Pilates Barrels

The Spine corrector or Clara Barrel and the Ladder Barrel are loved by teachers looking to develop programs for their patients or clients using classical contents with the PILATESwiss® Visceral approach for breathing and alignment. Learn to teach both personal training clients as well as small groups on and with the Barrels. This can be used as one more building block towards PILATESwiss® 450 hour comprehensive teacher education program. Course materials, assessments and language of instruction are completely bilingual in English or German at PILATESwiss®.

Goals of the Program

• Learn analysis of body alignment on and with the Barrels.
• Learn to deliver the principles of J.H Pilates directly on and with the Barrels.
• Teach flows, circuits, and creativity on and with the chair.
• Combine Barrel teaching with small apparatus.
• Create interesting classes by putting together elements on and with the Barrels.
• Learn technical and safety skills on the Barrel.
• Gain knowledge about the different types of Barrels.

Exam / Test

There is a practical test. The manual content, the lecture contents and the pre-script “PILATESwiss® Core Visceral Anatomy” content are all part of the test. After successfully completing the workshop one can teach this content.

Prerequisites

Requirements for this course are the building blocks for Pilates or teaching skills that you have gained to date, and the comprehension of the pre-script “PILATESwiss® Core Visceral Anatomy”.

Duration

A total of 16 learning hours

We recognize 8 hours self-study in order to gain the content of the pre-script “PILATESwiss® Core Visceral Anatomy”.

The workshop consists of 1 day or 8 hours

Attest

Certificate of completion and/or Diploma of passing the PILATESwiss® Barrel test

Teacher / Mentor

Karolina Schmid and/or a teacher trainer from the PILATESwiss® teacher trainer team depending on schedules or availability.

Cost

CHF 280.– payment in advance. This includes the pre-script “PILATESwiss® Core Visceral Anatomy” and the course manual, which is handed out during the workshop.

Location

Zürich/ PILATESwiss® Studio Seefeld, Seefeldstrasse 225