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If you are interested in participating in the Pilates Technique Certification Program that begins in March, we are now accepting Registration. The Lecture Series begins March 9th and 10th with Orientation on March 3rd. This is a very popular program and slots go fast. We highly encourage you to contact us to get your Registration Papers now. We have 3 locations for you to do your hours, Santa Monica, Brentwood and Studio City.
Anyone that signs up early may be eligible to begin their Observation hours. This is a big advantage for most students as you will need to log 180 Observation hours through out the course. The Observation hours are also a great way to see how instructors teach, get an idea of how the studio works and really, just get settled into a schedule before the lecture series begin.
Here are some frequently asked questions about the Teacher Training program: When can I do my hours? All hours are on your schedule. So if you are a person who
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I love my Job. It is the most satisfying job I could ever imagine. I love the effect I can make on people’s lives. I love to see how my clients begin to take charge of their own health. I love that they become proactive in their total approach to health. And most of all, I love how happy they are when they are done with their sessions, free from pain, their nerves calmed and ready to start their day!
Here are just a few of the examples I am talking about:
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Tension headaches, aren't they the worst? You can take pain relief medications, but more often than not, the medications don't do the job of taking the pain away. As Pilates instructors, we will come across clients that come in to their sessions with a nagging headache, only to leave the session feeling relief. How does that happen? There are several reasons why the Pilates exercises and breath work help to relieve headache pain. The first reason is...
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Have you ever wondered how to choose a Pilates Teacher Training Program? What kind of questions should I ask? How do I know what style to choose? How long should the program take?
Here are a few things to think about when looking for a Teacher Training program:
First of all, who is teaching the program? What is that person’s background? How long has the program been around? At PTC Jill Cassady is the program director and has been teaching Pilates for more than 20 years. She was trained by Romana Kryzanowska who in turn studied with Joseph Pilates himself. There are not many programs available with that direct of a lineage to Mr. Pilates. This ensures that the work is still pure and has not been diluted. PTC has been certifying teachers since 1995.
What style of Pilates will I be studying? There are many styles around........
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It has been a very exciting year here at Pilates Technique Certification! Our training program remains the industry standard, with many mimicking programs popping up trying to emulate ours. Congratulations to the 25 graduating students this year. Studios, Gyms, PT offices and the like continue to call and request our Teachers. We are very proud of our Pilates Technique Certified Teachers, who not only learned how to teach Pilates, but also, had a wonderful experience transitioning into their new career, loving their participation in the Pilates Technique Certification program and learning all of this new knowledge. It's a wonderful thing to see these students' self confidence grow as well as their self-esteem. We really are so proud!
On a sadder note, the Pilates Community lost Ron Fletcher on Dec 6th, 2011.
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Ever wonder why most of the pictures of Joseph Pilates we see today are of him in his Janzen’s (speedo like) outfit, outside in all temperatures? It is because he was a very circulated person! He expressed the importance of “perfect circulation equals perfect health”. He lived by this motto and created his exercise system around that belief.
In Joseph Pilates exercise method, he created an exercise that he called the 100’s. It was used as a warm-up exercise, for increasing circulation in the body. In the exercise, the body is lying supine, with the head lifted and the legs held out long from the body. The arms are pumping vigorously up and down, 6-8 inches at the bodies side, as the body takes a long inhalation for 5 pumps, then a long exhalation for 5 pumps of the arms. The body does this for 10 times, thus the name the 100’s.
If the exercise is done properly, you will see the color on the cheeks turn nice and pink. You can literally see the color.........
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IC Rapoport, the photographer that took 29 pictures of Joseph Pilates in 1961, came to the studio to show us his amazing photos. Here is an article Written by Margie Allman who interviewed Chuck about his experience with Joseph Pilates:
"The majority of the well-known photographs of Joe Pilates were taken by one guy –I.C. Rapoport – in one day in October of 1961. One day in November, 2011, we had the privilege of meeting this wonderful man, who shared with us his Day with Joseph Pilates.
Chuck had been paying his dues at Sports Illustrated, not photographing sports so much as simply the people playing the, er, sports. First, he was sent to shoot the kids in a marble-shooting championship, preserving the grimaces on their faces as they got down near the ground to aim forever in time. Then, he was sent to the soapbox races to shoot the parental interactions with the competitors (their children) prior to race start.
Then, one week before Irwin Charles Rapoport, 24, was scheduled to ship out to Berlin by draft into the U.S. Army, that he got the call to meet our icon, Joe.