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ReFormation Studio's Teacher Training Program
provides:
* Comprehensive
Pilates education to prepare instructors to
become Pilates Method Alliance certified
instructors.
* The most
complete course in movement science of the
complete Pilates repertoire offered in the
industry today.
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This curriculum encourages instructors to
think comprehensively and analytically about
the Pilates exercises.
* The 11 course
modules may be taken individually or as a
whole curriculum
* The courses
alternate, Level A is the basic course,
which is followed with it's Level B
compliment.
* Each course
takes a Movement Science Approach to the
Original Exercises, offering a comprehensive
curriculum of the original Pilates
vocabulary for the mat, reformer, low chair,
high chair, cadillac, small barrel, spine
corrector and ladder barrel.
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2006 Pilates Instructor Training Schedule
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Elizabeth Larkam |
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Level "A" is for
non-certified instructors. Level "B" is for
certified instructors wanting to advance their
level of teaching skills. |
Dates -
click date to
register |
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BEGINNING LEVEL
TEACHER TRAINING |
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1A—PILATES MAT TRAINING:
Teaching Pilates Mat Exercises and
Pilates-evolved mat exercises. Teaching
techniques for personal training, group
instruction and multi-level class instruction. |
January 21 & 22, 2006
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DATE TO REGISTER |
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2A—PILATES REFORMER TRAINING:
Teaching Pilates Reformer Exercises and Pilates
Reformer with Small Apparatus. Teaching
techniques and Program design
for personal training and group instruction. |
Feb. 4 & 5, 2006
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DATE TO REGISTER |
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3A—PILATES CHAIR TRAINING:
Teaching Pilates Chair exercises. Teaching
techniques for personal training. |
March 25 & 26, 2006
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DATE TO REGISTER |
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4A—PILATES CADILLAC / TRAPEZE TABLE TRAINING:
Teaching Pilates Trapeze Table Exercises.
Teaching techniques for personal training. |
May 20 & 21, 2006
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DATE TO REGISTER |
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5A—PILATES ARC, SPINE CORRECTOR & LADDER BARREL
TRAINING:
Teaching Pilates Barrel and Ladder Barrel
Exercises. Incorporating into Pilates mat and
studio programs. |
August 26 & 27, 2006
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DATE TO REGISTER |
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6A—PROGRAMMING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS:
Pilates Program Design for special populations -
older adults, pre and post natal, sports
specific cross training, adolescents. |
Sept 16 & 17, 2006
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DATE TO REGISTER |
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ADVANCED LEVEL
TEACHER TRAINING |
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1B—PILATES MAT WITH SMALL APPARATUS:
Teaching Pilates Mat advanced exercises with
small apparatus including: roller, ring, discs,
balls, bands and BOSU. Teaching techniques for
personal training, group instruction and
multi-level class instruction. |
January 28 & 29, 2006
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DATE TO REGISTER |
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2B—PILATES REFORMER WITH SMALL APPARATUS:
Teaching Pilates Reformer advanced exercises
with small apparatus. Teaching
techniques and Program design
for personal training and group instruction. |
Mar 4 & 5, 2006
CLICK
DATE TO REGISTER |
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3B—PILATES CHAIR TRAINING:
Teaching Pilates Chair advanced exercises and
Pilates Chair with small apparatus. Teaching
techniques for personal training and post
rehabilitation. |
CANCELLED
CLICK
DATE TO REGISTER |
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4A—PILATES TRAPEZE TABLE WITH SMALL APPARATUS
TRAINING:
Teaching Advanced Pilates Trapeze Table
Exercises and Trapeze Table exercises with small
apparatus. Teaching techniques for personal
training and post rehabilitation. |
July 22 & 23, 2006
CLICK
DATE TO REGISTER |
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5B—PILATES FOR OSTEOPOROSIS:
Pilates Program Design for the older adult,
specifically those with Osteoporosis. Teaching
techniques for personal training and mat
programs. |
Sept 23 & 24, 2006
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DATE TO REGISTER |
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Class Times—9 to 5 |
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Elizabeth
Larkam is the Program Director of the
Pilates Teacher Training Course at
Reformation Studio in Campbell, CA. It
is filling very quickly, so please sign
up right away. See dates listed below:
You can take the full program or
individual weekend segments. The
course will require independent study
preparation and follow up for each
weekend course in the form of directed
reading, video study, studio observation
and practice. The videos and readings
will acquaint the course participants
with the reformer repertoire, verbal
cues and tactile cues. Participants are
expected to come to the course familiar
with the repertoire. The course will
focus on teaching techniques for the
repertoire to include customizing verbal
cues, tactile cues, combined cues,
program design considerations and
instructional techniques for groups.
Reformation
Studio
1357 Dell
Avenue
Campbell,
CA 95008
408-370-9642
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In her 19 years as a Pilates professional,
Elizabeth Larkam has designed programs for
fitness, dance, sports, rehabilitation and
academic settings. She is certified in
Feldenkrais, Gyrokinesis and Gyrotonic. The
Director of Pilates & Beyond for Western
Athletic Clubs, Elizabeth has directed the
Pilates program at Center for Sports
Medicine, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital,
taught in Exercise and Sports Science at the
University of
San Francisco , and worked
with the artists of Cirque du Soleil, San
Francisco Ballet, members of the Forty
Niners and Olympic skiers.
Elizabeth
created the Pilates Allegro workout series,
the Pilates Mat with Roller & Ring program,
Reebok Core Pilates and BOSU Pilates, as
well as PilatesPerformance, a unique art
form for dancers that explores the aesthetic
and expressive possibilities of Pilates
apparatus environments. She is an American
Council on Exercise spokesperson, Reebok
Master Trainer and serves on the advisory
board of Pilates Style.
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Beginning Teacher
Training
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$2400
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Advanced Teacher
Training
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$2000
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Pilates Individual
Weekends
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$475 per weekend
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PAYMENT TERMS:
50% deposit with application and 50% due 15 days
prior to first class. No refunds within 45 days
of the start date of the class series. Visa,
M/C, Amex, or Checks accepted.
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In the first course 1A,
2A, 3A, etc. the exercises are presented in the
following way:
1. View historic footage of Joe Pilates performing
and/or teaching the exercises
2. Analyze the
intent of each exercise. Analyze how the pelvis,
spine, hip and shoulder joints organized in each
exercise.
3. Experience the
shape and dynamic of the exercise.
4. Practice the
verbal and tactile cues that facilitate the
exercise.
5. Identify the
conditions for which this exercise is
contraindicated.
The courses 1B, 2B,
3B, etc. address all the modifications of each
exercise, as well as the complimentary exercises
that use the small apparatus such as the roller,
ring, rotator discs, theraband, ball and BOSU. In
each of the 'B' courses the Pilates-evolved
exercises will be practiced, analyzed, cued and
placed in context for specific client conditions,
class sequences and studio sequences.
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