The Pilates Source® continuing education workshops are for Pilates studio teachers and serious pilates students. Our workshops, seminars, and conferences are extremely beneficial to all pilates instructors from all schools of Pilates who want to gain a deeper knowledge of Joe’s Contrology® and the history of the system. Workshops take place in various locations. Please see individual workshops for specific locations, dates, times, and rates.
Pilates Historics™ Webinar: The History of Joe’s Springs
Sean P. Gallagher, PT and Elaine Ewing
Monday, August 12, 2024 | 6:00-7:30 pm EST
$30 per person
- A recording will be available for 7 days. No recording extensions are available.
- Please use Elaine’s zoom meeting room.
Joe Pilates revolutionized the use of springs on exercise apparatus in a number of ways, starting from the 1920s when he began to develop his equipment and all the way through the 1960s as he continued to refine it.
Join us for our latest webinar, where we will use multiple primary sources from pilates history- such as photos, original advertisement, original instructions, and actual original springs to deepen your understanding of Joe’s original springs and how he used them in Contrology over the course of 4 decades.
We will look at the different types of springs that Joe used (extension and compression) as well as the Magic Circle (yes, the Magic Circle is a spring, too!).
In what ways did Joe’s approach to spring tension, design, and purpose change over time? In what ways has classical pilates maintained Joe’s original ideas, and what ways has it varied from Joe’s concepts?
As a special bonus, both Sean and Elaine will conduct live show and tells with their combined collections of original springs from Joseph Pilates’ original apparatus and studio that were used on apparatus such as the reformer, junior reformer, Cadillac, chair, and magic squares. We will also show 2 original Magic Circles that we have not yet shared in a Pilates Historics™ webinar!
Pilates at The Pillow® Fall 2024
Featuring: The Pilates Archival Reformer with Sean P. Gallagher, PT and Elaine Ewing
September 27-29, 2024
Pilates at The Pillow Fall 2024 will offer the widest variety of archival and classical Universal Reformers together in one room to ever take place in pilates history. Thanks to Sean and Elaine’s combined extensive collection of reformers, workshops during the conference will utilize up to 20 different reformers, spanning the decades of the 1930s, 1980’s, 1990s, and early 2000s.
These will include an original clawfoot reformer from Sean Gallagher’s Pilates Museum/Studio, vintage Gratz reformers from the 80s and 90s, vintage Gratz folding reformers, and more recent Gratz reformers of lengths varying between 80, 86, and 89 inches, in both aluminum and wood. We are thrilled to offer this in-depth learning experience to attendees!
Are you interested in learning how Romana taught? Are you interested in her hands on cueing? Learn it here from the source. Do you live in or within driving distance to Rhinebeck NY?
This workshop will be 2 hours of watching Romana teach a workshop on the upper back and shoulder (recorded in 1990 at 2121 Broadway studio) and then 2 hours of practicing her hands on cueing and teachings techniques.
If you’re interested in attending, please email Sean Gallagher at spgpt@pilates-studio-ny.com, and he will then send you the information to sign up and pay through PayPal. Once registered and paid there will be no-cancellation/no refunds policy due to limited number of spaces available.
Two Workshops: Classical Endings Around the Studio and Case Study
With Sean P. Gallagher, PT and Elaine Ewing
Monday, September 30, 2024 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
$300 per person
Location: Rhinebeck Pilates, Rhinebeck, NY
This is an in-person workshop. There is not a virtual option.
Workshop 1: Classical Endings Around the Studio
10-12:30pm, 2.5 hours
This fun workshop will cover multiple endings with an emphasis on those with the Cadillac. The Ladder Barrel and Guillotine will also be utilized. From beginner to advanced, we’ll teach and practice the variety of Ending sequences that leave your students energized and inspired.
Some of the equipment used in this workshop was Joe’s original apparatus, such as the 1960’s Cadillac and Ladder Barrel.
Workshop 2: Case Study
1:30-4pm, 2.5 hours
Are you curious about how to use the system when people present to you with issues? Do you want to learn how to address their issues in a safe, pilates way? Whether it be old injuries, new injuries, diseases, or just about anything else, this workshop should help you have a better way of understanding what you can address and what you cannot as a pilates teacher, as well how to start and progress a program with classical pilates.
If you take this workshop, you will be sent a form to fill out about your case study, providing the issues that you find most common amongst your students and would like to be able to address in your sessions with them. From the submitted we will choose a few case studies for the group to learn from in the time allotted.