LBDC | Teachers' Training Calendar

The Core of the Matter!

Pilates Specialty Training Preparation Course

CLICK TO PREVIEW DAILY AGENDA

In a growing climate of popular “fast track” and modular Professional teacher training, little or no time is allotted for the essential understanding and foundation of movement. Down the line, the gap between repertoire and “real time” body knowledge grows. To be relevant, the fairly new professional now needs more professional knowledge to attract a growing market of clients with more specific needs. Core Intelligence will help you build beyond your existing expertise as you gain more confidence, broaden your knowledge, and develop skills that allow you to build and nuture a larger clientele base.

Core Intelligence is a preparatory or pre-Pilates course. The 30 hours of curriculum will cover the latest theories and principles of defining the core and its applications to the stable torso in the Pilates environment. The course is illustrated with an extensive manual that addresses the core system, including the diaphragm and respiratory system, the pelvic floor, lumbar as well as scapular related stability.

The Core Intelligence repertoire includes ‘the Sling Systems’, a cutting edge body of work created by Marie-José Blom that addresses every aspect of ‘the Core’. The ‘Sling Systems’ repertoire is reinforced by springs and slings on the trapeze table designed for biofeedback and technique support. The course is hands-on with active participation and role playing – both as student and instructor. The curriculum will focus on proper exercise biomechanics that enhance optimal form and alignment by mastering core stability in a stable environment and then challenging core stability in an unstable environment. The exercises progress systematically from the mat to the trapeze table where resistance is introduced to reinforce strength through optimal alignment.

This course is a valuable prerequisite for anyone with Pilates Professional training in mind and is now incorporated with LBDC's new 2012 teacher training modular format. This class also provides an excellent enhanced foundation and new repertoire skills for the already practicing instructor. Core Intelligence provides updated and exclusive material suitable for use in the clinical environment to refine rehabilitation protocols, back care classes and postpartum therapy according to principles introduced by Diane G. Lee, BSR, MCPA.

This course offers CEC’s for the PMA, ACE, and NATA.

Objectives:

• Anatomical terminology and functional relationships of structures and their movement potential.
• Postural analysis and the new understanding of muscle system classifications such as the concepts of: Local Stabilizers vs. Global Stabilizers and Mobilizers.
• Effective skill development in efficiency of tactile and verbal cueing for Core Stability.
• Anatomy and biomechanics of each Core Stability system, their anatomical relationship to each other and their influence on posture.
• Protocol design of the repertoire from mat to equipment including the use of props.

Course Curriculum includes:

• Pre-Pilates Mat Repertoire focusing on back strength and maintenance, and core principles technique.
• In-depth functional core anatomy and respiratory biomechanics illustrated by 3D presentations and PowerPoint.
• Practical application of these lessons is applied in the analysis of the movement repertoire.
• The course is taught in a noncompetitive, supportive environment where each student will experience the work hands on and will practice the teaching and cueing in one format.

Bibliography:

• The Pelvic Girdle, Diane Lee – ISBN-10: 0443073732
• Pelvic Power, Eric Franklin – ISBN-10: 0871272598
• Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance, James Oshman – ISBN-10: 0750654007
• Anatomy of Breathing, Blandine Calais-Germain – ISBN-10: 0939616556
• Anatomy of Movement, Blandine Calais-Germain – ISBN-10: 0939616572
• The Female Pelvis, Blandine Calais-Germain – ISBN-10: 0939616386
• Muscles and Meridians: The Manipulation of Shape, Phillip Beach – ISBN-10: 0702031097

Dates:  April 14-15, 2012 and April 21-22, 2012
Times:  9am – 6pm daily
Tuition*: Part A and B Total, $1,250 includes course manual

* Part a and Part B cannot be taken as individual courses and must be paid in advance.