Madeline will teach a class based on her experience studying under Naja Cori, a first-generation Pilates teacher in New York. Naja's attention began with the feet. Madeline created this class starting with the feet and progressing into traditional mat sequencing with the focus on the pelvis and feet. Madeline feels that the focus on core work with Pilates has overshadowed the power of the connection of the feet into the pelvis. Naja Cori strongly believed one would not progress into the mat work or apparatus work without the foundation of balanced feet. Experience the mat work in a new way.

You will experience:
• How movement of the feet activates the pelvic floor and psoas giving a sensation of deep abdominal connection
• How mat work with attention on the action of the feet up into the hips and pelvis creates a stronger trunk
• How to strengthen the hips starting from the feet
• How to do traditional mat work with a 'whole body connection' feeling
• Enjoy a fun and energized workout

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Pilates Umbrella is proud to present for the first time in the UK, 'Sole to Spine Perspectives', a two-day course developed by Madeline Black. 'Sole to Spine Perspectives' is a new format of Madeline's most popular course, providing a full two-day experience with each day organized as a stand alone one-day workshop. Participants can attend either day, or both days, and receive a complete learning experience.

Have you ever wondered how feet influence the core? Discover how to correct misaligned feet and achieve better overall movement function for your clients. Help those with foot issues unlock reciprocal movement dysfunction in the spine and pelvis (and vice versa) through standing, walking and non-weight bearing choreography. This two-day workshop will explore the anatomy and function of the feet up through the pelvic-lumbar junction.

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Trent McEntire is an international Pilates educator with over 12 years of teaching and lecturing in universities, Pilates studios, physical therapy clinics, spas and athletic clubs. McEntire Pilates is a method developed out of discoveries that Trent made while rehabilitating his own severe movement limitations due to Cerebral Palsy. In an effort to overcome extreme and painful restrictions in his joints, he embarked on a personal exploration through the use of resistance bands. The resulting innovative use of resistance bands to cope with a range of movement dysfunctions is central to his PRIME Post Rehabilitation Course. He has spent over 25,000 hours with clients developing an approach to Pilates designed to help people overcome their specific movement limitations. He has created a professional instructor training curriculum that offers a step-by-step approach to learning how to teach McEntire Pilates. Trent also presents workshops throughout the US for the industry's leading associations and conferences.

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What if the client cannot make the right connection?
What if your client doesn't know how to activate or move their body?
What if movements waste energy, cause more problems and get in the way of performance?

Making Connections That Matter is a program about solutions. It is based on Trent's 13 years of discovering and developing information, exercises and tools for two extreme ends of the movement spectrum; clients with moderate to severe restrictions and clients that are high performance athletes.

This program is an opportunity for instructors because the demand for professionals that can help these populations grows daily. Whether you currently work with these populations or wish to gain the tools and confidence to begin seeing these types of clients, this is information you can start using immediately.

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Alan now lectures on Pilates around the world, and he has written several successful books, including The Pilates Directory (2004), The Gaia Busy Person's Guide to Pilates (2003) and Pilates: Creating the Body You Want (1999). He runs a training course for Pilates instructors and, as well as running his own studios, he and his assistants teach in dance schools and designated Pilates studios internationally. Pilates teaching staff at both Champneys Health Resorts and Shrubland Hall Health Clinic are personally trained by Alan Herdman.
Alan is also a top presenter at the Pilates Method Alliance conference every year.

NOTE: Your place is only confirmed when we receive your payment; we cannot hold unpaid places.

Alan Herdman studied at the London School of Contemporary Dance and was working as a teacher and dancer when, in the late 1960s, he was invited to New York to learn about the Pilates Method. There he worked intensively with Carola Trier and Bob Fitzgerald, two instructors who had been trained by Pilates himself. Although well-regarded amongst New York’s dance fraternity, Pilates was unknown in the UK at that time and Alan returned in 1970 to set up Britain’s first ever Pilates studio. Among his first clients were actors, dancers and singers, but word soon spread as doctors and physiotherapists began recommending Pilates to patients struggling with chronic injuries.

Alan now lectures on Pilates around the world, and he has written several successful books, including The Pilates Directory (2004), The Gaia Busy Person’s Guide to Pilates (2003) and Pilates: Creating the Body You Want (1999). He runs a training course for Pilates instructors and, as well as running his own studios, he and his assistants teach in dance schools and designated Pilates studios internationally. Pilates teaching staff at both Champneys Health Resorts and Shrubland Hall Health Clinic are personally trained by Alan Herdman.

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NOTE: Your place is only confirmed when we receive your payment; we cannot hold unpaid places.

The Fletcher Towelwork®, developed and refined by Pilates Master Ron Fletcher over the past four decades, is a licensed body of work unique to the Fletcher Pilates® syllabus. Referred to as the “ultimate standing Pilates program,” Fletcher Towelwork (using an ordinary braided towel) ranges from simple – yet effective – movements designed to balance, stabilize and mobilize the spine and shoulder girdle to full-body movement patterns. Fletcher Towelwork® is taught and practiced worldwide in Pilates studios, movement and Physical Therapy practices and by athletic and personal trainers.

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NOTE: Your place is only confirmed when we receive your payment; we cannot hold unpaid places.

The Fletcher Towelwork®, developed and refined by Pilates Master Ron Fletcher over the past four decades, is a licensed body of work unique to the Fletcher Pilates® syllabus. Referred to as the “ultimate standing Pilates program,” Fletcher Towelwork (using an ordinary braided towel) ranges from simple – yet effective – movements designed to balance, stabilize and mobilize the spine and shoulder girdle to full-body movement patterns. Fletcher Towelwork® is taught and practiced worldwide in Pilates studios, movement and Physical Therapy practices and by athletic and personal trainers.

Please download the full information pdf.
NOTE: Your place is only confirmed when we receive your payment; we cannot hold unpaid places.

Trent currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors for the Pilates Method Alliance®, www.pilatesmethodalliance.org, the industry’s only non-profit professional association and third party credentialing body. He was honored to be the first Master Teacher in the U.S. for ActivCore (originating in Norway 1991). He holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance from Western Michigan University, where he was named the Presidential Scholar in Dance and earned the Irving S. Gilmore Emerging Artist Grant. His clients include elite athletes, dancers and those that have had their lives restricted by injuries, movement limitations and postural misalignments.

NOTE: Your place is only confirmed when we receive your payment; we cannot hold unpaid places.

Inside the PRIME Post Rehabilitation Course:
• Learn safe, gentle and specific hands-on techniques
• Understand the role of gravity for the client with movement limitations
• Explore how to modify any exercise
• Find success even in the most difficult situations
• Balance effort throughout the body to produce movement integration
• Understand types and causes of injury
• Programme strategies for specific client profiles
• Learn several exercises that emphasize whole body support in a pain-free range of motion

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NOTE: Your place is only confirmed when we receive your payment; we cannot hold unpaid places.

Alan now lectures on Pilates around the world, and he has written several successful books, including The Pilates Directory (2004), The Gaia Busy Person's Guide to Pilates (2003) and Pilates: Creating the Body You Want (1999). He runs a training course for Pilates instructors and, as well as running his own studios, he and his assistants teach in dance schools and designated Pilates studios internationally. Pilates teaching staff at both Champneys Health Resorts and Shrubland Hall Health Clinic are personally trained by Alan Herdman.
Alan is also a top presenter at the Pilates Method Alliance conference every year.

Saturday: Pilates Principles in Action, 10am – 1pm

Saturday: Postural Assessment, 2pm – 5pm

Sunday: Exploring Spine Pathologies, 10am – 1pm

Sunday: Osteoporosis and Pilates, 2pm – 5pm

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Mat Masterclass – Intermediate/Advanced
with Julian Littleford

LONDON:
Friday 27 March 2009, 2:15 – 4:15  
or
Friday 27 March 2009, 4:30 – 6:30  
Cost: £40. Capacity: 20 Participants
Venue: The Light Centre, 9 Eccleston Street, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9LX

LEEDS:
Friday 3 April 2009, 4:30 – 6:30pm
Cost: £35. Capacity: 40 Participants
Venue: Yorkshire Dance Centre, 3 St Peters Buildings, St Peters Square, Leeds LS9 8AH

Pilates Umbrella is proud to present two masterclasses given by master teacher Julian Littleford. A UK native now based in the US, Julian will be giving masterclasses and workshops in London and Leeds in the spring of 2009. Julian is one of the most popular presenters at the annual educational conference of the Pilates Method Alliance®, so much so that the PMA has had to establish special procedures to prevent delegates from crashing his workshops! Julian is not to be missed!

Day 1 Part 1: Classic Mat Variations and Progressions

Day 1 Part 2: Customise for your Client Group

Day 2 Part 1: Essential Props – the Towel, Magic Circle & Ball

Day 2 Part 2 : Scoliosis – Demystifying the Condition and applying the Mat

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