When I trained in Pilates, I did it with a high-profile Pilates training organisation led by a ‘guru’ physiotherapist. We spent hours learning how to assess patients, identify issues, and match the same few Pilates exercises to a few specific problems.

What we didn’t learn was:
• How to run a Pilates class, or

• A diverse range of exercises to keep classes interesting and meet the many different needs of clients, or

• How to really challenge advanced clients, or

• How to run Pilates classes for general fitness and injury prevention (not just rehabilitation).

So here's why we have designed the Course the way we have and why I think learning from a non-clinician makes complete sense.

Clinicians already know how to assess clients, and how to diagnose problems, and contributing factors. But they’re generally not expert exercise instructors and usually have a limited repertoire of exercises. This is why it makes sense to learn from Alicia whose made a career out of instructing—she's lived and breathed it, day in and day out.

Absolutely, we want to help clinicians translate their knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics, and musculoskeletal complaints into a Pilates/Barre context. But more than that, we want to give you enough Pilates/Barre tools to unleash the clinical skills you already have, with the client groups you already care about.

Or, to just give you the skills to take a breather from the grind of clinical work, and run some classes for general health, injury prevention.