Pilates Chair

Inspired both by a Chinese circus contortion act, Pilates developed this machine as one of his studio machine “inventions”. Known as the “Stability” or “Wundachair”, the focus of the workshop is to improve stability and body awareness with use of the chair. Created for Pilates teachers, this workshop teaches teachers to teach. Here you learn not only to instruct individual clients on and with the chair, but also to give chair classes effectively and in a motivating manner. The chair a further step on the journey to becoming a proficient studio machine teacher. The Chair is one of the building blocks of the 450-hour comprehensive teacher-training program. PILATESwiss® is a comprehensive and internationally recognized teacher-training program. Course materials, assessments and language of instruction are completely bilingual in English or German.

Goals of the Program

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

Exam / Test

There is a practical and theoretical test on the second day. 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 24 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 two days or 16 hours

Attest

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

Teacher / Mentor

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

Cost

CHF 580.– 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