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Power Higher, Power Pilates Annual Conference
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Join the world's premiere educator of classical Pilates for a two-day Power Pilates conference in Las Vegas. Featuring workshops and workouts to enhance your teaching expertise and sharpen your studio management skills, as well as nutritional and integrated wellness seminars, for complete conditioning of body, mind and spirit.
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RENEW YOUR POWER PILATES CERTIFICATE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12 – DAY 1
8 – 8:45 AM
- Advanced Mat with Susan Moran
- Magic Circle Mat with Bob Liekens
- Mat Class With Weights with Juliana Afram
- Open Mat with Anne Brendle
- Gyrokinesis with Kathy Van Patten (8 – 9 AM)
- Vinyasa Yoga with Noell Clark (8 – 9 AM)
8:45 – 9:30 AM
- WELCOME
with Dr. Howard Sichel and Woodson Merrell, MD, author of Power Up
9:30 – 11:30 AM
- Intermediate Reformer With Variations with
Shari Berkowitz
- Challenging Special Case Clientele with
Petra Karlsson
- Create an Intro to Tower Class with
Lesly Levy
- Barrel Progressions with Juliana Afram
- Nutrition and Integrated Health with
Woodson Merrell, MD, Author of Power Up
- Gyrokinesis with Kathy Van Patten
11:45 – 1:45 PM
- Jump! How to teach Jumpboard with
Bob Liekens
- Format a Wunda Chair Workout with
Susan Moran
- Super Advanced Cadillac with Anne Brendle
- Real Men Do Pilates with Davidson Reid
- Fueling Your Body for Optimal Energy with
Ellen Nalaboff
- Muscle Activation and Health with Chris Ingersol PhD, ATC FACSM, FNATA
1:45 – 2:30 PM LUNCH
2:30 – 4:30 PM
- Advanced Mat With Transitions & Flow with
Lesly Levy
- Art of Touch and Cue with Susan Moran
- Teacher’s Forum with Bob Liekens
- ActivCore - Dynamic & Static Assessment with Mary Garrity
- Anatomy of the Cervical & Upper Thoracic Spine and the Conditions Most Commonly Diagnosed and Treatments Associated with Scott Laker, MD
- Power Marketing with Travis Pagel
4:45 – 6:45 PM
- Power Pilates Bootcamp with Susan Moran &
Doug Zabrocki (4:45 – 5:45 PM)
- Power Pilates Bootcamp with Alicia Zabrocki & Lesly Levy (5:45 – 6:45 PM)
- Restorative Yoga with Noell Clark
- Vocal Vitality with Anne Brendle
- Anatomy of the Lower Spine and Pelvis and the Conditions Most Commonly Diagnosed and Treatments Associated with Scott Laker, MD
- Classical Pilates – It’s a Workout with
Shari Berkowitz
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13 – DAY 2
8 – 8:45 AM
- Magic Circle Mat with Susan Moran
- Advanced Mat with Bob Liekens
- Mat Class With Weights with Davidson Reid
- Open Mat with Doug Zabrocki
- Reformer on the Mat with Alicia Zabrocki
- Vinyasa Yoga with Noell Clark (8 – 9 AM)
9 – 11 AM
- Super Advanced Reformer with Shari Berkowitz
- Wunda Chair Progressions with Bob Liekens
- New Teacher Trainer/PTC workshop with
Dr. Howard Sichel, Susan Moran, and Kathy Moran
- How to See Effectively with Davidson Reid
- The Most Common Orthopedic Problems in Your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s and What You Can Do To Recognize Them In Clients with Scott Laker, MD
- Reformer on the Mat with Alicia Zabrocki
- Maximizing Performance in Competitve Sports
(add-on)
11:15 – 1:15 PM
- Magic Circle Madness with Susan Moran
- Anatomy as it Pertains to Pilates with
Doug Zabrocki
- Spice Up Your Mat With Weights with
Alicia Zabrocki
- Ladder Barrel with Bob Liekens
- Knees, Hips and Ankles: Lower Extremity Anatomy and Orthopedic Conditions with Scott Laker, MD
- Power Marketing with Travis Pagel
1:15 – 2:30 PM LUNCH
2:30 – 4:30 PM
- Power Pilates Bootcamp with Alicia Zabrocki &
Shari Berkowitz (2:30 – 3:30 PM)
- Power Pilates Bootcamp with Davidson Reid &
Doug Zabrocki (3:30 – 4:30 PM)
- Restorative Yoga with Noell Clark
- ActivCore - Dynamic & Static Assessment with
Mary Garrity
- Honoring the Integrity of Classical Pilates with
Bob Liekens
- Fueling Your Body for Optimal Energy with
Ellen Nalaboff
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LOCATION & ACCOMMODATIONS
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89169
Reservations 800-473-7625
Online Reservation
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/powerpilates
Room Rate (DBL Occupancy):
$99 weekday / $129 weekend
Hotel Discount Code: Power Pilates
(rate expires Jan 15, 2010)
ACTIVITIES TO DO IN VEGAS
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LOCAL AIRPORT
McCarran Airport, Las Vegas
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
Taxi Service from the airport ($8-12)
Complimentary Hard Rock Hotel Shuttle service to Las Vegas strip.
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CONFERENCE FEE
2-DAY PASS:
Choose 1 workout or workshop during each time offered both days (9 total)
Early Bird:
Register by Jan 8, 2009 (Save $80)
Registration after Jan 8, 2009
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$449
$529
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1-DAY PASS: Choose 1 workout or workshop
during each time offered on one day (4 or 5 total)
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$299
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A LA CARTE: See schedule
workouts
workshops
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$35 per
$99 per
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BOXED LUNCH: (per day)
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$28
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MAXIMIZING PERFORMANCE
IN COMPETITIVE SPORTS:
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$99
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PMA CERTIFICATION:
PMA Member
PMA Non-Member
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$250.75
$295.00
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CANCELLATION POLICY
Refund available until January 21, 2010
(minus $50 administration fee).
Power Pilates reserves the right to cancel a class or change an
instructor at anytime.
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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
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ADVANCED MAT WITH TRANSITIONS AND FLOW
(Lesly Levy)
Your advanced clients are craving the excitement of an inspired challenge. This workshop will focus on the transitions and advance you ability to direct flow “Minimum of Movement for Maximum of Flow.” Come prepared to move.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and Intermediate level clients
ANATOMY AS IT PERTAINS TO PILATES
(Doug Zabrocki)
This workshop spotlights anatomy with respect to Pilates. We'll take time understanding the bony landmarks of the body and the main muscle groups that are worked in Pilates. Be prepared to move.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL & UPPER THORACIC SPINE AND THE CONDITIONS MOST COMMONLY DIAGNOSED AND TREATMENTS ASSOCIATED
(Scott Laker, MD)
This lecture will discuss the most common diagnoses and treatments seen in the cervical and thoracic spine. Illustration and imaging-based review of the anatomy followed by a discussion of the most common diagnoses and treatments of the upper spine.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
ANATOMY OF THE LOWER SPINE AND PELVIS AND THE CONDITIONS MOST COMMONLY DIAGNOSED AND TREATMENTS ASSOCIATED (Scott Laker, MD)
This lecture will discuss the most common diagnoses and treatments seen in the lumbar spine and pelvis. Illustration and imaging-based review of the anatomy followed by a discussion of the most common diagnoses and treatments.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
ART OF TOUCH AND CUE (Susan Moran)
You will explore cueing of the “Full Powerhouse” through verbal and touch cues. The movement is just the beginning; the work happens when you go “vertical” with your teaching and deepen the client’s experience of the “Full Powerhouse”. Come prepared to “see” the traditional exercises with x-ray vision.
Pre-requisite:
Open to instructors and Intermediate / Advanced level clients.
BARREL PROGRESSIONS (Julianna Afram)
Joseph Pilates created a beautiful progression on an often-overlooked piece of equipment: The Barrels. The Barrels allow access to a gradual opening of two very restricted areas of our body: The hips and shoulders. We will work through this progression from Small Barrel up to the Ladder Barrel in such a way that it becomes easier to incorporate the Barrels into almost every workout.
Pre-requisite:
Open to instructors and Intermediate / Advanced level clients
CHALLENGING SPECIAL CASE CLIENTELE
(Petra Karlsson)
This workshop will answer the questions of how and when to challenge special case clientele and provide you a deeper understanding of how the body reacts to different kinds of physical impairments, including the lower back, knee, hip replacement, prenatal and more. We will teach how to incorporate a small ball and theraband on the Cadillac and Reformer for a safe, yet effective workout.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors
CLASSICAL PILATES – IT’S A WORKOUT
(Shari Berkowitz)
Flow is much more than moving quickly through a list of exercises. Let’s figure out what flow is and how to create it within each move, repetition and exercise. Flow has a lot to do with how you think of the workout and how you use your voice. It will change your teaching for the better.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors
CREATE AN INTRO TO TOWER CLASS (Lesly Levy)
This workshop will cover two aspects needed for teaching Intro to Tower class. First, a review of Intermediate Wall Unit exercises appropriate for an Intro level Tower class; second, you will learn/review the teaching formula needed for an Intro to Tower Class. This formula will help you organize the class so transitions and flow provide for a safe, fun and effective workout. Come prepared to move.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors with Apparatus teaching experience. All Power Pilates Tower class instructors are required to take this workshop.
DYNAMIC & STATIC ASSESSMENT WITH ACTIVCORE (Mary Garrity)
This workshop will cover body mapping in dynamic postural analysis and static postural analysis. Participants with pain, asymmetry or injury will be the bodies for demonstration of the effectiveness of ActivCore.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
FORMAT A WUNDA CHAIR WORKOUT (Susan Moran)
This workshop will teach you the “how to” when teaching on the Wunda Chair. A review of Intermediate /Advanced level exercises will be covered as well as the teaching formula needed to maintain a safe yet effective workout. Come prepared to move and sweat in this workshop!
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors with Intermediate / Advanced level Wunda Chair experience.
FUELING YOUR BODY FOR OPTIMAL ENERGY
(Ellen Nalaboff)
This nutrition workshop will highlight foods that are key to maintaining a healthy diet when fueling a physically demanding career in Pilates and fitness. In this workshop you will learn about basic meals, snacks and combinations that build and maintain your energy and uplift your spirits throughout your workday. We will provide nutrition tips and suggestions to share with your clients to inspire better workouts and a healthy lifestyle.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
GYROKINESIS® Master Class (Kathy Van Patten)
GYROKINESIS® is a core strength movement system that incorporates the benefits of yoga, tai chi, swimming, gymnastics and dance. Created by Juliu Horvath, also the creator of the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM®, this movement system is wonderfully beneficial to everyone. The class works in circular and spiral movements to allow the entire body to stretch and strengthen through the seven natural elements of spinal movement. Benefits of this movement are dramatically increased flexibility, extension, coordination, and stamina, and a wonderful energetic balance in the body.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
HONORING THE INTEGRITY OF CLASSICAL PILATES
(Bob Liekens)
The Mission of Power Pilates is to honor the integrity of Joseph Pilate’s Method. Through our program development, we train our instructors to pass on the legacy of the original work as it was handed down by the first generation teachers. Join us for an inspiring workshop with Senior Director Bob Liekens as he leads a discussion on the responsibility of upholding the respected standard of the classical work.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
HOW TO SEE EFFECTIVELY (Davidson Reid)
Learn how to create an effective ”C“ module to individualize and maximize your clients’ sessions. You will learn critical reasoning skills that will help you to properly assess what a clients specific needs are and how to address them with exercises that incorporate the four S’s – Strength, Stretch, Stamina and Stability.
Pre-requisite:
Open to instructors and Intermediate/Advanced level clients.
INTERMEDIATE REFORMER WITH VARIATIONS
(Shari Berkowitz)
This workshop is ideal for instructors and strong Intermediate level clientele who want to review the exercises, transitions and variations of the intermediate Reformer. We will focus on optimal technique in regards to performing and teaching aspects, as well as the progressions to the Advanced level.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and Intermediate level clients
JUMP! How to teach Jumpboard (Bob Liekens)
More than the ordinary challenge! In this workshop you will learn or review the Jumpboard exercises suited for Advanced clientele. The Jumpboard offers an element of cardio with another challenge for the Powerhouse. Come prepared to move, sweat and have fun!
Pre-Requisites:
Open to instructors and Advanced level clients
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KNEES, HIPS, AND ANKLES: LOWER EXTREMITY ANATOMY AND ORTHOPEDIC CONDITIONS
(Scott Laker, MD)
This lecture will focus on the most common musculoskeletal problems in the lower extremity. Illustration and imaging-based review of the anatomy as it relates to these conditions.
Pre-requisites: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
LADDER BARREL (Bob Liekens)
You will learn/review the Intermediate / Advanced level Barrel exercises. Come prepared to view the Set up/Action/Precision as well as cues for all exercises to help deepen the workout experience for your clients.
Pre-requisite:
Open to instructors and Intermediate/Advanced level clients
MAGIC CIRCLE MADNESS (Susan Moran)
Want to spice up your Mat class? Add the Magic Circle to the classical Mat exercises and take your Powerhouse to a whole new level. This class will offer additional challenges for your clientele without ever adding new exercises... and the results are outstanding!
Pre-Requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
MUSCLE ACTIVATION AND HEALTH
(Christopher D. Ingersoll, PhD, ATC)
This workshop will introduce the concept of arthrogenic muscle inhibition (AMI). AMI is a clinical impairment caused by an ongoing reflex inhibition of musculature surrounding a joint following distention or damage to structures of that joint. Participants will learn the basics of the neural pathway of AMI, understand the consequences of AMI on health and function, and identify potential candidates for disinhibitory interventions. The concepts of compensatory and restitutive strategies following disruption to normal muscle activation will be introduced and discussed. A discussion of how traditional strength training programs may reinforce suboptimal muscle activation strategies will bring the concepts together in a practical way for the participants.
Pre-Requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
NEW TEACHER TRAINER & PTC WORKSHOP
(Howard Sichel, Susan Moran and Kathy Moran)
In this workshop we will review all Power Pilates educational programs and all protocol needed to maintain consistency in our programs throughout the world.
Pre-requisite:
Power Pilates Teacher Trainer or Participating Training Center
NUTRITION AND INTEGRATED HEALTH
(Woodson Merrell, MD)
Learn how to use nutrition, sleep, exercise, mental focus, and personal connections as sources of energy and healing. APOGEE Integrative Health Advisor Woodson Merrell, MD, will speak on his book Power Up (previously titled The Source) and his 21-day plan for optimal energy.
Pre-Requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
POWER MARKETING (Travis Pagel)
Now you have the Pilates teaching skills, learn how to use them to generate $$. Whether attracting clients to your Mat class, converting clients to Apparatus sessions, generating awareness for your studio or raising awareness for Power Pilates Educational courses – come discover helpful tips and suggestions for taking your marketing to the next level.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and studio owners
REAL MEN DO PILATES (Davidson Reid)
This workshop will help instructors work more effectively with a growing male client base. Common patterns of muscular imbalance and weakness among men will be addressed, as well as specific ways to improve them. You will also learn techniques that will assist men in integrating key concepts of strength, stability, stretch and stamina into a well-balanced and challenging workout.
Pre-requisite:
Open to instructors and Intermediate / Advanced level clients
REFORMER ON THE MAT
(Alicia Zabrocki)
Create a new challenge for your more advanced clientele and classes! This workshop will review the Reformer order, exercise details and their application to the Mat. No springs, no straps, just you and gravity. The breakdown of the various elements of the exercises helps achieve greater clarity and will add to depth to your cueing. A perfect complement to Reformer on the Tower. Be prepared to move and sweat!
Pre-requisite: Open to Instructors and clients with Intermediate Reformer experience.
SPICE UP YOUR MAT WITH WEIGHTS (hand and ankle)
(Alicia Zabrocki)
Add variety to your Mat class by utilizing hand and ankle weights. Learn how to use these props to assist, enhance and challenge movement within each Mat exercise. Come prepared to be challenged and get ripped!
Pre-requisite:
Open to all instructors and Intermediate level clients
SUPER ADVANCED CADILLAC (Anne Brendle)
Pick up the fun and dynamic exercises not taught in the Power Pilates Comprehensive or Systems Training programs. Learn how to incorporate these exercises appropriately in your advanced clienteles' routines while creating a flowing workout. Come prepared to move.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and Intermediate / Advanced level Cadillac clients
SUPER ADVANCED REFORMER (Shari Berkowitz)
These exercises will knock your socks off! In this workshop you will learn or review off-the-charts exercises on the Reform4er. Be ready to move and learn some of the most exciting material in the Pilates repertoire.
Pre-requisite:
Open to instructors and Intermediate / Advanced level clients
THE MOST COMMON ORTHOPEDIC PROBLEMS IN YOUR 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, AND 60s AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO RECOGNIZE THEM IN CLIENTS
(Scott Laker, MD)
This lecture will focus on the musculoskeletal conditions that present in different decades of life. A focus will be placed on recognizing common symptoms of these conditions and how we treat and prevent these problems.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
TEACHER’S FORUM (Bob Liekens)
This forum is for all teachers who have questions about anything that has to do with teaching clients from cueing, technique or special cases. Come with questions or simply sit back, listen and learn.
Pre-requisite: Open to all instructors
VOCAL VITALITY (Anne Brendle)
We will provide tools to help you creatively and effectively utilize one of your most powerful teaching tools: your voice. Inject your clients' workout with new energy by working on vocal modulation, rhythm, tone and volume. You will also learn how to avoid common problems that Pilates instructors experience from the misuse or overuse of their voice. Literature will be handed out.
Pre-requisite: Open to all instructors
WUNDA CHAIR PROGRESSIONS (Bob Liekens)
During this workshop you will learn progressions for the Wunda Chair that you can utilize during an Intermediate or Advanced Session. These progressions are based on the “individual needs” of the client. Come prepared to move.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and Intermediate / Advanced Wunda Chair level clients
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WORKOUT DESCRIPTIONS
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ADVANCED MAT (WORKOUT) (Susan Moran)
Come and experience the challenge of an Advanced Power Pilates Mat class!
Pre-requisite:
Open to instructors and Intermediate / Advanced level clients
POWER PILATES BOOTCAMP (WORKOUT)
This workout is geared to get you moving! During this workout you will be pushed to your Pilates “edge” by not ONE, but TWO Power Pilates instructors. You will begin with one instructor on the Reformer or Mat/Tower for half the session, then switch, and finally join together for a collective ending. Ideal for Instructors and Clients. Get Powered Up!
Pre-requisite:
Open to instructors and Intermediate / Advanced level clients
GYROKINESIS® (WORKOUT) (Kathy Van Patten)
Join us for a Gyrokinesis Beginner/Intermediate: Format I workout. Starting seated on a stool we will explore movements of the spine incorporating breath, fluidity, rhythm and coordination connecting one movement to the next. We’ll further connect the spine to the legs before moving onto the mat where we will further challenge the entire body through rhythmic movements.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
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MAGIC CIRCLE MAT CLASS (WORKOUT)
(Susan Moran)
Join us for a Power Pilates Open level Magic Circle Mat Class that will take your Magic Circle skill to the next level. Come ready to move, “hug” the Magic Circle, and have fun. You’ll feel this one!
Pre-requisite:
Open to instructors and Intermediate / Advanced level clients
OPEN MAT CLASS (WORKOUT) (Doug Zabrocki)
Join us for a Power Pilates open level Mat class. Come prepared to experience the “Power Pilates flow” with an off the charts workout.
Pre-requisite:
Open to instructors and Intermediate / Advanced level clients
REFORMER ON THE MAT (WORKOUT)
(Alicia Zabrocki)
Join us for a Power Pilates Reformer on the Mat class. This workout will review the Reformer order, exercise details and their application to the Mat. No springs, no straps, just you and gravity.
Pre-requisite: Open to all instructors and Intermediate / Advanced Reformer level clients
RESTORATIVE YOGA (WORKOUT) (Noell Clark)
This gentle therapeutic style of yoga uses props to support the body, helping students to deepen their understanding of each pose. Restorative yoga is a soothing and nurturing practice that allows the body to relax, rejuvenate and restore.
Pre-requisite: Open to all instructors and clients of all levels
MAT CLASS WITH WEIGHTS (WORKOUT)
(Davidson Reid)
Come add some “spice” to your Mat workout... this class will follow Intermediate/Advanced level adding hand and ankle weights. Add some resistance and challenge your Powerhouse to the “edge.”
Pre-requisite:
Open to instructors and Intermediate / Advanced level clients
VINYASA YOGA (WORKOUT) (Noell Clark)
This style of yoga focuses on “meditation in motion”, synchronizing breath with movement and linking basic yoga postures with beautiful music, insights and poetry. Be prepared to strengthen and stretch your muscles, ligaments and joints, cultivate self-awareness and honor your inner wisdom.
Pre-requisite: Open to instructors and clients of all levels
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ADD-ON PROGRAMS
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PILATES METHOD ALLIANCE Certification Exam
Click here to download the application
Join the ranks of Pilates teachers dedicated to building our profession. The PMA’s third party certification serves as objective validation of your skills as a Pilates teacher and creates industry unity, professionalism, and uniform industry-wide competency standards. Industry certification with the PMA is an essential part of establishing Pilates as a profession. You're Power Pilates qualified. Now get PMA certified.
The PMA exam will be held on Thursday, February 11 at 3 pm.
Deadline for Registration application is December 18, 2009.
PMA Member $250.75
PMA Non-member $295
For more information visit:
www.pilatesmethodalliance.org
MIND BODY UNIVERSITY
Wednesday, February 10 & Thursday, February 11
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE SOFTWARE – LEARN YOUR MINDBODY SYSTEM INSIDE AND OUT
MARKETING & BUSINESS TOPICS – INCREASE REVENUE & FOCUS ON THE BIG PICTURE
Register Online at:
http://www.mindbodyonline.com/mbu
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MAXIMIZING PERFORMANCE IN COMPETITIVE SPORTS (Jay Apking, Dr. Rick Sanford & Jody Domerstad)
In this workshop we will discuss and demonstrate how the incorporation of Power Pilates’ method into traditional athletic training enhances performance in all competitive sports. This workshop will introduce Coaches and Athletic Trainers to our unique core training on the Mat and Tower that strengthens the abdominal and back musculature, allowing for increased strength, stability and range of motion. This connection to the core allows an athlete to move with more force and control, and to access the most powerful source of physical might in their body – core strength. Power Pilates provides a diversifying fitness routine that
enhances traditional athletic training – whether the sport is football, rugby, basketball, golf or gymnastics to maximize performance and reduce potential for injury. We take great athletes and make them exceptional.
Saturday, February 13 9:00-11:00 AM FEE: $99
Pilates Apparatus and Equipment used during the conference will be available at a 25% discount.
Be sure to pre-order your product today!
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