Keep Rolling On

The holiday season gives way to the charity season and the appointment book remains filled to the brim. The Pilates exercise, Rolling Like A Ball, fits nicely with a stylist's need to keep rolling on.










Rolling Like A Ball is play like, massages the spine, cleanses the lungs and develops the Core. For comfort, roll on a mat or carpeted surface. Focus on the abdominals contracting and maintaining a spinal C-curve. Just like the name implies, roll on to the shoulders and roll on to the hips.










For video on Rolling Like A Ball , follow this link.

Images from Kolestar Studios.

Finding A Quality Pilates Teacher

www.pmapilatescertified.com

Pilates is a full-body system of specific sequenced exercises performed on the mat and specially designed equipment. The method is centered around the concepts of awareness, balance, breath, centering, concentration, control, flowing movement, and precision. The principle of Pilates is to uniformly develop the body and mind. For best results, Pilates should be practiced 2-3 times weekly in approximately one-hour-long sessions. Pilates may be practiced in a group or private setting, based on the individual's needs financially and physically. Price ranges vary approximately $10-$15 for a group mat session, to upwards of $64-$75 for one hour of private instruction. Pilates could be performed at home, but proper instruction and quality equipment are essential to its success.

The Pilates method is an exercise/movement technique which trains practitioners to integrate the use of mind and body during the performance of its exercises. Through this integration, Pilates creates positive overall physical benefits. Thorough training of Pilates teachers/instructors is necessary to maintain the quality and safety of Pilates method practitioners.

The PMA® recommends that anyone wishing to teach the Pilates method:

• Participate in a Pilates exercise program prior to attending a teacher training program.
• Attend a comprehensive training program, and maintain a commitment to education.

The following are general guidelines, questions, and information you can use to help search for a qualified Pilates teacher:

1. Are the instructors trained through a comprehensive training program?
2. Did that training program require a written and practical test, lecture, observation, practice and apprentice hours?
3. How many total hours were spent in the training program? (The Pilates Method is a knowledge based method of exercise and training. Time spent in certification training produces qualified teachers.)
4. Does the instructor have any other movement related teaching experience.
5. How long have the instructors been teaching Pilates?
6. What is the instructor's/ studio's philosophy and specialty? Are they able to handle special needs, injuries and rehabilitation?
7. Does the instructor or studio teach the full repertoire of Pilates on all pieces of apparatus?

Excerpt from the www.pilatesmethodalliance.org

Breath Fundamentals For Stylists

The breath mechanisms in stylists can become asymmetrical due to the rotated forward bending required when performing our craft. One outcome of breathing dominantly to one side is fatigue. To remain alert and energized through out the day, remember these points:









From a Pilates perspective, the ribs open to the sides (laterally). The ribs expand, rather than the belly protruding.












On inhales, the breast bone (sternum) lifts and the spine between the blades moves back.















Important: Inflate both sides of the ribs equally (bilateral balance), equalize length of inhales and exhales and build breath mechanics by controlling inhale/exhale counts up to 12.













Did you know...normal breathing fills the top 2/3s of the lungs. The last third in the most oxygen rich. Deep, nasal inhales, such as those used in Pilates, produces nitric oxide, which is the body's natural Viagra.

Breath.
Breath.
BREATH.

Exclusive Private Instruction with Carolyn Bell

I am currently teaching Stylist Body Mechanics Course # 3981 by appointment on Fridays and Sunday afternoons. Please email me at pilatesforstylists@gmail.com (preferred) or 210.380.6800 for more information or to schedule your private session.

Course remains $25 with 2 Continuing Education units received. Course is conducted at the Synergy Studio, 300 E Grayson, 78215 or at Studio C in Boerne, TX.

Stylist Body Mechanics - what you can expect...

...a discussion on Stylist functions that contribute to fatigue, injury and disability as well as Cosmetology workplace related musculoskeletal disorders.

...to learn specific body mechanics of the feet, legs, hips, abdominal Core, shoulders, head and neck and breath for optimally performing Cosmetology services.

...to experience Pilates static and active postures to promote a Stylist body that has strength, flexibility and endurance.

Houston's AerobitFit Gym Hosts Dec Course

Aerobifit Gym will be hosting Stylist Body Mechanics for local area Houston salons. Course attendees will be eligible for a 50% on Pilates packages.

Stylist Body Mechanics
Course #: 3981
TDLR #: 1526
Fee: $25, cash or money order
CE: 2 hourse

Sunday, December 7
2 - 4 pm
Call Aerobifit at 713.533.1500 to register

Attendance roster must be signed and ID/TDLR license # provided. Wear fitness attire. Payments are payable to Carolyn Bell Pilates.

Contact Carolyn with questions about course at pilatesforstylists@gmail.com

Stylist Body Mechanics

NOVEMBER COURSES FORMING

Carolyn Bell is presenting Stylist Body Mechanics Cosmetology continuing education on Mondays in November in San Antonio. Courses will be made available to individuals as well as small groups. Call now to make your reservation. Courses are conducted at the Pilates Room At Synergy, inside the Synergy Studio in the Pearl Street Brewery complex (across the street from the Aveda Institute San Antonio).

Stylist Body Mechanics - what you can expect...

...a discussion on Stylist functions that contribute to fatigue, injury and disability as well as Cosmetology workplace related musculoskeletal disorders.

...to learn specific body mechanics of the feet, legs, hips, abdominal Core, shoulders, head and neck and breath for optimally performing Cosmetology services.

...to experience Pilates static and active postures to promote a Stylist body that has strength, flexibility and endurance.

Stylist Body Mechanics Course #3981
TDLR Provider # 1526
CE: 2 hours
Course fee: $25, cash or money order
Attire: Yoga or fitness

Contact Carolyn at pilatesforstylists@gmail.com or 210.380.6800. Classes may also be arranged for in the studio with a minimum of 5 stylists participating.

Pilates For Pink

Carolyn Bell will be teaching a special Pilates class as part of Shape magazine's Pilates For Pink national event. The class will be held at Synergy Studio at 300 E Grayson, in the Pearl Street Brewery Complex, in San Antonio. A donation of $10 is being collected for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Wear a pink article of clothing in support of family and friends surviving or in their memory.

For more information or to make your online donation prior to class, visit www.bcrfcure.org. Money orders and checks will be collected on site. Sorry, no cash. Contact Carolyn at 210.380.6800 or pilatesforstylists@gmail.com.