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PILATES TEACHER TRAINING - CONTINUING EDUCATION

Amy Alpers is coming to Body Precision!

Defy Gravity: The Intention of Suspension

Saturday, April 14, 2012: 12:00-7:00 PM

Haven’t you ever dreamed of flying!! of floating in the air with that weightless feeling of freedom and release from gravity? Pilates can make that feeling possible. It is the anti-gravity system, designed very intentionally to organize your body so wisely and naturally that you literally feel lighter and truly do defy gravity longer.

 

However, it is often taught from a more careful, slightly fear-based approach of stabilizing or holding parts of the body to prevent movement, especially in the case of injury. Instead, we can learn to teach from the natural truth that enabling and supporting movement through the amazing suspension system we all have in our own bodies is actually what heals.

 

Utilizing the profound natural laws of movement, we can learn to teach a client how to move!! not stabilize – in a suspension field of amazing bones, cables and fluids to develop the strongest, lightest, most powerful body possible. The geometry of energy.

 

Footwork: The Pilates Fortune Teller

Sunday, April 15, 2012: 9:00 AM -4:00 PM

Footwork reveals nearly every issue a client is experiencing. By learning to see and understand what Footwork is telling us, teachers can predict where those issues will lead if left unheeded. In this workshop we will utilize the entire Pilates Method to connect the struggles we see during equipment or Matwork exercises with issues that first appear during Footwork; then learn to teach effective, efficient, and functional movement patterns from the start to correct these problems.

Registration Information & Costs

• Call Body Precision Pilates at (610) 520-2348 to register.

• Cost: $250 per workshop ($450 for both)

• Early Bird Discount: $210 per workshop when you register by March 16, 2012

 

Credits

• 6 Hours for Continuing Education
• PMA and Masters Program Approved

amy alpers at body precision pilates

Amy Taylor Alpers was born in Youngstown, Ohio. She began classical ballet in her childhood, studied dance in college, danced professionally and later taught ballet.

Amy attended The Juilliard School for Dance, danced with the Garden State Ballet in NJ, and received a B.A. in Dance and a M.A. in Dance History from New York University. In addition, Amy taught ballet at various dance schools in New York City for ten years.

Both Amy and her sister Rachel studied Pilates under the direct tutelage of Romana Kryzanowska at The Pilates Studio. They received their Pilates teaching certificate in July of 1989.

In 1990, after moving to Boulder, Amy and Rachel opened The Pilates Center and established the Teacher Training Program in 1991. The sisters co-authored The Everything Pilates Book and are active in the Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) and assisted in creating the PMA’s certification exam.

Amy travels the world teaching graduate level workshops.