Pilates Training
Body and Mind Conditioning
An artist paints with a palette of many
colours. They choose the right brush and paint with a practised
and deliberate brush stroke. When you move, you can choose from
a palette of many muscles. If you choose the right muscle, you
can move with grace, balance, and energy. If you use the wrong
muscles, you will waste energy and become tired, stiff, and sore.
As we grow up, put on shoes, work from chairs, then laze at home
we forget which muscles we have, and slowly train ourselves to
use the wrong ones.
Pilates is about teaching our bodies to choose the right muscle
for the movement, and then making the move with control and ease.
It conditions the mind to condition the body.
Pilates follows six main principles:
Concentration
Pay attention. It is the mind, which builds the body. You need
awareness so you can change.
Control
Control flows from concentration. Learn to be in control of every
aspect of your movement.
Centring
The Center is the focus of the Pilates Method. It is our source
of building our bodily foundation. Consider the Center as the continuous
band front and back, between the bottom of your rib cage and the
line across your hip bones.
Flow
Flow moves in harmony with control. Continuity of movement through
good flow creates awareness to listen to your body and prevent
injury.
Precision
Precise movements are the reward for concentration, control, and
flow. Precision strengthens our awareness and soon each movement
becomes second nature.
Breathing
Full inhaling and exhaling are fundamental to every exercise.
Forced exhalation is the key to the next full inhalation.
Who started Pilates?
Joseph Pilates was a rare talent. Born in Germany in 1880, Joseph
was a frail child who avoided contracting tuberculosis by bodybuilding.
Later, in World War I, Joseph was interred as an alien in his new
home of England.
During internment he refined many ideas about health and bodybuilding
and applied this knowledge to help rehabilitate the war-injured.
During this time, he developed exercise apparatus that removed
the forces of gravity with springs and sliders. Among these is
the “universal reformer” used for resistance exercises,
which allow the spine and pelvis to be aligned without interference
from other factors.
In the 1920’s, Pilates moved to America where he developed
his studio and successfully returned injured dancers to the stage
after leg and back injuries.
Today, the Pilates Method is gaining the respect and acknowledgment
it deserves from physiotherapists, sports scientists, athletes,
injured people, and anyone wishing to overcome the stressful effects
of our sedentary lifestyles.
Pilates Method at Center of Wellbeing and Awareness.
Our studio is fully equipped with Pilates training equipment.
We only ever conduct sessions with a maximum of three students
and always with at least two trained staff on hand.
We also conduct larger classes at your premises with specific
floor exercises.
Can I do this at home?
Yes.
We encourage you to do homeplay, our positive version of the
regular homework. Homeplay involves practice between
sessions,
with matwork activities
to
help increase
your awareness and practice.
The abundance of instructional videos and DVDs
can make it seem like Pilates is easy to start from home.
It’s still best to learn Pilates in a supervised environment
before exercising from home. This way you will know better how
to support your body throughout the range of movements.
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Pricing
Individual session*
$66.00 (inc. GST)
*All sessions are 1 hour duration.
Testimonials
"I have been attending Pilates exercise classes
with Margo for approximately two months, in order to alleviate
and help improve my back/neck problems (after a recommendation
from my Osteopath). The small groups means much more individual
supervision is given. Margo is a patient and experienced teacher.
She gives each client the individual care that is needed and
I find her to be very positive and encouraging. I now feel stronger,
in better health and a more positive outlook".
Janice, ACT
"I have been to Pilates training off and on since the
beginning of the 80s—in London originally and then in Australia.
Margo is definitely the best teacher I have had—she is
always keeping her eye on you making sure the exercises are being
done correctly and can spot how to correct a problem. She is
very conscientious and really cares about her clients and Pilates.
She is a dedicated teacher."
Susan, ACT.
"I have now completed my first ten sessions
of Pilates with Margo and I am enjoying it tremendously. I am finding
that it is helping a lot in combatting my lower back pain. Margo
is a thorough, competent and enthusiastic practitioner whom I would
(and have) recommended to anyone."
Brian, ACT.
"After 2 back and 2 hip operations I was unable to do much physical
activity without ending up in bed for days on end. I have been
doing Pilates for 2 years now and I am able to do more physical
activity and recover a lot quicker and not spending nearly as much
time in bed. Thanks to Pilates I feel alive. Marvellous."
Leanne, ACT.
"The Center of Wellbeing and Awareness is a wonderful
environment in which to do Pilates. Margo's knowledge, professionalism
and sense of fun brings out the best in her clients. I find Pilates
refreshing, relaxing and a really hard workout—all rolled into
one"
Tracey, ACT.
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