Welcome to our Primary Specialist certificate programs—developed to help you focus on particular areas of interest to serve your clients best. Programs are made up of key Body Harmonics Continuing Education courses and zero in on concepts so you can design programming in a tailored, targeted way.
Why is a Specialist certificate an important next step?
People search for professionals with specialized knowledge and expertise. In the field of Pilates and movement education, what your clients need to know is that you can help them with specific needs. Knowledge and problem-solving skills will build your credibility, help your community better understand the services you provide and open up new opportunities for success—for you and your clients.
Essential Biomechanics Specialist(40 hours)
In this series of courses we look at the components that make up our skeletal and muscular structure and learn how to train them effectively. You will walk away with knowledge in each segment of our body and be able to connect the dots and look at the body from a bigger perspective. Your teaching skills will improve vastly with better reasoning and critical thinking, with the WHAT, WHY and HOW.
• Build a Strong and Supple Spine (3 hr)
• Power and Balance for Hip and Knee (3 hr)
• Simplifying the Shoulder Complex (3 hr)
• Postural Analysis (12 hr)
• Gait Analysis (6 hr)
• Ethical and Conscious Touch (3 hr)
• Foot and Ankle: The Body’s Spring System (6 hr)
• Cervical Spine Mechanics and Protocols (4 hr)
Core Control and Systems Specialist(46 hours)
This series will help you to look at an important component of our structure-the CORE-often ignored or misinterpreted yet they play a crucial role in supporting the entire body and keeping it upright. These courses will provide you with tools to train our core system holistically and your clients will walk away from your sessions feeling strong, supple, supported, more aligned and freer in their movement and their body.
• Core Integrity (12 hr)
• Unlock the Mighty and Mysterious Psoas (6 hr)
• Breathing Mechanics and Protocols (6 hr)
• SI Joint: The Critical, Functional Link (6 hr)
• Cervical Spine Mechanics and Protocols (4 hr)
• Myofascial Lines of Movement (12 hr)
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Active Aging Specialist(34 hours)
Lost of freedom and ease of movement, due to age, surgery and pain, can be devastating among the aging population. These courses are designed to help you help your clients in regaining the confident to move, to be able do things that they love doing and to improve quality of their life.
• Foot and Ankle: The Body’s Spring System (6 hr)
• Arthritis: The Modern Epidemic (6 hr)
• Hip Replacements (3 hr)
• Pre- and Post-Rehab Solutions for Knee Replacements and ACL Reconstruction (3 hr)
• Cervical Spine Mechanics and Protocols (4 hr)
• Osteopenia, Osteoporosis and Orthopaedic Health (6 hr)
• Strength, Balance and Fall Prevention for Seniors (6 hr)