Hilary Opheim and Davita Paul are Pilates Teachers and Educators. Join them as they chat on Pilates, teaching, and life. Based in Los Angeles they will keep you thinking and laughing!
Hypermobility is a spectrum, so everyone is different. However it's important for movement teachers to understand the foundations of what hypermobility is, how clients are impacted, and how to continue to safely move, strengthen, and progress with the hypermobile client.
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Season 5 Episode 10- Building your Clients session
In this episode of the 2 Pilates Chicks we as we discuss how Pilates teachers might cue differently for our clients in Pilates versus how they are guided when recovering from an injury in therapy. It can be confusing for clients and Pilates teachers. Let’s talk about how to tell the difference in what you are doing and how you cue for those clients.
Join the 2 Pilates chicks to chat not only on how cues can work better for Pilates teachers but, for Pilates practioners and those looking to improve their Pilates workout
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Season 5 Episode 7- “Discussing MRIs with Clients in...
Pilates clients may come in with apprehension after getting scans done with their medical team. Pilates teachers need to understand how to approach a session with a client who is nervous about an MRI, and help them understand the results while feeling supported and safe in the Pilates studio or even in just working out and moving!
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Season 5 Episode 6- "Advantages of Adatablity in...
Join the 2 Pilates chicks as we discuss the mastering of traditional and classical Pilates work even in today’s contemporary/modern training styles of Pilates. We chat on understanding the foundations and how this allows for more adaptability when teaching any style of Pilates
Join the 2 Pilates Chicks as they discuss from their own experiences how injuries impacts work as a Pilates teacher. How you can learn from them to be a better Pilates teacher or practitioner of Pilates
Teaching Pilates and even practicing Pilates sometimes that critical self talk can come into the brain. Join the 2 Pilates Chicks as we discuss these moments and how to move past them for you and your Pilates clients. This can easily be applied to any part of your life!
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Season 5 Episode 3- Language around Teaching Pilates
Join the 2 Pilates Chicks as we chat on the words, cues and how you guide a client in their Pilates experience. Have you ever thought about as a Pilates client or as a Pilates teacher the language that is being used to teach Pilates? Let’s explore and look at this topic!
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Season 5 Episode 2- Teaching Pilates to the body in...
What does it mean as a Pilates teacher to “teach the body in front of you”? There has been a lot of chatter on Instagram, Facebook, and all of social media, but, does it mean what you think? Join the 2 Pilates Chicks as we chat about this subject as it is our motto when teaching!
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Season 5 Episode 1- Having Difficult conversations...
In Pilates teaching and any job there are those moments of difficult conversations you have to have with clients. Boundaries and more let's chat on how to handle those situations.
Join the 2 Pilates Chicks in this podcast that delves into the social media Pilates Circus. Are you seeing all the acrobatics on the Pilates apparatus and seeing more discussions about injuries practitioners have suffered from in a Pilates class?
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Season 4 Episode 15- The Realities of Pilates Teacher...
Do you know what to look for when you decide to do a Pilates teacher training program? The questions to ask, what is important information for you? Join the 2 Pilates chicks as they delve into this topic of teaching Pilates.
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Season 4 Episode 14-Making the Leap: Transitioning to...
In this episode the 2 Pilates Chicks answer a question from a listener on when is the best time or right time to make that leap from a 9-5 job to teaching Pilates full time. Listen as Hilary and Davita chat on how you transition from teaching part time to full time.
Join the 2 Pilates chicks as they discuss dealing with not only moments of stress but long term stress and how to stay positive in your teaching and work life. Both Davita and Hilary have had to deal with that long term stress caring for family members and still take care and guide clients.
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Season 4 Episode 11- Realities of teaching Pilates
Join the 2 Pilates Chicks as we chat about what it really is to be a Pilates teacher. The realities of all things that come with teaching clients and Pilates as a career.
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Season 4 Episode 10- Navigating Creativity in Pilates