In anticipation of the Polestar® Life International Conference on August 1-3, Polestar Pilates released the following video.
It is the clearest depiction of how a well-designed pilates
program can improve any life with the magic of movement. Through an in depth understanding of
movement theory and functional movement analysis, Polestar Pilates and its
graduates are changing people’s lives.
But is that all we’re doing? One of the things that I love about the Polestar Pilates
philosophy is the understanding that teaching movement is more than just a
robotic, industrial analysis of biomechanics and kinesiology. You cannot isolate the movement of
the elbow to functions of the bicep and the tricep. The complexity of movement
alone accompanied with the emotional life and history of an individual makes
every elbow in this world a little bit different, and Polestar Pilates not only
recognizes this but also celebrates it.
At the Polestar® Life International Conference, Polestar
Pilates has partnered with Chopra to create a celebration around the complexity
of movement and the diversity of life.
This conference will prove to be three life-changing days of discovery
and practice, but for me there is something so much more exciting about this
conference…
It’s true I love practicing Pilates, and I love learning new
exercises, and new ways to teach classes, but there is something that I love
more. I love the magic that
happens when two people are present and collaborating with each other working
towards a common goal. I love the
“aha” moment that happens when actual communication takes place. The space where the messages passed are
congruent. I love the seemingly magical time when together a client and I “try”
something and as a result good things happen. I am equally happy when my client asks me why it worked and
I get to say, “I don’t know, but that was awesome.” It is this part of teaching movement that is going to make
the Polestar® Life International Conference spectacular, because at this
conference together the presenters and attendees are going to explore the science
underneath the magic.
In the following video one of the conference presenters Dr.
Carol Davis speaks about the energy transferred between practitioner and client. She says, “beyond technique…Healing is
grounded in the energetic connections that we make with others.” She goes onto
say that the fascial system is the conduit for this energetic connection. (if you follow this blog, you know that
Dr. Carol Davis had me at the word fascia)
Imagine a web of messaging connecting every cell of our
body, and even more imagine this web connecting every nucleus of every
cell.
This idea makes two of Dr. Davis’s statements all the more
powerful, “How we are with our patients impacts their feelings of hope and that
has a direct expression on their genes.”
And
“We have an obligation to read and understand the effects of
subtle energy on our cellular process and then to use that knowledge to help
the body and mind heal itself”
Pilates is an energetic and collaborative practice, and at
the Polestar® Life International Conference we are going to explore the
potential of increasing hope and joy on a cellular level. Check out this list of presentations:
Changing Our World from within: Joe’s simple
formula to Health and Happiness
Chopra: Ayurveda and Mind/Body Types
From Practitioner Anxiety to Practitioner Potency:
Polestar Pilates Through the One Life Model
The Pelvic Floor: to Contract or not to
Contract
Moving Imagination
A Breath of Fresh Air: Pilates Breath in the
Past, Present, and Future
Chopra: Ayurveda and Nutrition as Medicine
Work Smarter not Harder: How hard should
Pilates really be?
Air Traffic Control
Voice and Mat Workshop
The Biology of Perception
Bridging Consciousness, Science, and Society
Chopra: Ayurveda Through Movement
Essence of Mindful Teaching: Discovering the
Art and Soul of Communication – Purposeful, Compassionate Intention
The Miraculous Discoveries of Fascia and
Movement: A Profound Look at the Extracellular Matrix
Join us in San
Diego and make the world a better place!
Katrina Hawley
C.M.A and PMA ® - CPT
Director of
Instruction at The Pilates Studio
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