FOUNDATION TRAINING

Core Muscle Anatomy

Lay the groundwork for learning the Pilates discipline with a comprehensive anatomy foundation. All Pilates certification students must complete Core Muscle Anatomy, or test out with a passing grade on the Kane School Anatomy entrance exam.

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COMPREHENSIVE MAT

Pilates Mat Certification

Get to know the Kane School Core Principles how they apply to the Pilates method. This in-depth course shapes advanced instructors with a mastery of Pilates mat exercises as well as the knowledge to address biomechanics and postural issues in private and group settings. Includes lecture, self-study and assistant-teaching hours.

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In this mat certification program, students master classical Pilates repertory while

studying the application of Kane School Core Principles to each exercise. In addition,

students build practical application skills with the study of palpation techniques,

exercise progressions and modifications, and programming strategies for private

sessions and group class.

 

BASIC TRAINING

Equipment

Gain a comprehensive Pilates equipment education. Learn choreography on the Pilates apparatus – reformer, chair, cadillac, and barrels – and how to apply Core Principles to equipment sessions. Interwoven through the training is the story of the moving body—its anatomy and biomechanics as well as its common postural problems and injuries or private sessions and group class.

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Basic Training: Phase I

The first phase of the Kane School equipment training focuses on mastery of classic

choreography on all apparatus: Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair, High Barrel and Spine Corrector. Students begin with basic and progress to intermediate and advanced levels, observing and practicing each exercise. Throughout each choreography level, students cultivate broader skillsets by learning exercise modifications andprogressions, palpation techniques, and the art of cueing clients.

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Basic Training: Phase 2

With choreography solidified in Phase I, the second phase of the Kane School

equipment training delves deeper into programming for injuries and specific

populations. Each weekend of this phase hones in on either a specific body region or a special population:

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• Weekend 1

◦ Teaching & Touch Primer

◦ The Healthy Client

◦ Lumbopelvic Region

• Weekend 2

◦ Head, Neck & Ribs

◦ Shoulder

◦ Elbow, Wrist, & Hand

• Weekend 3

◦ Hip

◦ Knee

• Weekend 4

◦ Ankle & Foot

◦ Clients Over 60

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Each weekend module includes:

• Anatomy review and biomechanics

• Palpation techniques

• Hands-on and equipment assessments of the client

• Hands-on and equipment-based releases

• Pathologies, treatment, and surgeries