905-682-4469

Reformer Pilates Teacher Training

Pilates Teacher Training beginning in June 2023

Program Description

The Pilates Teacher Training program at Lost ‘n Found Yoga is an intensive training offered in two modules. It is offered in a weekend format designed to accomodate students with regular full-time employment. The training will be hosted on-site at Lost ‘n Found Yoga’s facility at the Grantham Plaza in St. Catharines, with select portions offered online via Zoom.

Module 1: Foundational Reformer Levels 1 & 2

The Foundational Reformer Levels 1 and 2 module will include Reformer Level 1  & 2 exercises and repertoire with some additional foundational Pilates elements, including Pilates history and background, Pilates principles, Pilates cueing and communication, adapative programming and applied anatomy. Significant practice, homework and review will be needed between each weekend.
Dates:
  • Saturday June 17th 2pm – 6pm (4 hours)
    Sunday June 18th 10am – 2pm (4 hours)
  • Friday June 23rd 4pm – 7pm online (3 hours)
    Saturday June 24th 1pm – 6pm (5 hours)
    Sunday June 25th 10am – 3pm (5 hours)
  • Friday July 7th 4pm – 7pm online (3 hours)
    Saturday July 8th 1pm – 6pm (5 hours)
    Sunday July 9th 10am – 3pm (5 hours)
  • Friday July 21st 4pm – 7pm (3 hours)
    Saturday July 22nd 1 – 6pm (5 hours)
    Sunday July 23rd 10am – 3pm (5 hours)
  • Friday July 28th 4pm – 7pm (3 hours)
    Saturday July 29th 1pm – 6pm (5 hours)
    Sunday July 30th 10am – 3pm (5 hours)
  • Saturday August 26th 1pm – 6pm (5 hours)
    Sunday August 27th – possible exam day

Module Fees: $3,300 + HST (includes all manuals, video support and related supplies)

Exam Fee: $275 + HST

Module 2: Chair & Cadillac Levels 1 & 2

The second module is Chair and Cadillac Levels 1 & 2. The Chair, Cadillac and Tower apparatus are highly diverse and offer exceptional exercise for therapeutic and athletic needs. For this course we expect that students are starting to understand programming for individual clients and group classes, Pilates principles and basic anatomy. These apparatuses offer new repertoire and variations that both stand alone, and work in conjunction with the Reformer exercises learned in the previous module. Significant practice, homework and review will be needed between each weekend.

Dates:

  • Saturday November 4th 1pm – 6pm (5 hours)
    Sunday November 5th 10pm – 3pm (5 hours)
  • Saturday November 11th 1pm – 6pm (5 hours)
    Sunday November 12th 10am – 3pm (5 hours)
  • Saturday November 25th 1pm – 6pm (5 hours)
    Sunday November 26th 10am – 3pm (5 hours)
  • Saturday January 13th 1pm – 6pm (5 hours)

Module Fees: $2,000 + HST (includes all manuals, video support and related supplies)

Program Facilitator: Laura Helsel from Pilates Process

Laura Helsel is the founder of Pilates Process in Toronto, and she comes from a career in dance. After working as a Stott Pilates™ instructor trainer for several years, she opened Pilates Process (formerly Riverdale Pilates) in Toronto in 2001. She has taken extensive courses to develop her expertise in multiple areas including core stability, biomechanics, low back pain, chronic pain management, patella femoral syndrome, and fascial training.

Inspired by how increasingly effective her teaching became, she developed a teacher training program with a new approach to Pilates. The Pilates Process™ method began in 2003.  Since then, she has trained and mentored hundreds of teachers and continues to lead the field in this adaptive, evolving approach.

Laura is the lead trainer for the Pilates Teacher Training program at Lost ‘n Found Yoga. She will lead most of the weekends in each module with additional teaching offered by other members of her Teacher Training team from Pilates Process.

How to Apply

For more information and to apply to the Pilates Teacher Training Program at Lost ‘n Found Yoga please email ptt@lostnfoundyoga.com or call the studio at 905-682-4469. We look forward to supporting you as you embark on this new journey with us together!