Brief description: The instructors can use this knowledge when working with athletes, dancers and other Pilates instructors.
By advancing their personal knowledge this course will:
Allow them to build their personal background in Pilates
Broaden their client base
Level 4 and 5 will not only make the Pilates instructor a stronger teacher but will help push them to their next level as a Pilates disciple

Level 4 and 5 Reformer Class for Instructors:
Course days: September 12 and November 14, 2010
Course time: 2-4pm
Location: 2180 Westwood Blvd. 2B Los Angeles, Ca 90025
Contact info: Gidget Granillo (310) 470-2828
CEC earned: 3.5 credits
Price: $ 90

Pregnancy Fitness and Postpartum Rehabilitation Program

Brief description: This specialized program encompasses the essence of Pilates and essential exercise program for pregnant women form the first trimester to post partum. This class will give the Pilates instructor the background they will need to lead their clients through a healthy and happy pregnancy. Women who have had C-sections, diastases recti, and or separation of the pubic bone have common problems that can occur. With the instructor having this background and knowledge, he or she can help their clients get through time and heal from the inside out.

Pregnancy Fitness and Postpartum Rehabilitation Program:
Course days: May 16 and June 6,2010
9am -1pm
Location: 2180 Westwood Blvd. 2B Los Angeles, Ca 90025
Contact info: Gidget Granillo (310) 470-2828
CEC earned: 5.75 credits
Price: $ 200

Back To Life: A movement Experience With Mind Treatment

Brief description: The philosophy behind the techniques offered in this workshop has as much to do with how one feels emotionally, what one thinks, and the way one moves through the world as it does with the muscles and bones in the body. Ultimately, these feelings can translate into body pain, misalignment, poor posture, and many other ailments. The students will learn how to combine two successful techniques in working with clients, or themselves. The first method focuses on treating the emotional source of the problem through questionnaire and self examination. Then, we will incorporate Pilate’s movements with the mental awareness that creates a total “mind, Body, and Spirit” experience.

The course objective is to give the Pilates practitioner new insight into the emotional and mental possibilities behind certain physical problems or conditions, and use their findings to better treat the client. By incorporating Pilates with emotional understanding and healthy thought, the clients will:
Get rid unwanted pain
Feel better about their bodies and their lives
Lose inches, strengthen their bodies
Make healthier choices
Manage sanity in the most stressful of times
Manage their stress so that it does not go into their bodies

Back To Life: A Movement Experience With Mind Treatment
Course days: October 10, 2010
Course hours: 10-2pm
Location: 2180 Westwood Blvd. 2B Los Angeles, Ca 90025
Contact info: Gidget Granillo (310) 470-2828
CEC earned: 7.5 credits
Price: $ 200

Custom instruction suited to fit your individual needs, concerns and lifestyle. We address the person, not just the body. Your physique will take on a long lean and well proportioned appearance.  Your posture improves making you appear taller and thinner. Your energy increases as you open up your upper body and allow more oxygen into your system.

Semi Private Sessions

With one instructor per two students, you will achieve the same results as above, but will work with a partner – either with your own, or we will try to match you up to a studio student looking for a semi-private partner. It is important that you work with a partner who is closest to your abilities.

This complete system is a 400 hour course that provides the careful, individual attention and the utmost professional support that ensures you receive the best hands-on training in Pilates.

THE SHEPPARD METHOD PROGRAM OF CERTIFICATION inspires the professionalism necessary to properly and effectively teach others to achieve their personal best. Staying true to the classical movements designed by Joe Pilates, the student is taught to instill excellence and enhance the spirit of each individual. Attention is paid not only to technique, but to joy of movement and inspiration to go beyond ones limits.

Come and study with Risa Sheppard, a Pilates Master Instructor, and her staff of top professionals.Give yourself the very best!

COURSE OF STUDY INCLUDES:

Level I Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair, Spine Corrector and Step Barrel.
Level II Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair, Spine Corrector and Step Barrel.
Level III Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair, Spine Corrector and Step Barrel.
Apparatus Movements incorporating foam rollers, swiss balls, and mini balls.
Skills of injury prevention/recovery and adaptive training for special populations.
Attitude, confidence and composure of a professional instructor, studio safety.
Learn to develop intuition with each client. Going beyond the technical, and into the heart and soul of the work.
Proper stretching techniques designed to enhance the flexibility of each client.
Theory and principles of functional anatomy and biomechanics.
Pilates Method Alliance Study Guidelines.
50 classroom hours.
150 Assistant teaching hours.
100 Observation hours.
150 Self Study/Practical hours.

COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Background in Pilates, Yoga or fitness related programs.
Entrance interview with founder, Risa Sheppard
5 studio sessions with A Sheppard Method Instructor, offered at a professional rate.
Required reading:
1. Anatomy of Movement, by Blandine C. Germain
2. Anatomy Coloring Book, 3rd addition, by Wynn Kipit
3. Pilates: Return to Life Through Contrology, by Joseph H. Pilates and William John Miller.
4. Pilates Anatomy, by Dr. Abby Ellsworth

TUITION:
See pricing above
Includes 12 mat classes and exam
A tuition deposit of $500.00 is required to hold your space in the class.

REFUND AND CANCELLATION POLICY:
Tuition deposits are non refundable.
Full tuition due one week prior to class start date.

The course can be completed in seven months with a full time commitment, although you may take up to one year to complete your hours.

Class size is limited to 8, so sign up soon.

The Sheppard Method Program of Certification is proud to be a Corporate Sponsor of the Pilates Method Alliance. For more information please visit their web site www.pilatesmethodalliance.org

TESTIMONIALS:
“Risa is a wonderful teacher,not only instructing Pilates fundamentals and anatomy, but truly bringing the joy and beauty of movement through her unique choreography”
-Laura Hartson
“Since going through Risa’s Certification, I was immediately placed in three different Pilates studios. The Sheppard Method Certification Program has had a profound impact on my career.”
-Jodie Price
“Risa’s certification is fantastic! She combines thirty years of experience with her great sense of humor, and you come out with a tremendous foundation for Pilates. The course is fun and stimulating, a really wonderful experience.”
Cathy Cahill, DPT

Joseph Pilates invented the mat work first. Designed to strengthen and tone the body through controlled exercises, proper breathing, and flowing movements. We pay close attention to each individual student as they learn to move their own bodies through space. We offer Sheppard Method style mat work, Gyrotonic, and individual mat work along with the original choreography that Joseph Pilates designed.

Each class is small in size, therefore individual attention is assured. Hands on stretching is performed to insure the client achieves optimal benefits. Learning to move ones own body with ease, agility, and strength are our goals. Plus, we have a good time with a lot of hard work and laughter.

Students love to come to our mat classes.