Workshop
Pilates Deconstructed®: Side Over Explorations
with Trina Altman
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|---|---|---|
| Pilates Deconstructed®: Side Over Explorations | $39 USD Register Now | $29 USD Get Access Forever Members enjoy early access, special pricing, and no expiration dates! Add Forever Access here. |
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About This Workshop
Side overs on the short box are an excellent exercise for building head to toe strength, stability and balance while laterally flexing the spine against gravity. The challenge, however, is that the only closed chains are the bottom outer thigh on the box and the top outer ankle in the strap. Thus, sensing your place in space (especially from the waist to the skull) can be a challenge even for your most advanced students! But fear not.
Join Trina Altman for this online Pilates workshop which will teach you creative preparatory corrective exercises and breath release techniques that establish the neuromuscular connections and coordination necessary to safely teach and practice side overs, side-lying leg work and more. Facilitate the inner illumination of your side seams from pinky finger to pinky toe. Important pit stops along the way will fortify lateral hip stabilization, scapular stability, and enhanced breath function. Supple intercostals and a mesmerizing mermaid on the reformer are your birthright!
Concepts & Techniques
- Discover open/closed chain lateral flexion regressions and progressions to enhance your students' "inner GPS" system.
- Learn how the Pilates Deconstructed® exercise called “The Buoyant Boomerang” can help you and your students improve proprioception of the posterior and lateral kinetic chains during the Side Over.
- Develop coordination and activation of posterior lateral hip muscles in closed chain exercises while exploring differentiation of the lumbo-pelvic hip complex. Uncover the fascial connections of the transversus abdominus and the diaphragm.
- Address strength discrepancies between the upper thoracic spinal extensors vs. the scapular retractors.
- Learn how this discrepancy can influence the Side Over as well as postural habits.
- Gain an understanding of deconstruction principles by utilizing decreased levers, closed chain feedback, and changes of orientation to gravity to prepare you for the Side Over.
- Improve interoception of posterior lateral breathing patterns using props for feedback to enhance down-regulation of the nervous system
Objectives
- Gain a deeper understanding of the component parts of the Side Over exercise
- Observe Trina teach how deconstruction patterns can become a framework for embodied knowledge
- Learn breathing techniques and sensory feedback methods that facilitate awareness of the ribcage
- Help your students advance safely in a group reformer class while incorporating creative movement practices and common sense biomechanics
- Learn how to utilize directions of movement, bony landmarks and fascial continuities to boost your creativity every time you teach!
Props & Equipment
- Balls
- Reformer
- Small Props
- Yoga Blanket
- Yoga Strap
- Overball
- Yoga Block
Workshop Level
- Advanced
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Ready to Enroll?
| Workshop | Free Member | Forever Member |
|---|---|---|
| Pilates Deconstructed®: Side Over Explorations | $39 USD Register Now | $29 USD Get Access |
About Trina Altman
Trina Altman, B.A., NCPT, received her training through STOTT PILATES® and is an E-RYT 500, YACEP®. She’s the creator of Yoga Deconstructed® and Pilates Deconstructed®, which take an interdisciplinary approach to…
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Always the most thorough and thoughtful lessons from Trina A.
Trina Altman gives very clear instructions. I like the exercises she showed and can't wait to try them with my students.
Some great ideas for teaching side overs, which can be very difficult to teach most people.
Such an informative workshop. This information is invaluable for helping yourself and clients on the path to pain-free movement.
very good
great workshop! I already used part of it with a client and had great results.
Great thought process and break down of exercises...
Very helpful. Proper lateral flexion is such a missing piece of the puzzle for most people. It's nice to have this deconstruction to put all the pieces together.
Very detailed with refreshing variations for different clients. I enjoyed the gentle pacing of the class.
Trina: I very much enjoying the breakdown of what the muscles and bones are doing during the side-over exercises. It's a great refresher. This workshop has some exceptional teaching tips woven in and great new exercise to prep bodies into more difficult movements.
The format of the workshop was very effective. The entire class then a more anatomical presentation afterwards. During the filming of instruction it was very beneficial for me to see the student doing the exercise from both the front and the back.
I love this workshop, I learn a lot.I love everything Trina Altman doing.