Classes
All classes can be taken as Continuing Education and do not require enrollment in a Certification Program.
Advanced Apparatus
This course, which is for certified trainers only, covers the advanced Cadillac, Reformer and Wunda Chair exercises. You will learn to challenge your clients by employing exercise variations that target specific muscle groups and create a more thorough workout.
Advanced Reformer
This course, which is for certified trainers only, covers the advanced exercises on the Reformer. You will learn to challenge your clients by employing exercise variations that target specific muscle groups and create a more thorough workout.
Auxiliary Intensive
This course covers the beginner and intermediate repertory Auxiliary exercises. You will learn the essential elements of each exercise, along with efficient muscular strategies and movement sequencing. Additionally, this class includes techniques on verbal, tactile, and imagery cuing, as well as the use of props and modifications to assist the body.
Cadillac Intensive
This course covers the beginner and intermediate repertory of Cadillac exercises. You will learn the essential elements of each exercise, along with efficient muscular strategies and movement sequencing. Additionally, this class includes techniques on verbal, tactile, and imagery cuing, as well as the use of props and modifications to assist the body.
Comprehensive Pre-Training
Review all pieces of the Pilates apparatus equipment with an ITT trainer. A one hour mat class will also be a part of the workshop for review of proper techniques.
Continuing Education Workshop - Exploring the Sacrum
A look into the sacrum's articular structure and it's relationship to the pelvis and spine. Learn about the language of sacral and spinal mechanics, fascial, vascular and neural connections. By visualising the anatomy, learn how to select and use Pilates exercises more effectively.
Essential Exercises Intensive
An in-depth learning experience including anatomy, biomechanics, hands-on skills, specific cueing; injury prevention and re-habilitation. ITT Pilates Essential Exercises are the building blocks for accessing healthy movement patterns that create change in posture, function and pain. It is a powerful teaching tool for beginners to understand how to move from the central place and where we begin to move.
Functional Anatomy
This course is for students interested in learning more about the inter-relationship of our muscles and joints and how our musculoskeletal system functions to provide movement and stability.
Master: Assessment
In this class, you will learn to see and understand postural imbalances through the use of static and dynamic assessment techniques that follow a systematic progression. This class includes muscle imbalance patterns, gait analysis, charting techniques, and the development of tactile and visual assessment skills.
Master: Core
What does training your "core" really mean? By learning new exercises to help recruit the body's core muscles, along with special skills and information about the anatomy and biomechanics of the core, you will help your clients develop deeper facilitation of the body's essential core strength.
Master: Integrated Session Flow
A culmination of the Mastery Courses, this workshop will gather what you've learned in the previous classes to help you achieve an integrated perspective. We will cover the development and implementation of a session plan, focusing as well on specific considerations in addressing a variety of dysfunctions and injury issues.
Master: Lower Quarter
In this class, you will learn to identify imbalanced leg alignment, understand muscle patterning of the lower body, and use special skills and Pilates exercises to correct and improve problems in foot and leg alignment.
Master: Release & Balance
In this course, you will learn to use manual therapy techniques using the Pilates apparatus to create change in your clients' holding patterns. To address mobility issues, we will cover muscle energy techniques, fascia release, and specially designed exercises on the equipment. We will discuss compensating muscle patterns and various approaches to address these patterns. As a prerequisite, we recommend that you attend the Assessment and Touch class.
Master: Sacrum
The sacrum class covers the anatomy and biomechanics of the sacrum in relation to the pelvis and lumbar spine, along with techniques and movement exercises for balancing the sacrum.
Master: Touch & Breath
In physical training -- whether it is Pilates, Gyrotonic® or Yoga -- the breath is an integral element of proper movement. Learn the anatomy of breath and skills to enhance the connection to the body's core. In this class, you will also learn the art of positive touch to create physical change and improve movement in the body through mindful, clear, and direct tactile cuing.
Master: Upper Quarter
Learn to correct faulty movement patterns and dysfunctions of the cervical spine, shoulder girdle, elbow, and wrist. In this class, you will learn specific release techniques and Pilates strength exercises to restore proper balance and functional movement in the upper quarter.
Mat Intensive
This class, which follows the Essential Exercises course, covers the beginner and intermediate Mat exercises. In it, you will learn to cue, modify, and design a workout for specific body types and class settings.
Movement Anatomy for Pilates Instructors
Using a skeleton, slides, and Trail Guide to the Body, you will learn to feel and see anatomy from the inside out. You will learn how to see postural imbalances and feel them on your own body, giving you an inner body awareness that will enhance your teaching. This course is a requirement for all students in the ITT Mat and/or Comprehensive Training program.
Pilates for Athletes
This comprehensive course will provide tangible guidance on athletic assessment, sport specific exercise selection and training tools for use with athletes of all kinds and skill levels. Pilates is an excellent tool for athletic conditioning and a rehabilitative modality appropriate for all athletic disciplines. Take your work as a trainer to a deeper level by better understanding how to apply Pilates using the biomechanical principles relevant to the sports in which your clients are engaged.
Postural Analysis and Program Design
In this class, you will learn to teach the concepts of pelvic, thoracic, and scapular stabilization and mobility, using an intelligent sequence of exercises to create neuromuscular re-patterning. This class will also teach you how to identify and treat musculo-skeletal imbalances with Pilates exercise. You will also learn how to design a workout progression that meets individual needs while restoring balance, strength, and flexibility.
Reformer Intensive
This course covers the beginner and intermediate repertory Reformer exercises. You will learn the essential elements of each exercise, along with efficient muscular strategies and movement sequencing. Additionally, this class includes techniques on verbal, tactile, and imagery cuing, as well as the use of props and modifications to assist the body.