Jennifer Kries - The Pilates Hands-On Workshop

Join Jennifer Kries in person as she brings The Pilates Hands-On Workshop to Carpinteria, California.


Overview. In this exciting Pilates workshop, you will be presented with the tools to assist you in becoming a skillful hands-on practitioner. You will learn how touch can greatly enhance your communication as well as the effectiveness of the exercises you already know.

Course Objectives. With this comprehensive approach, through practice on your colleagues, you will:
1. Learn what it means to administer the firm but gentle, intentional, instructional touch.
2. Learn the importance of giving and receiving feedback.
3. Sharpen your skills of intuition and perception as it regards interacting with your clients and peers
4. Study the issue of boundaries; when to touch, how to touch, what touch means, appropriate vs. inappropriate contact.
5. Learn how to position your body in relation to the apparatus you are working on and actually learn to use your body as a leveraging tool to preserve and even strengthen your body as you administer care and attention to your clients.
6. Review key exercises on each and every apparatus in the Pilates repertoire, from mat to the barrel!
7. Build confidence and improve the overall quality of your teaching in a very short time.

Target Audience. This workshop is open to Pilates instructors, body-workers and anyone wishing to enhance his or her knowledge of "hands-on" approaches to increase the overall efficacy and psycho-physical understanding of the syllabus exercises within the context of the Pilates technique. A background in anatomy is helpful, but not required and it is recommended that participants be in a state of reasonable physical fitness in consideration of this workshop. Some Pilates training is required, the suggested number of hours of exposure to the Pilates technique for this workshop is 20.

Bonus Mat Classes. In addition to the three hour workshop attendees will also be able to take a mat class taught by Jennifer that incorporates the ideas presented in the workshop.

Continuing Education Credits (CEC). No CEC's will be offered for this workshop.

Filming. This workshop and bonus class will be filmed by Pilates Anytime. As a result the workshop schedule may fluctuate according to filming requirements. Participants will have the choice of being on or off camera.

Refreshments. Water and snacks will be provided.

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