Pilates Elephants

This lecture was delivered live for our Diploma of Clinical Pilates.You'll also find it as a video on YouTube if you want to see the visuals. Here's the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/UATwStlLVWIThis ...

12 Apr 1h 40min

Short answer - mostly not. But in a few cases, yes.I delve into a better way to think about contrainidications, and working with people with pain, injury and chronic conditions.Links:Brinjikji et al. ...

6 Apr 29min

Why I don't believe there is a better definition of a good instructor than a full class of strong clients.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: AdBarker - https://adbarker...

29 Mar 10min

This is for instructors AND studio owners.It's the exact troubleshooting process I use to help studio owners fill their classes - based on the best practices of 100+ studios I've seen the numbers for,...

22 Mar 19min

Many Pilates instructors make the same mistake when introducing an exercise: they give too much information. Instead of helping clients move, long explanations overwhelm them and nothing sticks. In th...

15 Mar 33min

While we can adapt Pilates to the laws of physiology, we cannot change the definition of technical words like "strength" just to fit a specific teaching style or Pilates philosophy.This podcast uses t...

8 Mar 46min

Nathan makes the case that instructors should take 100% responsibility for filling our classes.If our attendance is low,we should see that as a personal indicator that something in the experience or c...

1 Mar 49min

A common mistake is assuming that two Pilates exercises are the same just because they look identical.However, the actual "exercise" depends on where the load and force are being applied.Nerd out with...

22 Feb 23min