Pilates Body, Mind and Soul - Intensive Pilates Week with Jamie Isaac

Next Available Dates: June 9 - 16 2012

(Please check the availability calendar) 

The intensive Pilates week will be a series of classes and workshops to bring the scientific and artistic elements of the Pilates method together. Discover your mind, body and spirit whilst strengthening, lengthening and toning your body.

This special week will look at the benefits of the Pilates method and how we can apply modern knowledge and science to the classical concepts of the original method to create a fantastic and positive impact on everything from day-to-day life through to elite performance. The week will work predominantly in mat based Pilates, as well as exploring the fun things such as small equipment, principles, breath, history, as well as discussions and Q&A sessions to get deeper into the understanding of the Pilates method.

The week will be lead by our head instructor, Jamie Isaac (Fluid Art Pilates). Jamie has over 20 years of experience and study of human movement through art and sciences, including training and education in prestigious institutes and studios in the UK and USA.

The week will include separate classes for the more advanced and for those new to Pilates, as well as workshops, along with the usual warm Canarian sunshine and beautiful beaches. 

Itinerary

•Saturday afternoon: Welcome meeting and breath meditation
•Sunday morning: Course outline plus a brief look at the history and Fluid Art's approach to Pilates. Pilates class (introducing alignment, breathing, centering and awareness of body in space / Kineasthetics )
•Sunday afternoon: Pilates class (divided into ability levels - beginner/intermediate or intermediate/advanced)
•Monday morning: Pilates class (divided into ability levels - beginner/intermediate or intermediate/advanced), followed by discussion 'The Principles' and Q&A 
•Monday afternoon:Small equipment workshop (bands and balls)
•Tuesday morning: Pilates class (modern concepts/functional fitness) followed by Q&A
•Tuesday afternoon: The Original 34 workshop. (Some fun discovering Jo Pilates' classical 34 exercises and modifications for all levels.)
•Wednesday morning: Rest morning
•Wednesday afternoon:Pilates class (Divided into ability levels - beginner/intermediate or intermediate/advanced)
•Thursday morning: Pilates class - Focus on movement with breath
•Thursday afternoon: Magic circle workshop
•Friday morning: Pilates class - fluidity and concentration (i.e. be in the moment of every move - waste no energy!)
•Friday afternoon: Foam roller workshop
•Saturday morning: Pilates class (put all your new found knowledge into practice) followed by goodbyes

We will be limiting the spaces on the course to 12 for optimum teacher attention and to help each student with development and progression. 

Meals

Daily brunch (fruit salad, selection of cereals, home-made bread, eggs, salad, cheese, pancakes, juice, herbal teas and coffee) is served after the morning session. Four delicious and healthy evening meals are included within the cost of the course, including three meals designed and served by our nutrition advisor, Jo, and a BBQ on the final evening with food grown from the villa garden. There are self-catering facilities at the villa and within five minutes walk you will find a supermarket, a wonderful bakery and two of the islands best restaurants.

Prices

What's included:

• Seven nights accommodation
• All classes as listed above
• Daily brunch and four organic vegetarian or seafood based evening meals
• One hour full body therapeutic massage
• Beach / Corralejo transfers two times per week (leaving at 11am returning at 3pm) 
• All equipment (mats, belts, etc.) 

The cost of the course starts at 485 euros for a shared tent and 645 euros for a private room. Please book now or contact us for more information.