Teaching Autonomy With Pilates

About this episode

Joy and Cara Reeser discuss a relational approach to teaching Pilates that empowers clients.

How do we teach Pilates in a way that empowers rather than corrects? Joy and Cara Reeser, Master Teacher and second-generation Pilates educator, explore a more nuanced, relational approach to Pilates teaching. Drawing inspiration from Kathy Stanford Grant’s gentle dissuasion of performance, Cara reflects on the value of helping clients move how they actually move, not how they think they’re supposed to move. Together, they unpack how mindfulness in Pilates requires attention, intention, and a...

People in this episode

Hosts: Balanced Body, Kathy Stanford Grant

Guests: Joy Reeser, Cara Reeser

Topics covered

• Pilates teaching
• mindfulness
• client empowerment
• movement
• performance

Keywords

• Pilates
• teaching autonomy
• mindfulness
• client movement
• performance

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