Upcoming Workshops

Pilates Archival Standing Mat with Sean Gallagher
This complete and comprehensive standing mat class includes the majority of Joe’s standing mat exercises that most know as well as many that are rarely taught and some that are not widely known. 

Workshop: Injury Case Studies and How to Address Them with Pilates with Sean Gallagher
10:30 am – 2:00 pm
Have you ever felt unsure of your understanding of what to do or teach when a student comes in with a specific problem or injury? How do you approach the workout with a new student who was told to try pilates to help their particular problems? How do you adapt the workout for a current student who has experienced a new injury and wants to continue their pilates practice? 

If you have questions about what exercises are good. or bad, to do in a pilates session when a student has an injury, join Sean for this interactive workshop where we will look at common issues and how the student’s individual needs can be met by using the classical pilates apparatus

All workshop attendees will be required to submit a question before the workshop that they would like answered about how to better teach the bodies in front of them with pilates.  These questions will be used to provide critical thinking experience and practice. Participants will benefit from this teacher-led learning paradigm, which is guided by your real-life questions to ensure we provide both what you want and what you need to become a more effective teacher.

Workshop: Archival Reformer Part 2 with Elaine Ewing
3:00-5:30 pm

This is the second Archival Reformer workshop presented at Sulkowska Studio, but you do not need to have attended the first workshop to attend this one.

Joseph Pilates archived specific orders, transitions, and exercises on the Universal Reformer through film and photos. In this workshop we will learn some of these original exercises and transitions and experience how they differ from the execution of classical pilates exercises today.

You will learn Joe’s original intentions for these exercises and experience the profound changes they can make to your practice once you learn and understand them in person, with hands-on teaching and practice. With direct feedback and assistance, you’ll be able to put this work into practice for yourself and your students.

This workshop will pay special attention to Joe’s original transitions within the reformer work. Additionally, we will practice teaching and doing a variety of archival reformer exercises that are accessible to teachers and students in private or class settings.

Pilates Exercises: Original 1940’s Mat™ Class with Elaine Ewing
Based on newly discovered notes from 6 different, original mat classes taught by Joseph Pilates at Jacob’s Pillow in the 1940’s, this special mat class will be taught and practiced for the first time since Joe was there teaching it himself. Thanks to a young dancer who was also a student of Joe’s both at Jacob’s Pillow and his NYC studio, we have 6 sets of handwritten and typed notes describing Joe’s cues, exercise details, and variations that were previously unknown to have been taught by Joe.

Workshop: Pilates Group Class Teaching: Ensuring Each Student Gets What They Want as Well as What They Need Out of the Class with Elaine Ewing
10:30 am – 1:00 pm
Group classes provide a way for a variety of different people to benefit from pilates. As a teacher, you want to address the wants and needs of every different person in the room, while still providing an excellent workout that keeps everyone challenged appropriately. This is oftentimes easier said than done!

This participatory workshop will help answer your questions about how to effectively teach exercises for varying levels in the same class, how to keep your advanced clients challenged, and how to keep newer students safe during a group Mat or Tower class.

A prerequisite to attend this workshop: All workshop attendees will be required to submit a question before the workshop that they would like answered about how to better teach the bodies in front of them during a group class.  These questions will be used to provide critical thinking experience and practice. Participants will benefit from this teacher-led learning paradigm, which is guided by your real-life questions to ensure we provide both what you want and what you need to become a more effective group class teacher.

The Body System Lectures™: The Fascia System with Sean Gallagher
2:30 – 5:00pm
This workshop will be on the connective tissues (also called fascia) of the body which Sean will provide you with all you’ll ever need to know about the Fascial system in all of us. Join Sean to learn about the history and the understanding of fascia in the body (From before Joe’s time up to today). You will gain an understanding of the science and anatomy of all the different types and especially the myofascial system that is so important to the work you do as a Pilates teacher. After this workshop you will know what can be changed and how it can change as well as what can not really change and the why’s and how’s to go about making these changes with Joe’s Contrology® . You will explore in your own bodies how interconnected we are and how Joe understood this using his specific way to teach movement. 

If you’re interested in gaining a deeper insight with his specific hands on cuing of the somatosensory system that is integral to each client’s myofascial interconnectedness in habituation then this workshop is for you. Lastly you will better appreciate how he used his body conditioning system with all the body systems including the fascia to make changes and return to life.