Our Private and Open Studio sessions
Available Monday to Saturday from
1 - 4 pm
Private Sessions
Our experienced Instructors and Practitioners of the Pilates Method provide personalized sessions to support the advancement of your practice
Open Studio Sessions
We offer 2 private sessions to get you started on your personal program that is self-guided, with the assistance of the programming available through YouTube, working with the Balnc approach.
Balnc Workshops
Focus Pilates offers Balnc Workshops that are taught by Rena Shields, who is a Registered Clinical Pilates Practitioner with the Canadian Pilates Method Society
Course Overview
Discover how to bridge the gap between rehabilitation and Pilates. This immersive, 3-hour practical workshop is specifically designed for movement professionals looking to integrate Suspension Therapy into their existing Pilates, rehab, or conditioning repertoire.
Working with Suspension introduces a unique dynamic to movement: leveraging body weight against gravity to simultaneously challenge core stability, improve joint decompression, and refine neuromuscular control. Whether your goal is to help a patient recover from an injury or help an athlete find their deepest core connections, this workshop will give you the practical tools to do so.
What You Will Learn
During this intensive 3-hour session, we will dive deep into both the theory and the hands-on application of suspension work:
The Science of Suspension: Understand the biomechanics of suspension training, including how altering the vector, pendulum, and base of support changes the neuromuscular demand.
Pilates Meets Suspension: Learn how to translate classic Pilates principles (centering, control, precision) onto a suspended apparatus to deepen client body awareness.
Rehab & Prehab Applications: Explore specific progressions and regressions tailored for Kinesiologists and Physiotherapists to address joint instability, spinal decompression, and faulty movement patterns.
Hands-On Tactile Cueing: Master effective verbal and tactile cueing strategies unique to suspension straps to ensure client safety and optimal muscle recruitment.
Creative Programming: Walk away with a versatile library of exercises and a framework to seamlessly weave suspension work into 1-on-1 clinical sessions or dynamic group classes.
Why Attend?
Expand Your Toolkit: Add a highly effective, versatile modality to your practice that requires minimal space but yields maximum results.
Interdisciplinary Networking: Connect, collaborate, and share insights with a diverse group of local Pilates instructors, physios, and kin professionals.
CEC / Professional Development: A certificate of attendance will be provided. The Canadian Pilates Method Society provides 3 Continuing Education Credits with this workshop.
Suspension Therapy
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Host: Focus Pilates
Duration: 3 Hours
Target Audience: Pilates Instructors, Pilates Practitioners, Kinesiologists, and Physiotherapists
Contact
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