Elisha Grow Pilates

If I had to pick a word for this weekend in Hawaii, it would be SUPPORT.

Support for my practice.
Support for my teaching.
Support on this Method journey.

Being with a group of teachers who honestly want to see one another succeed, it’s invaluable. And having a teacher who supports you in her expectations of excellence, I couldn’t ask for more.

It all pushes me to be better than I thought possible.

So I’m walking away from our weekend together on a high… feeling all the feels. And I can’t wait to be together again.

Thanks Vintage Pilates / resource 😘

P.S. In this clip, we’re doing Snake and Twist on no springs! Thanks, Desiree Gustafson for helping me out.

Phase 4 of becoming a Pilates teacher: Teaching for Real

This is when your voice shows up.

You stop repeating cues the way you heard them in training. And you start using your own words to give guidance.

You respond to the person in front of you in a way that helps them understand and move better.

You learn how to say less and give more at the same time.

Sessions begin to flow more naturally. And corrections make sense (for you and your student).

This is where teachers become teacher.

Not perfect one. But real ones.

Try it on for size.

To be clear, I think there are quite a few different goals in practicing Pilates. But friends, the exercises are NOT IT.

The exercises are there to help us explore and discover. They’re not the goal.

Listen. A perfect Teaser or Push Up… boring.

I want to feel and see what’s challenging, what knocks you off your center, what pulls you out of alignment. So then we have something to work on.

Perfect is boring.

What do you think? Is your goal the exercises or is there something else there?

It’s all in the reel. 👆