Upcoming events at Connect
Pilates Mat 3: Enhanced Mat + Props
Pilates Mat 3: Enhanced Mat + Props
Enhanced Pilates Mat completes the Mat training by adding rings, rollers, bands and balls to the traditional Mat exercises. In addition, Enhanced Mat includes functional exercises for the upper and lower body expanding the Mat work beyond the core to develop whole body strength and flexibility. The Balanced Body Programming System is introduced to make class design easy, effective and fun. Adding props to a mat class makes them more dynamic, creative and accessible and clients love toys!
April 18th - 19th, 2025
Friday 1-8pm
Saturday 9-6pm
*NO course on Easter(4/20)
Early bird pricing available before April 4th, 2025
Click here to register for Pilates Mat 3: Enhanced Mat + Props
Click here to register for Pilates Mat 3: Enhanced Mat + Props (ONLINE)
Taught by: Lindy Royer, PT, NCPT, BBMI
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
Reformer 3 Instructor Training
Reformer 3 Instructor Training
Reformer 3 is the pinnacle of the Reformer work and includes advanced and super advanced exercises. Challenge clients to achieve their best with progressive sequences designed to teach students advanced movement skills. In addition, our principle based programming will guide you in the creation of safe and successful multi-level classes.
Prerequisites
• Reformer 1 and 2, or successful completion of comparable Pilates Reformer program
May 2nd - 4th, 2025
Early bird pricing available before April 18th, 2025
Click here to register for Reformer 3 Instructor Training
No ONLINE option available
Taught by: Lindy Royer, PT, NCPT, BBMI
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
Konnections® and Konnector® Training
Konnections® and Konnector® Training
June 6th - 8th, 2025
Early bird pricing available before May 10th, 2025 with code EB125
Konnections® For Mat - Colorado
Konnections for Original 34 Konnections uses an extra-long band to connect all four limbs. We have evolved the original Pilates movements to enhance your ability to teach and to help your personal practice. Gain increased movement perception and higher proprioceptive feedback. Konnections for mat will improve strength, body awareness, and conditioning.
Friday, June 6th, 2025
12pm - 6pm
Click here to register for Konnections for Mat
Konnector® Training - Colorado
Experience 8 hours of training daily with a one-hour lunch break. This is a total of 16 hours of training, and you will receive a certificate of attendance, get to work and learn with the creator of the Konnector and the Konnect Method Viktor Uygan and take home a deeper understanding of the method and an extensive repertoire of exercises to expand on.
Saturday, June 7th, 2025
&
Sunday June 8th, 2025
9am - 6pm
Click here to register for Konnector Training
Taught by: Viktor Uygan
Reformer 2 Instructor Training
Reformer 2 Instructor Training
Reformer 2 expands the potential of the Reformer with intermediate and advanced exercises and includes associated safety protocols and modifications. Reformer 2 also explores programs designed for specific populations including pre and post–natal clients, clients with osteoporosis, and clients with lower back issues. Class design, dynamic assessment and correcting common dysfunctional movement patterns are also included.
Prerequisites
• Reformer 1
June 13th - 15th, 2025
Early bird pricing available before May 30th, 2025
Click here to register for Reformer 2 Instructor Training
Click here to register for Reformer 2 Instructor Training(ONLINE)
Must have access to a Reformer to register for online option
Taught by: Carrie A. Lamb, PT, DPT, OCS, PMA-CPT
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
CoreAlign® Instructor Training 1: Foundations
CoreAlign® Instructor Training 1: Foundations
The course includes CoreAlign method theory and 60+ foundation exercises to build functional movement skills. Areas of focus are trunk integration, upper body strength and balance, lower body strength, power, gait and dynamic flexibility. Progressions and regressions for all ability levels. Specific modifications and precautions for special populations. Equipment set up, maintenance and safety.
June 20th - 22nd, 2025
Early bird pricing available before June 6th, 2025
Click here to register for CoreAlign® Instructor Training 1: Foundations
Click here to register for CoreAlign® Instructor Training 1: Foundations (ONLINE)
Must have access to a CoreAlign to register for online option
Taught by: Carrie A. Lamb, PT, DPT, OCS, PMA-CPT
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
Trapeze Table, Chair and Barrels Instructor Training: Module 1
Trapeze Table, Chair and Barrels Instructor Training: Module 1
Apparatus 1 introduces the Trapeze Table (Cadillac), Chair and Barrels to provide a complete education on the Pilates system. Apparatus 1 includes beginning and intermediate level exercises on each piece of equipment along with safety, set up and their role in the Pilates studio environment. Each piece of equipment provides a unique training environment to create a well-rounded experience for a client or class.
Prerequisites
• Mat 1
• Reformer 1
• 20 Pilates studio sessions (recommended)
• 1 year work experience in related field (recommended)
July 11th - 13th, 2025
Early bird pricing available before June 27th, 2025
Click here to register for Trapeze Table, Chair and Barrels Instructor Training: Module 1
Taught by: Lindy Royer, PT, NCPT, BBMI
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
CoreAlign® 1: Foundations for Allied Health Professionals
CoreAlign® 1: Foundations for Allied Health Professionals
Designed by clinicians who use CoreAlign as an essential part of their practice, this course provides you with a range of tools for working with your clients. Beginning with essential core and lumbopelvic stabilization exercises, the course introduces functional progressions for gait, squatting and lunging, reaching and lifting, and integrating whole body movement. This course is designed to help you identify a client’s functional limitations and help them regain optimum health through whole body movement.
July 18th - 20th, 2025
Early bird pricing available before July 4th, 2025
Click here to register for CoreAlign® 1: Foundations for Allied Health Professionals
Click here to register for CoreAlign® 1: Foundations for Allied Health Professionals (ONLINE)
Must have access to a CoreAlign to register for online option
Taught by: Carrie A. Lamb, PT, DPT, OCS, PMA-CPT
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
Pilates Mat 1 for Rehabilitation Professionals
Pilates Mat 1 for
Rehabilitation Professionals
Developed to introduce Clinicians to the Pilates method, this course teaches beginner to intermediate Pilates mat exercises and how to use them to assess and address functional and dysfunctional movement patterns. Each exercise is presented with modifications, regressions and progressions. Pilates Mat exercises create effective home programs for patient self-practice and long-term maintenance. This course satisfies the Mat 1 requirement for our Balanced Body Pilates Certification program.
March 28th - 30th, 2025
Early bird pricing available before March 14th, 2025
Click here to register for Pilates Mat 1 for Allied Health Professionals
Click here to register for Pilates Mat 1 for Allied Health Professionals (ONLINE)
Taught by: Lindy Royer, PT, NCPT, BBMI
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
Pilates Mat 2 Instructor Training
Pilates Mat 2 Instructor Training
Mat 2 teaches the remaining intermediate and advanced level Mat exercises for a complete understanding of the Pilates Mat program. Lectures include progressive skill development to achieve the advanced exercises, programming for intermediate and advanced classes and creating successful Mat classes.
Prerequisites
• Movement Principles
• Mat 1
March 7th - 9th, 2025
Early bird pricing available before February 21st, 2025
Click here to register for Pilates Mat 2 Instructor Training
Click here to register for Pilates Mat 2 Instructor Training (ONLINE)
Taught by: Rhondi Miller, PT, MS, SCS, ATC
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
Reformer 2 Instructor Training
Reformer 2 Instructor Training
Reformer 2 expands the potential of the Reformer with intermediate and advanced exercises and includes associated safety protocols and modifications. Reformer 2 also explores programs designed for specific populations including pre and post–natal clients, clients with osteoporosis, and clients with lower back issues. Class design, dynamic assessment and correcting common dysfunctional movement patterns are also included.
Prerequisites
• Reformer 1
February 21st - 23rd, 2025
Early bird pricing available before February 7th, 2025
Click here to register for Reformer 2 Instructor Training
Click here to register for Reformer 2 Instructor Training (ONLINE)
Must have access to a Reformer to register for online option
Taught by: Rhondi Miller, PT, MS, SCS, ATC
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
CoreAlign® Instructor Training 2: Progressions
CoreAlign® Instructor Training 2: Progressions
This course builds on the foundation of CoreAlign® 1 with advanced progressions and additional movement categories, training options and teaching techniques. We address a range of training goals from core stabilization to integrated rotation, complex movement patterns and the introduction of CoreAlign Rotator Discs.
Prerequisites
• CoreAlign® 1: Foundations
February 7th - 9th, 2025
Early bird pricing available before January 24th, 2025
Click here to register for CoreAlign® Instructor Training 2: Progressions
Click here to register for CoreAlign® Instructor Training 2: Progressions (ONLINE)
Must have access to a CoreAlign® to register for online option
Taught by: Carrie A. Lamb, PT, DPT, OCS, PMA-CPT
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
Reformer 1 Instructor Training
Reformer 1 Instructor Training
Joseph Pilates used his Universal Reformer as a rehabilitation tool. This course teaches beginner to intermediate exercises and how to use them in treating common injuries including lower back pain, hip and knee pain, and shoulder injuries. Includes safe use of the equipment, patient set up, regressing, progressing and modifying exercises and clinical case studies to help you put the concepts into practice. This course satisfies the Reformer 1 requirement for our Balanced Body Pilates Certification program.
January 31st - February 2nd, 2025
Early bird pricing available before January 24th, 2025
Click here to register for Reformer 1 Instructor Training
Click here to register for Reformer 1 Instructor Training (ONLINE)
Must have access to a Reformer to register for online option
Taught by: Carrie A. Lamb, PT, DPT, OCS, PMA-CPT
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
Reformer Level 1 for Allied Health Professionals
Reformer Level 1 for Allied Health Professionals
Joseph Pilates used his Universal Reformer as a rehabilitation tool. This course teaches beginner to intermediate exercises and how to use them in treating common injuries including lower back pain, hip and knee pain, and shoulder injuries. Includes safe use of the equipment, patient set up, regressing, progressing and modifying exercises and clinical case studies to help you put the concepts into practice. This course satisfies the Reformer 1 requirement for our Balanced Body Pilates Certification program.
January 24th - 26th, 2025
Early bird pricing available before January 10th, 2024
Click here to register for Reformer Level 1 for Allied Health Professionals
Click here to register for Reformer Level 1 for Allied Heath Professionals (ONLINE)
Must have access to a Reformer to register for online option
Taught by: Rhondi Miller, PT, MS, SCS, ATC
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
Reformer 1 Instructor Training
Reformer 1 Instructor Training
This course introduces you to what Joseph Pilates called the ‘Universal’ Reformer, which is the centerpiece of the Pilates equipment studio and an invaluable training tool. Reformer 1 teaches you how to safely utilize the Reformer and many of the beginning and intermediate Pilates Reformer exercises. Reformer 1 also reviews common modifications and variations necessary for teaching the client in front of you and gives you the ‘why’ behind the ‘what’, empowering critical reasoning skills from the very start of your training.
Prerequisite Recommendations
Movement Principles
20 Reformer classes (recommended)
1 year teaching movement (recommended)
Anatomy required prior to testing out
January 10th - 12th, 2025
Early bird pricing available before December 27th, 2024
Click here to register for Reformer 1 Instructor Training
Click here to register for Reformer 1 Instructor Training (ONLINE)
Taught by: Carrie Lamb, PT, DPT, OCS, PMA-CPT and CoreAlign® Educator
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
CoreAlign® Instructor Training 2: Progressions
CoreAlign® Instructor Training 2: Progressions
This course builds on the foundation of CoreAlign 1 with advanced progressions and additional movement categories, training options and teaching techniques. We address a range of training goals from core stabilization to integrated rotation, complex movement patterns and the introduction of CoreAlign Rotator Discs.
Prerequisites
• CoreAlign 1: Foundations
Course Includes:
• How to improve functional movement patterns for clients at any level of ability from rehab patients to professional athletes.
• Progressions of plank and standing exercises to address a range of training goals from core stabilization to creating integrated rotation for throwing sports.
• Training options using rotator discs, variable directions of resistance and moments of suspension.
• Exercises to challenge balance, coordination and complex movement patterns to prepare clients for everyday activities.
October 25th - 27th, 2024
Click here to register for CoreAlign® Instructor Training 2: Progressions
Click here to register for CoreAlign® Instructor Training 2: Progressions (ONLINE)
Must have access to a CoreAlign to register for online option
Taught by: Carrie Lamb, PT, DPT, OCS, PMA-CPT and CoreAlign® Educator
Photo courtesy of Balanced Body
MOTR® Fundamentals
The Fundamental MOTR course includes instruction on the basic movements in each exercise category as well as an introduction to the Balanced Body Programming System for easy class design to help you teach dynamic 30 – 60 minute classes with ease.
You will quickly see how the MOTR® fits into any Pilates or personal training practice. The rounded surface of the MOTR® adds balance and stability challenges to many exercises which creates a fun, functional training tool in a small footprint.
Click here to register
Click here to register ONLINE
Must have access to a MOTR to register for online option
$275 early registration ends 3.24.24
Carrie A. Lamb, PT, DPT, OCS, NCPT
303-993-2237
info@movementconnectsus.com
MOTR® Fundamentals
The Fundamental MOTR course includes instruction on the basic movements in each exercise category as well as an introduction to the Balanced Body Programming System for easy class design to help you teach dynamic 30 – 60 minute classes with ease.
You will quickly see how the MOTR® fits into any Pilates or personal training practice. The rounded surface of the MOTR® adds balance and stability challenges to many exercises which creates a fun, functional training tool in a small footprint.
$275 early registration ends 10.15.23
Carrie A. Lamb, PT, DPT, OCS, NCPT
303-993-2237
info@movementconnectsus.com