Leg Slides on the Mat Teacher Client Conversation

Leg Slides on the Mat

With even the most simple exercise, you can help the clients travel deeper into their body to unearth new discoveries about how they move. Don’t think for a second that any movement is too easy for someone or that advanced movers have nothing to gain from “beginner” exercises. The skilled teacher illuminates and perceives even […]…

Call & Response: Leg Springs Teacher Client Conversation

Call & Response: Leg Springs

The first step to detailed cueing is seeing where the imbalances are in the body. The second is to put that into words, images, and touch that will help the client to become aware and transform. Call and Response cueing is a powerful tool. We ask for a shift and the client tries to respond […]…

Call & Response: Ab Curl Teacher Client Conversation

Call & Response: Ab Curl

A teaching basic that needs energy, practice, and patience is the idea of creating a basis of communication with your client. This communication is not always verbal, but it is just as important, if not more so, than what the client says. As a teacher, you must read what the body is saying and translate […]…

Working Out Versus Working In Teacher Client Conversation

Working Out Versus Working In

This topic is a very important concept to talk about with your clients. For real body metamorphosis to take place, attention to detail, heightened awareness, and a good dose of patience is crucial. And as for you the teacher, you must be able to explain to your clients why you are doing what you are […]…

Attracting Your Ideal Pilates Client Teacher Client Conversation

Attracting Your Ideal Pilates Client

By Lacy Fabian, PhD Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could identify our ideal Pilates clients? Imagine the regularity and the ease of the session! There are a few practices to increase your chances of attracting that ideal client. 1) What’s your Pilates style? Part of knowing who you want to attract is knowing what […]…

How to Correct without Being Critical Teacher Client Conversation

How to Correct without Being Critical

No one wants to be told or to feel that he is messing up at every turn. People new to Pilates can get discouraged because of all the details and nuances involved. Someone not used to moving or not naturally coordinated or body-aware may end up having instructors correcting him at every turn. Constant correction […]…

How To Ask About Pain Teacher Client Conversation

How To Ask About Pain

Many people from many different walks of life have found Pilates to be an interesting, challenging, and engaging practice. Some people look to Pilates to build strength, agility, and balance with beautiful life-changing results. But no person benefits more from this amazing scope of work than the person who comes to you in pain. Typically, […]…

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