STUDENT TEACHER TEN-PACK
Ten private lessons with student teachers for $320.00. This is a significant savings over the regular student teacher rates. Three-month expiration.
MENTORING PROGRAM
If you’ve ever wished you could add another private lesson to your schedule but couldn’t afford to, read on.
Clients who are taking one private lesson a week with a faculty or senior faculty member may participate in our Mentoring Program as follows:
During your regular private lesson, a student teacher will observe and take notes.
In your additional lesson with the student teacher, the student teacher will reproduce and build out from the observed lesson, under the advisement of your regular teacher.
We see this as a way to provide continuity to our clients while making less expensive student teacher rates available to you, and furthering the education of our student teachers through the mentoring process. Regular student teacher rates or student teacher ten-pack rates apply.
SUMMER WORKSHOPS
with Christine Becker
Not just for Pilates practitioners, these are relevant and open to everyone!
Enrollment is limited, please register early..
June 28th, 2:00-5:00 pm
BREATHING
The 'primary' muscles of respiration are the diaphragm, the intercostals and the scalenes-- but because breathing is so fundamental to survival, almost every muscle in the trunk and upper body can play a role in respiration. There are myriad ways to breathe effectively, and, though we can survive with a much diminished breathing capacity, freeing the movement of the breath can enhance our vitality, stamina, and sense of well-being.
In this workshop we will look at the anatomy, physiology and kinesiology of breathing, and practice many techniques to mobilize the thorax and trunk to enable us to breathe more freely and fully. We will also explore methods of using the breath to alter mood.
$60.00
July 7th-11th, 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
ANATOMY INTENSIVE
(dates tentative)
Using skeletal models, films, slides, and our own movement explorations, we will study the anatomy and kinesiology of the musculoskeletal system by region, looking at common problems and how to move through them. If you'd like to know more about how we move, this is a delightful, engaging way to find out. The atmosphere is relaxed and congenial. This class is for anyone interested in movement. The text is 'Anatomy of Movement,' by Blandine Calais-Germaine. A highly recommended additional text is 'Trail Guide to the Human Body,' which we have for sale at the studio. This 30-hour course fulfills the anatomy pre-requisite for our Pilates Teacher Training Program.
$500.00
Christine Becker received her Pilates training at SUNY Purchase in 1993 from Romana Kryzanowska, and her Gyrotonic® training in NYC in 1997 from Juliu Horvath. She studied bodywork at the Muscular Therapy Institute, is a graduate of the Florida School of Massage, and is licensed in New York State as a massage therapist. Christine holds professional memberships in the Pilates Method Alliance (PMA), the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) and the Feldenkrais Guild of North America.
An avid student, she has enriched her understanding of 'the moving body' through many continuing education courses, and has been especially inspired by the work of Irene Dowd, Jean-Claude West, and Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. She is currently a student in a Feldenkrais Practitioner Training Program, and expects to graduate in 2009.
Prior to opening The Moving Body in Woodstock in 1995, Christine was director of The Pilates Movement Center in Westport, CT. In addition to her work as a movement teacher, she has maintained a private bodywork practice since the mid-1980s. Her abiding interest is in helping people achieve greater health, vitality and embodiment through movement.
Pilates has improved my general sense of well being. I feel better, stronger, younger and taller.
Isaac Abrams