by Laura Helsel | Oct 24, 2018 | Fitness, Pilates, Pilates For Everyone, Pilates Teacher Training
Cues and images are very personal. Pilates teachers can offer a cue to a group class and get 5 different responses as to how that cue is embodied. The direction to simply “Stand Up Tall” can illicit a variety of responses from improving posture and alignment, to worsening posture and tension levels and adding excess neck strain…
by Laura Helsel | Aug 24, 2018 | Pelvic Floor, Pilates For Everyone, Pilates Teacher Training
Pelvic Floor Health: beyond the Kegel Tiffany Johns, B. Kin., is one of our Vancouver based Pilates Process ™ teacher trainers. A recent graduate of UBCs kinesiology program, Tiffany’s final project was the development of a paper presenting the most recent...
by Laura Helsel | Jul 25, 2018 | muscle spasm, Pain management, Pilates For Everyone, stretching
Stretching can and should feel wonderful. When we stretch healthy tissue, we should experience a sense of comfort and ease that leads to a greater range of motion. And…
by Laura Helsel | Jun 10, 2018 | Pain management, Pilates For Everyone
Working with clients in various levels of pain over the past 15 years, I’ve developed an understanding, a respect, of the specific challenge that is coping with chronic pain. Fluctuating in intensity but always present, the pain is frequently without obvious cause....
