Workshops
Throughout the year Polestar Pilates NZ organises a multitude of workshops and information sessions in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Below you see a number of examples mentioned, some of which we will bring to NZ again in 2010. WATCH THIS SPACE!
Examples of workshops we have run in the recent past:
Mat Choreography Class
Inspire and motivate your loyal clients with fresh and innovative pilates inspired choreography. For the intermediate to advanced participant.
Pilates for Children
Pilates for Children is an innovative and fun workout aimed at primary school aged children. Learn how to communicate the Pilates method to children in a manner that will have the kids hooked on Pilates and movement. This is a four hour taster of a one day course that comes with a manual. Have fun going back to your childhood.
Pilates for Skiing
Ever wanted to ski better personally or help your clients who ski do so better? Then come along and learn about skiing and how to improve your or your clients skiing ability from a Certified Ski Instructor. Learn in this 4-hour workshop about the four skills of skiing Stance, Rotary, Edging and Pressure Control and how to improve these and incorporate curent skiing instruction skills into developing a Pilates program for skiers.
FREE Polestar Education Information Session
Dav Cohen, the Sydney-based Polestar Curriculum Director, will be offering this 1-hour session to provide you with relevant and current information about why Polestar Pilates is different to other Pilates certification courses. He will take you through the 2010 curriculum and you will have the opportunity to ask any question you want to ask, so come along! It’s FREE.
Beyond Core Control - Pilates Exercise, the Outer Unit and Muscular Slings
Pilates exercise has long been known to work from the ‘inside - out’. We first recruit muscles of core stabilization (the ‘inner unit’) to form a stable base from which to work. We then move our trunk and limbs with larger muscle groups to create our everyday functional movements.
When our ‘stabilizers’ and ‘mobilizers’ are working efficiently the result is optimally coordinated and efficient movement. As instructors and practitioners of Pilates exercise, creating awareness of these muscle groups and their proper facilitation is one of our main objectives.
We will focus on the muscles that we call the mobilisers of the body and will investigate their crucial role in movement as well as in providing more stability and protection for the inner, stabilizing muscles and joints. We will look at the body from a ‘muscular slings’ perspective using the concepts of Vleeming and relate them, in a systematic way, to Pilates exercises. We will cover the following topics (outer unit Muscular Slings, Basic Gait pattern, Anatomy/ physiology, Function/dysfunction, Experiential exercises for the Muscular Slings)
Pre-requisites: Intermediate to Advanced level.
Workshop - Enhancing Shoulder Function
This 1.5-hour workshop for Beginning to Advanced Pilates instructors consists of three key topics:
- 1. Assessment and review of common shoulder dysfunction
2. Facilitating proper shoulder organisation with Pilates principles
3. Use of Pilates apparatus to facilitate improved function
Pre-requisites: Familiarity with basic Mat and Studio repertoire is helpful.
Masterclass - Advanced Mat
Masterclasses are 90 minutes each and include class notes, demonstration, teaching and cueing as well as a 60+ minute challenging workout!
The Mat Masterclass starts with an advanced Mat class with focus on exercises and transitions designed to challenge experienced Pilates enthusiasts. This is followed by exercise demonstration and teaching.
Pre-requisites: Intermediate to Advanced level.
Advanced Spine
Advanced Spine provides an in-depth approach to Pilates evolved interventions for acute to chronic discogenic patterns, stenosis, spondylolisthesis, pre-and post-surgical conditions, scoliosis, facet dysfunctions, degenerative disc disease, sacroiliac and pelvic girdle dysfunction.
Duration: 16 hours
Pre-requsities: Successful completion of the Polestar Pilates for Rehabilitation Series. Must be a medical or rehabilitation professional (MD, PT, OT, DO, RN, Bach Sp Sc/Hmn Mvt, Bach App Sc).
Critical Reasoning
The Critical Reasoning Workshop series is designed to help movement teachers learn and apply necessary intake, assessment and reasoning skills to maximize outcome and increase professionalism in practice.
There are four workshops in the series, and must be taken sequentially (CR1-CR2-CR3-CR4).