Private Training: A Foundation for Progress
Perhaps you’ve noticed APOGEE’s offer for 20%-off three private Pilates sessions* and wondered how one-on-one instruction would help you. We asked Lesly Levy, APOGEE’s new director of Pilates and Pilates programming, how private Pilates sessions benefit students who are currently in mat classes. “Private sessions help students connect to the method in a deeper way than in a class situation,” says Levy.
Levy, a senior-level teacher trainer for Power Pilates, says that working one-on-one with a certified instructor will allow you to build a proper foundation with no chance of error or misinterpretation of the instructor’s cues. “Because Pilates trains the body through interpretation of the mind, for safe and effective advancement it is crucial that the student perform the method correctly,” says Levy. “During a private session, the teacher will closely monitor your understanding and ability to internalize the important, often subtle, cues that transform the exercises into an experience, a practice.”
Each student brings unique physical strengths and weaknesses to the studio, says Levy. During a private session, the instructor will also assess your personal needs and use all of Joseph Pilates’ apparatus, including the mat and Tower, to help you progress. “Working with springs and against the pull of gravity in a number of different ways will deepen the effect of the method and allow for transformation of the body,” she says.
*Offer expires Oct. 31, 2009. New private Pilates training clients only. One-time use. Some restrictions apply. Sessions must be activated by 12/31/09 and completed within 30 days of activation.
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