REFORMER CERTIFICATION
Second Wind® Pilates Plus®
Integrated Movement Therapies (IMT)®
Hosted by Pure Pilates 

Welcome to your future,

Second Wind’s training program as hosted by Pure Pilates, uniquely combines classical Pilates, Integrated Movement Therapies (IMT)® and the Reformer to form a unique blend of functional and therapeutic movement study.

Created by Danielle Belec of Second Wind Pilates Plus in 1998, the program continue to be one of longest running and most original Pilates certification programs in Canada.

Pure Pilates’ presentation of Second Wind’s training guarantees you mastery of movement, outstanding teaching skills and responsible service to others. Designed to address not only what you do, but also how and why you move as you do, the program ensures your complete and supported success as a future teacher and mover.

Joseph Pilates was an inventor as well as an athlete. The creation of his self-designed equipment began when he was a prisoner in a POW camp in England during WWI,where he served as both nurse and caretaker. Using the springs of the infirmary beds and various ingenious solutions to help internees recover from sickness and injury, he later devised a series of exercise machines or Pilates equipment to rehabilitate his “patients”. The Pilates equipment available today is designed similarly to those originally created by Joseph Pilates, with the Pilates Reformer being his most popular. The Reformer is a spring-loaded resistance platform that moves with the body via springtension, pulleys, and strategically located ropes and straps that support the feet and/or hands depending on the exercises performed. The Reformer challenges core stability, spinal articulation, movement isolation, stability and coordination, adding hundreds of exercises to the Pilates syllabus. Certain exercises demand that the core is stabilized against the movement and resistance of the limbs. In other exercises, the limbs are stabile while the core is mobile. Sometimes the upper body serves as the center of gravity and support as the lower body and limbs move, or vice versa.

In this program, you will learn fundamental movement principles central to the Pilates work, combined with training in functional anatomy, skillful teaching of proper alignment and posture for each exercise, as well as current biomechanics, cuing techniques and therapeutic applications.

MODULE A: REFORMER ESSENTIALS

• Beginner & Intermediate syllabus
• Relevant anatomy, biomechanics, alignment and essence of each exercise
• Verbal cueing and hands-on skills
• Movement Principles & IMT content relevant to each exercise
• Logic of Teaching and Class/Private Progression
• Counter-indications, modifications, variations

MODULE B: REFORMER ADVANCED INTEGRATION

• Advanced syllabus & Course Integration
• Relevant anatomy, biomechanics, alignment and essence of each exercise
• Verbal cueing and hands-on skills
• Movement Principles & IMT content relevant to each exercise
• Logic of Teaching and Class/Private Progression
• Counter-indications, modifications, variations

As the Director of Pure Pilates, I look forward to supporting the unique personalities and learning styles of each student who walks through this certification.

Sincerely,

Laura Turnbull