Intro to the Advanced Repertoire with Osteoporosis Lab Study

Gain a comprehensive education in the Advanced, Level IV Classical Repertoire, enriched with variations from multi-lineage influences. This weekend workshop includes full-apparatus training across the Mat, Reformer, Tower, Trapeze Table, Wunda Chair, and Ladder Barrel. We will conclude with an anatomy study and movement lab focused on osteoporosis protocols—equipping you with practical tools to address one of the most common special conditions in the studio. Build confidence through in-depth training designed to help you safely up-level clients, refine modifications, and enhance the holistic benefits of your teaching.

Weekend Outline

Friday | 4 Hours

• Classical Level IV Mat + Reformer repertoire and sequencing

Saturday | 6 Hours

• Classical Level IV training across: Tower, Trapeze Table, Wunda Chair, and Ladder Barrel

• Round robin-style Level IV Mat Class with individual feedback to enhance imagery cues and skill progression, all in a supportive group environment.

Sunday | Integration + Special Populations Focus

• Level IV review + variations

• Osteoporosis anatomy study

• Reformer for Osteoporosis Movement Lab: hands-on practice with spotting, prop techniques, and safe exercise modifications

Objectives

1. Demonstrate proficiency in the Level IV Classical Mat and Reformer order, including advanced progression sequencing and a focus on transitions to increase tempo and flow.

2. Gain comprehensive education in the Level IV repertoire across the complete system: Mat, Reformer, Tower, Trapeze Table, Wunda Chair, and Ladder Barrel, and experience mindful co-teaching opportunities.

3. Identify common challenges in execution and apply effective corrections, cueing strategies, and progressions to support safer, stronger outcomes.

4. Integrate multi-lineage variations and somatic principles while preserving Classical integrity and adapting to real studio bodies.

5. Develop advanced programming skills to safely up-level clients using layered progressions and client-centered goals.

6. Apply essential osteoporosis anatomy and biomechanics principles to inform progression decisions and risk reduction.

7. Discuss osteoporosis protocols across all apparatus, including safe ranges of motion, contraindications, and functional strengthening priorities.

8. Practice hands-on teaching strategies in a Reformer Lab setting with real-time coaching, spotting techniques, prop applications, and individualized modifications.

9. Increase instructor confidence and tools through integrated Level IV review, teaching feedback, and client assessment skills that translate directly into sessions.

LAYING STRONG FOUNDATIONS

● "Layering and Leveling": Teaching Concepts and Tools for Structuring a Lesson

● Setting Up for Success: Ways to Begin a Session

● Teaching to the Individual: Evaluate the Best Approach | How to Coach to Best Achieve Uniform Muscle Development

● Foundational Anatomy & Kinesiology for Pilates

● Level I - Level II Classical Pilates Repertoire (Mat and All Equipment).

The marquee benefits of Pilates can constructed as one builds any structure, with a sound foundation and layers of different levels. This weekend we delve into seeing our clients move, evaluating their needs moving forward, refining movement skills and techniques, and choosing our materials for building a sound structure. This is the second in a series of four workshops that can be taken individually or out of order.

Join us for a full-weekend immersion into an advanced review of Level IV & V exercises from the Classical Repertoire, enriched with thoughtful variations drawn from multi-lineage influences. You’ll move through a multi-apparatus repertoire, refining transitions for seamless flow while expanding your teaching lens with somatic-based cueing inspiration. The weekend concludes with an anatomy study and movement lab focused on scoliosis and other back condition protocols, offering practical, studio-ready tools to support healthy motor function and address common movement patterns associated with chronic pain. Leave inspired and equipped—with stronger progressions, greater clarity, and the confidence to safely guide a dynamic range of clientele toward advanced-level work.

Weekend Outline

Friday | 4 Hours

• Pilates principles and advanced multi-apparatus review (including small apparatus/Spine Corrector)

• Round-robin teaching lab focused on assisting, spotting, and prop technique to improve performance, endurance, and clarity of execution

Saturday | 6 Hours

• Mixed-level Reformer class protocols with introduction of Level IV skills

• Anatomy: osteoporosis, herniated discs, bulging discs, sciatica, spinal stenosis, scoliosis, and more.

• Reformer transition training for increased tempo, precision, and a more seamless flow

Sunday | 6 Hours

Special Populations Focus

• Advanced variations for common back conditions, integrating functional movement patterns, somatic cueing techniques, and multi-lineage repertoire.

• All-apparatus back conditions protocols movement lab: co-teaching demonstration emphasizing hands-on spotting, prop integration, and safe modifications for special populations.

Objectives:

1. Demonstrate and teach advanced multi-apparatus repertoire with attention to the Pilates principles.

2. Refine transitions for tempo, precision, and flow, especially within Reformer programming, to create more dynamic sessions and improve client endurance.

3. Apply effective assisting and spotting techniques to support the safe execution of advanced exercises and build instructor confidence, and integrate prop strategies intentionally to impart healthier movement patterns.

4. Learn to design mixed-level Reformer classes that introduce Level IV skills using progressions and clear prerequisites so clients can work safely within a group setting.

5. Identify key anatomical considerations for common spine-related conditions, including herniated discs, bulging discs, sciatica, and scoliosis, and understand how these factors influence programming to the advanced level.

6. Implement advanced exercise variations for back conditions, including functional patterns and multi-lineage repertoire to support healthier mechanics, and practice real-time teaching applications through movement labs.

7. Leave with actionable tools and confidence to up-level diverse clientele while maintaining Classical integrity, supporting safety, and improving long-term client outcomes.

● Apex Teaching: Learn to Build a Lesson using the Building Blocks of the Lower Level Skills to the Advanced Repertoire

● Play with Creative Solutions to Progressing a Client

● Review Level III - Level V Classical Pilates Exercises (All Apparatus)

Deep dive into movement experiences that illustrate a progression of skills -- all the way from foundational programming to the intermediate level! During this workshop, participants will identify the “building blocks” or “stepping stones” skills as our medium for artful teaching. Workshop objectives will include how to creatively compose a lesson using the exercises that lay the groundwork for progressing client skills and abilities.