten movement in our sagittal based world! It forever surprises me that even with the level of sport that I work with I very often come across an elite level thrower, golfer or racquet sport player who has very poor rotation or just doesn’t know how to access their movement potential. In this highly practical workshop we’ll be rotating spines, rotating shoulders, rotating hips! Top to bottom, bottom to top and counter rotation. From the building blocks of basic rotation to challenging exercises for elite level performance - unleash your inner athlete and let’s twist!
MICHAEL KING - PURE PILATES MATWORK
This session looks at using modified Pilates movements designed in a session which allows mixed ability groups to find their level of movement and achieve quality of movement. Focus on the teaching of the Principles of the method and using breath as a tool to challenge or help the movement. A perfect session for large groups at Conventions and with mixed ability sessions.
MICHAEL KING - FLOW EVOLVED
As all elements of our lives continually change we should also change how we challenge what we do. Come explore the possibilities with this workshop of taking the Pilates principles and variations of the original moves to new choreographic variations. Reaching the ultimate goal of improving people’s posture by challenging them off the mat in standing variations.
SUUS WILMS - BRINGING THE CHAIR TO THE MAT
The Wunda Chair is a great apparatus that challenges your Powerhouse, pelvic- and shoulderstability, balance and strength. As it’s such a great piece of apparatus to work on while standing, sitting and kneeling, I converted these movements to the mat with the help of the Magic Circle / Pilates Ring.
The magic circle/ring will provide the needed resistance and feedback to mimic the different movement and balance challenges you would normally do with the Wunda Chair.
This way you can introduce some Chair exercises to your mat sequence during private or group settings if you don’t have a Wunda Chair.
For example standing leg pumps, Washer woman ( hamstring stretch), arm presses etc. Want to experience the variety of the Magic circle and are you up for a balance challenge? Join me in this creative and fun workout.
SUUS WILMS - ROLLER THE REFORMER
Experiencing the Reformer repertoire in a different dimension by using a Roller. The unstable surface of the Roller challenges your core and shoulder stability, for example during footwork. It will help you concentrate even better to work from the inside out, while keeping your focus on lumbopelvic stability as the carriage moves. Feet in straps will be a totally different experience with more focus and stability as well.
Think of Roll down series while on the Roller, armwork and even Swan on the roller…it will challenge not just your lumbopelvic and shoulder stability, but your balance as well. It will help you to control the focus and stay centered while working with the Roller on the Reformer.
Take a trip around the hips with this great interactive lecture session. Two great physios and pilates teachers take you through a very relevant and functional journey. These guys know hips and have been taking people through active cutting edge rehabilitation for years with both high level active young and older populations. Not just NHS, but sport and military rehabilitation too. Learn about key hip tissue and anatomy pointers, common dysfunctions, surgical procedures. Relevant pilates assessments and how to then use that information for effective movement teaching.
They will then present a second class movement session to follow this, that goes through common moves with key cues and interpretations along with new moves for common issues.
STEVE AND GILL WRIGLEY - HIP ESSENTIALS - THE MOVES
A class that takes yo through essential hip joint moves with the combined moves of the body to ensure great integrated function and awareness. Some progressions for rehabilitation and key focus points when trying to achieve a flowing, stable hip region.
The aim is to give you even more ideas for the hip region and understand why you would use them. Follows on from the lecture they did earlier but not essential to have attended in order to do this session.
NICKY SMITH - NO SUCH THING AS AN ANKLE SPRAIN
As the most commonly injured peripheral joint, the ankle is often a recurring issue for people and/or a precursor to other injuries both local to it and remote.
Nicky uses her experience and advanced knowledge to take you on an anatomical, bio-mechanical and neuro-muscular analysis of the joint. A review of common types of injuries and latest research in the prevention and cure.
A clinical reasoning approach to identifying functional problems with the ankle and related structures and strategies to consider in the rehabilitation of this area and its whole body connections relevant to the Pilates teacher.
This will be a practical interactive presentation.
NIKKI CHRYSTOSTOMOU - MAT AND POLE
JOAKIM VALSINGER - LESS IS MORE ON THE MAT
Pilates is so beautiful in its simplicity. Many other forms of exercise try to up the ante by shifting more weight faster for more repetitions. Pilates allows you to go smaller, resist less, do fewer repetitions and often slower which helps clients find a true challenge - whatever their level of ability.
In this workshop Joakim looks at exercises you are already familiar with and shows you how to make slight changes for a big impact. Get ready to work if you are fit, get set to take one step closer to recovery if you are nursing an injury.
JOAKIM VALSINGER - HIIT - HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING IN PILATES ON THE REFORMER
A twist on a popular training technique that has been around for a long time and even Joe Pilates used. Are you teacher enough for this one?
CAMERON ANGUS - THE REFORMED SHOULDER
Reformer workshop for all levels
Work with the spring to explore, mobilise and coordinate shoulder function on the reformer. The reformer gives excellent opportunities to fully use and enhance the shoulder girdles amazing mobility and stability. Working with common and innovative moves to accurately and effectively show the reformers ability to aid connection in multi tissue and true 3D moves.
Whether you use the reformer regularly or are new to it, this session is ideal. Camerons “Reformed” sessions have sparked new work on the reformer around the world. You will go away with enhance shoulder knowledge and inspiration you can translate to the mat or keep on the reformer.
BILL TAYLOR - PELVIC FLOOR ESSENTIALS - RELEVANT FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION AND PILATES
The Pelvic floor has been recognised more and more for its important integral part in both the functions of controlling bladder, reproduction organs and bowels, but also how it is integrated into spinal, hip and breathing health. We know much more about its normal functions and dysfunctions, plus importantly how they present. Often masquerading as back, hip and abdominal pain or other sensations.
Physiotherapy management of these is now more recognised and the release of overactivity and subsequent reintegration of muscle action into the overall movement patterns of the pelvic region is better understood and taught.
Pilates has the opportunity to be part of the appropriate management and education of the integrated pelvic floor. Pilates instructors should be aware of the more up to date knowledge to ensure that the movement integration the teach is optimal.
Bill will summarise current pelvic floor knowledge, review relevant dysfunctions and illustrate relevant movement management that specialist pelvic physiotherapists do and the relevance to the pilates teacher both in understanding of this and how they continue with promoting a healthy pelvic floor function as part of there practice.
MAX STOHY & CINZIA GALLETO - MOTR - THE MOVES AND INNOVATIONS
Max and Cinzia will introduce you to the MOTR and the then take you through a class that gives you an all around workout in the Pilates way. You will experience the versatility and amazing feedback that this amazing piece of equipment gives. The MOTR is “More Than a Roller.” With the addition of an extension arm and resistance units, this piece of equipment provides endless options to challenge range of motion, balance and strength. It is appropriate for all levels.MOTR’s versatility offers unlimited programming and limitless results. Improve your strength, balance, agility, sports condition, cardio, and more! Max and Cinzia have been teaching the MOTR for a number of years and is always finding new ways to use its talents to enhance a clients movement. You will experience a class which shows the versatility of the MOTR and how it integrates so well with Pilates and of course that Italian flair !
MAX STOHY & CINZIA GALLETO - FREESTYLE PILATES
A classic Italian recipe from these amazing teachers famous for there ability to weave contemporary and classical into practice. This session involves many Joe Pilates influences - equal parts Pilates, gymnastics, Dance for Health, HipWork, Contemporary dance. The goal remains the same, controlled flowing movements. Give yourself and your students some freedom with the learning and experience you get from this session.
CAMERON ANGUS & STEVE WRIGLEY - THE PILATES REHABER
The Pilates Rehaber session takes you through a number of client scenarios that have a rehabilitation focus and facilitates you to use your knowledge, critical thinking and planning skills along with Pilates principles, to evolve an intelligent evidence based pilates programme for a client. All under the guidance of Cameron and Steve who have been doing this for nearly 40 years each as active musculoskeletal physics and Pilates teacher and presenter!
Yes, YOU will have to think, evolve and be flexible in your thinking. This interactive experience will encourage YOU and the other participants to come up with pilates framed programmes for clients and feel confident as to why you are using it. You personally will come up with a nugget for everyone else too!
Understand and engage the concepts of successful rehabilitation programming in pilates, with people who teach and work in the field, know and teach pilates, love it and live it. The aim is that you understand how to think about and structure your movement programmes to be effective and not just use a recipe. Feel empowered, enthused and confident.
JENNY TYLER - PILATES WITH A TWIST
Rotation is very often a forgotten movement in our sagittal based world! It forever surprises me that even with the level of sport that I work with I very often come across an elite level thrower, golfer or racquet sport player who has very poor rotation or just doesn’t know how to access their movement potential. In this highly practical workshop we’ll be rotating spines, rotating shoulders, rotating hips! Top to bottom, bottom to top and counter rotation. From the building blocks of basic rotation to challenging exercises for elite level performance - unleash your inner athlete and let’s twist!
MICHAEL KING - PURE PILATES MATWORK
This session looks at using modified Pilates movements designed in a session which allows mixed ability groups to find their level of movement and achieve quality of movement. Focus on the teaching of the Principles of the method and using breath as a tool to challenge or help the movement. A perfect session for large groups at Conventions and with mixed ability sessions.
MICHAEL KING - FLOW EVOLVED
As all elements of our lives continually change we should also change how we challenge what we do. Come explore the possibilities with this workshop of taking the Pilates principles and variations of the original moves to new choreographic variations. Reaching the ultimate goal of improving people’s posture by challenging them off the mat in standing variations.
SUUS WILMS - BRINGING THE CHAIR TO THE MAT
The Wunda Chair is a great apparatus that challenges your Powerhouse, pelvic- and shoulderstability, balance and strength. As it’s such a great piece of apparatus to work on while standing, sitting and kneeling, I converted these movements to the mat with the help of the Magic Circle / Pilates Ring.
The magic circle/ring will provide the needed resistance and feedback to mimic the different movement and balance challenges you would normally do with the Wunda Chair.
This way you can introduce some Chair exercises to your mat sequence during private or group settings if you don’t have a Wunda Chair.
For example standing leg pumps, Washer woman ( hamstring stretch), arm presses etc. Want to experience the variety of the Magic circle and are you up for a balance challenge? Join me in this creative and fun workout.
SUUS WILMS - ROLLER THE REFORMER
Experiencing the Reformer repertoire in a different dimension by using a Roller. The unstable surface of the Roller challenges your core and shoulder stability, for example during footwork. It will help you concentrate even better to work from the inside out, while keeping your focus on lumbopelvic stability as the carriage moves. Feet in straps will be a totally different experience with more focus and stability as well.
Think of Roll down series while on the Roller, armwork and even Swan on the roller…it will challenge not just your lumbopelvic and shoulder stability, but your balance as well. It will help you to control the focus and stay centered while working with the Roller on the Reformer.