Continuing Education and Workshops

We offer continuing education and educational workshops for Pilates teachers and students, physical therapists and rehabilitation professionals, dancers and dance educators, schools, athletic programs and more. We now offer Pilates certification for physical therapists through Balanced Body.

Call the studio at (952) 405-9765 or email info@paragonpilatespt.com to learn more.

Expand your Pilates repertoire with these engaging workshops.

Paragon Pilates and Physical Therapy is pleased to offer Advanced Movement Principles

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Taught by Master Instructor Cari Riis Stemmler

Friday, April 19: 3–7pm

Friday, April 26: 3–7pm

Friday, May 3: 3–7pm

Friday, May 10: 3–7pm

Advanced Movement Principles is designed to:

Help you develop strong critical reasoning skills to work with healthy and injured clients safely and effectively.
Deepen your understanding of the body in motion in both functional and pathological situations.
Expand your ability to observe, analyze and select exercises to improve your client’s essential movement skills.
Help you learn how to collaborate with medical and allied health professionals successfully.
Expand your heart, broaden your mind, and increase your ability to work compassionately and effectively with all clients.

The program consists of 5 courses, which incorporate video lessons, homework, mentor sessions and in-person workshops.

Balanced Body course list for advanced movement principles

Live course work at Paragon Pilates and Physical Therapy will consist of lecture review, practical application, assessment, program design and progressions, as well as deepening your understanding of how to interpret and apply what you are seeing in the body. We will help you develop the critical reasoning skills to work in special populations.

Contact the Studio or Cari directly to learn more: 952-504-9765 cari@paragonpilatespt.com

Looking for a specific workshop?

Below are some of the many workshop topics offered at Paragon,
please contact us if you would like to request any of the following workshops.

Finding the Inner Unit/PowerHouse
Pilates ARC on the Reformer
Mastering the Art of Pilates Program Design
Working with Diastisis Recti
Working with Low Back Pain

Pilates Assessments (3 parts)
Keys to Unlocking the Thoracic Spine & Liberating the Shoulder
Anatomy in 3D – the Lower Leg and Foot
Pelvic Stability
Working with Men

Advanced Pilates Trapeze and Reformer
Foot Fetish – Explore the Importance of the Feet
Anatomy in Motion – Training Your Eye to See Proper Body Mechanics
Beyond the Chatter – Getting Clients Focused

Working with Pre-Post Natal Clients
Using Props in Mat Class
Working with Dancers
How to Recruit Proper Musculature and Turn Off Dominant Muscles
Getting the Most Out of Your Words

Additional workshops are listed in the document below.

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