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Props: Mini Stability Ball

Saturday, June 12th, 2021 | 11:00am – 2:00pm EST on Zoom

This course focuses on incorporating a mini stability ball into your classes. It can be used to effectively target different muscle groups in many different movement modalities, such as barre, Pilates and Yoga. You will finish this course prepared to confidently integrate safe and effective movement sequences with the mini stability ball into your class creations. Your clients will love the challenge and will keep coming back for more!

Learning Objectives:

Practice exercises and create challenging movement variations at the barre and on the mat.
Learn how to use this prop to improve your clients’ alignment and enhance their performance.
Understand how to provide modifications and make exercises more challenging.

Course Preparation: Please be prepared to demonstrate 2 movement variations using the mini stability ball:

One variation at the barre
One variation on the mat

Prerequisite: A solid understanding of functional movement principles and planes of motion.

Cost: Early Bird: $149 + HST | Regular: $199 + HST

Note: The mini stability used in this course is 10″ (25 cm) in diameter. A ball slightly larger or smaller will work as well. Mini stability balls can be purchased here.

Prenatal Barre

This CEC is online only and takes approximately 3-4 hours to complete.

The Prenatal Barre CEC is an excellent resource for learning more about pelvic anatomy, prenatal workout techniques, and safely adapting barre for pregnant clients. With a focus on effective core engagement, deep breathing, and pelvic health, the learnings of this course are beneficial and applicable for all folks.

The prenatal online certification course will:

Provide you with cutting edge techniques, based on the most up-to-date research methods, to help you develop a safe, accessible, and proactive prenatal workout.
Dive deep into understanding and explaining diastasis recti, the anatomy of the core, and pelvic floor health.
Teach modifications to help alleviate common aches and pains, in addition to targeted stretches.
Help you ensure your clients experience a healthy pregnancy and speedy recovery.
Allow you to confidently guide clients through all stages of pregnancy.

COST: $195 (including HST)

NOTE: Participants must complete the online quiz and pass with 80% or higher to receive a certificate of completion. Barre Certified by Barreworks instructors in good standing receive a discount of 15%. Email certification@barreworks.ca to receive your discount or if you have general questions.

Barre Variations: Lower Body

Saturday, April 10th, 2021 from 1pm – 3:30pm EST on Zoom

Expand your barre repertoire and learn how to create fun and effective exercises your clients will love. Gain confidence in creating functional variations for squats, lunges, pliés, and single leg work as you build on planes of motion. Elevate your cueing skills to build optimal alignment and create seamless transitions that flow.

Learning objectives:

1. Create fun and functional variations for squats, lunges, pliés, and single leg work, as you build on planes of motion.
2. Develop optimal cueing to create seamless flows and transitions.

Course Preparation:

Please be prepared to present a variation for two of the following exercises:

Parallel (ex. squat)
Unilateral (ex. lunge)
External rotation (ex. 2nd position plié)

COST:
Early bird (until March 22): $149 CAD
Reg: $199 CAD

(Applicable tax included)

NOTE: Participants must complete the online quiz and pass with 80% or higher to receive a certificate of completion.