Finding your Transversus Abdominus

A neuromuscular therapists perspective – using the inflatable cuff. Try it for yourself, I have issues with it, see what you think. Its about 7 minutes long, stick with it. Continue reading…

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Images for use in your teaching

Some nice imagery to use in your teaching, compliments of fitsugar.com.

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Pink Pilates here in Australia

I went searching for Pink Pilates being offered here in my home town of Sydney and found only one studio listed, Darlinghurst Physiotherapy. Megan Donald is a Physio who has undergone this NZ based training program, Continue reading…

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Guidelines for senior exercise

I sourced this from IDEA Fitness Journal, Feb 2010. I am going to pin this up in the studio where I teach. It’s clear and very helpful and of course, Pilates can be a large part of this.
The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association say the following Continue reading…

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Pilates and dressage

A short little video on the way a Pilates Instructor works with her local dressage community. Vimeo.com is a great site for uploading really good quality video content you want to share.

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Francine St George – Physio/Pilates

We had the pleasure of meeting Francine this weekend at a workshop on back and hip stability. We played around with real time ultrasound for TA, PF and quad fem, glut med and min. Needless to say, it was really interesting and very useful in terms of application of hip exercises in the Pilates context. Continue reading…

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Back extension on the ball

This is one of my favourite ways to do extension movements in Pilates. Allows you to feel grounded in the feet, Continue reading…

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Ladder barrel repertoire

Elizabeth Larkham of Balanced Body shares some video on strengthening work using the LB. Continue reading…

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APMA Retreat April 2010

Grab your diary, enter April 30 as a weekend of professional development in a bushland setting, intensive style retreat.

140 delegates spending the weekend in Sydney with Madeleine Black, Rebecca Leone, Fran Phillip (level 2 Franklin teacher).

Contact the APMA if you are interested in trade/sponsorship opportunities.

See you there.

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