Graduate Intensive Cycle 2024

Produced and Presented by

Lori Coleman-Brown

A Deep Dive into Pilates Teaching

A Six Month Program Consisting of Three Weekend Workshops

A series of three exciting graduate level workshops designed exclusively for Pilates teachers who seek to broaden their perspectives and want to expand their knowledge and skills by exploring their point of view. 

A Teacher Centered Approach

This program starts from the initial point of knowing the rules of teaching Pilates according to the curriculum, and moves to more multidimensional, principles-based teaching for the purpose of reaching individuals, and progressively guiding them to meet their potential, through Pilates practice.

Program Objectives:

• Identify and loosen tethers to rigid rules, allow yourself to look with your own eyes and trust the process
• Be excited to walk into teaching sessions with every client type
• Get to the root of difficult sessions by objective problem solving
• Stretch your teacher self in a safe space with a cohort of like minded teachers
• Develop and deepen your body literacy
• Learn how embodiment translates to intuition and teaching wisdom
• Develop Next-Generation Pilates Leadership

Workshop I: Differentiate Your “Inner Teacher” from Your “Inner Practitioner”

February 10th & 11th, 2024

• Learn techniques to create a safe learning environment
• Practice non-judgmental communication by giving and receiving objective feedback from peers
• Analyze the rules you teach with to see what’s true and useful for you now
• Explore the broad list of Pilates exercises and expand your point of view
• Find freedom and space for yourself by teaching clients to be more focused and independent
• Redefine “performance” in order to cultivate diverse authentic Pilates movers
• Learn how establishing goals leads to flexibility in exercise execution and session design
• Relate exercises to daily functional activities
• Make your current “Director’s Cut” of Pilates Principles from the extended list

Workshop II: Connect With Your Clients And Yourself

April 13th & 14th, 2024

• Explore how to see with your whole teaching body
• Sharpen your teaching skills according to what your client needs, wants and are able to engage
• Open the channels of communication, stay focused on results, and maintain healthy boundaries
• Find curiosity and delight while allowing the many changes – expected and unexpected – that result from your teaching
• Continue to develop objectivity through critical thinking, feeling and teaching
• Explore how to regulate your nervous system with deliberate placement of the mind in the body
• Explore how to rotate and calibrate teaching challenges for continuous skill development
• Teach clearly in different voices

Workshop III: Leadership

June 1st & 2nd, 2024

• Unlock the possibilities of the whole curriculum for every client
• Deepen hands on pairing techniques
• Skillfully identify and follow unspoken leads to design magical sessions
• Explore how to align your clients needs with your interests by using themes and pivots
• Learn how to learn from your clients while maintaining leadership
• Grow your ability to learn from yourself by using Formative and Summative Assessments
• Deepen embodiment

Application: All Pilates Teachers who’ve graduated from a reputable comprehensive Pilates teacher training program, and have experience teaching Pilates, will be considered.

In order to be considered, applicants must first complete our questionnaire (and have done a minimum of at least one recent Private workout) with Lori Coleman-Brown.

Cancellation and Refunds Policy: Atlas Pilates may cancel or reschedule any event at any time without liability to registrants except for full refund of payment. Atlas Pilates will make good faith efforts to notify you immediately of any cancellations.