DEEPEN YOUR PRACTICE.
DEVELOP YOUR TEACHING.
A place for Pilates teachers to study, refine and deepen their practice.
Classical Pilates study, tuition and specialist movement sessions in a private garden studio.
For Pilates teachers, movement professionals and experienced practitioners who want to understand the work more deeply.
FOR PILATES TEACHERS
FOR YOU
PILATES TEACHER STUDY LABS
Ten exercises. Four teachers. A deeper look.
A small-group Study Lab for Pilates teachers who want time to slow down, observe, practise and ask better questions.
Each Study Lab takes a small section of the Pilates repertoire and looks at it more closely — exploring the exercises in your own body, observing how others move, making connections across the Pilates system and developing your teaching eye.
PRACTICE
Explore the work in your own body.
OBSERVE
Develop your eye and see what is really happening.
QUESTION
Explore why an exercise works — and what to do when it doesn’t.
You don’t need more exercises. You need a deeper understanding of the ones you already have.
UPCOMING STUDY LABS
From Support to Strength
STUDY LAB 01
Pelvic Lift → Down Stretch
How these exercises build upon one another; what each exercise is asking of the body and what we, as teachers, need to be looking for.
We may find ourselves revisiting earlier exercises as we explore the connections between them. The aim isn’t simply to “get through ten exercises”, but to understand what those ten exercises can teach us.The intention is to create the sort of environment in which teachers can say:
“I’m not sure what I’m seeing here.”
“Why isn’t this working?”
“What would you do next?”
Those are often the questions from which the most useful learning comes.
Date: TBC
Time:
Location: Michaela Windsor Pilates,
Places: Maximum 4 teachers
Investment:
The Art of the Centre
STUDY LAB 02
Open Leg Rocker → Neck Pull
We won’t be rushing to tick exercises off a list.
Instead, we’ll use them as questions.
If Open Leg Rocker isn’t happening, what might we explore elsewhere?
From exercise to system
This is where I believe the Pilates studio becomes particularly interesting.
As the repertoire develops, so do the demands. We begin to ask more of the centre while the limbs move, the body changes orientation and the challenge to stability, control and coordination increases.
But what happens when an exercise isn’t working?
Instead of thinking:
“How do I get my client to do this exercise?”
Rather than repeatedly practising the same movement and hoping it improves, we’ll look beyond the Mat and explore how the studio apparatus can help us find another way in.
You will begin to ask yourselves;
“What does my client need — and where in the Pilates system can I help them find it?”
That change in question can completely change the way you see an exercise and teach.
Date: TBC
Time:
Location: Michaela Windsor Pilates,
Places: Maximum 4 teachers
Investment:
WANT TO GO DEEPER?
The Study Lab gives you the opportunity to explore a subject.
Private tuition gives you the opportunity to explore you.
1:1 Teacher Sessions
Private sessions for teachers who want individual attention to:
- refine your own practice
- explore particular exercises, apparatus or teaching questions
- develop your eye and deepen your understanding of the work
STRONGER FOR LIFE
Strength, confidence and intelligent movement for life.
I also work privately with individuals who want to build strength, improve balance and confidence, and keep doing the things they love.
For all enquiries, questions and bookings, please get in touch!
Email: info@michaelawindsor.com
Phone: 07500 532 057
Instagram: @windsormichaela