Advanced Movement Principles
Why Invest in Advanced Movement Principles?

• 1. To deepen your understanding of the body in motion in functional and pathological situations
  2. To develop critical reasoning skills to work with healthy and injured clients safely and effectively
  3. To expand your ability to create lasting change for every client
  4. To expand your skills in working compassionately and effectively with clients of all abilities
  5. To progress in your career by gaining recognition as a highly skilled Pilates teacher

Advanced Movement Principles with Lesley Powell

• Module 1 -Low Back
  March 28-30, 2025
• Module 2 – Lower Body
  August 8-10, 2025
• Module 3 – Upper Body
  January 30 – February 1, 2026

Friday: 5 – 8 PM
Saturday and Sunday 10 AM – 6 PM

See below to register.

Where: Space Pilates – 36 W 20th st, 2nd Floor New York, New York

For more information: email me at movementsafoot@me.com

AMP: The Low Back Video and In-Person Course

Learn how to bring lasting improvement and life-changing benefits to clients with low back pain in this comprehensive course. Including 18 hours of in-person instruction and 8 hours of video material, this course provides a practical framework to assess, understand and improve posture, functional skills and athletic performance for any client with low back pain. You will come away with a structured plan for assessing clients with low back issues and a clear understanding of exercise progressions to improve their functional outcomes.

AMP: The Lower Body  Video and In-Person Course

The lower body is the center of strength, endurance, and functional movement. When misalignments or injuries in the hip, knee, ankle or foot are present, we lose ease, economy and efficiency. This course includes 18 hours of in-person instruction and 10 hours of video material. You will come away with a structured plan for assessing lower body alignment, myofascial balance and functional abilities and a clear understanding of exercise progressions to improve performance and minimize injuries.

AMP: The Upper Body Video and In-Person Course

Take a fresh look at the upper body and deepen your ability to understand and train the thoracic and cervical spine, shoulder and upper limb to maximize efficiency and minimize injuries. This complicated area can best be understood by looking at the whole system, which we cover in 18 hours of in-person training and 8 hours of video material. You will come away with invaluable insights for assessing and correcting misalignments and myofascial imbalances in the upper body.

AMP: Special Conditions Video Course

This is the fifth and final segment of the program and includes information from experts in the movement field on working with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, Ehlers Danlos (hypermobility) syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and a general introduction to autoimmune diseases affecting the musculoskeletal system. This module includes many examples of conditions requiring a high degree of customization and sensitivity to the specific needs of the client.