• Body Brain Connect Teleclass February 15th

    Posted January 30, 2012 By in Blog, Events, Student/Teacher Forum, Studio Forum, Workshops With | No Comments

    Body Brain Education Teleclass!

    Join us for a Skillful Teaching Seva Teleclass and get a preview of our upcoming Body Brain Foundations Series coming to the studio on Feb. 25th and 26th. This is a donation-only fee teleclass presented by Chantill Lopez and Ann Bishop.

    February 15th
    10am, PST

    Improving observation and imitation while learning movement: a neuroscience perspective

    Tele-class outline:

    • What are mirror neurons? How can they help you improve learning or teaching movement?
    • If you believe a movement is impossible can you “see” it?
    • Is it better to teach a beginner in the first or third person perspective?
    • Incorporating theory, research and practice

    Sign up now and get a taste of the cutting edge material defining our teaching profession!

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    Learn more about Ann Bishop and Body Brain Connect: BodyBrainConnect.com

     

  • Brain/Body Series Workshop February 25th & 26th!

    Posted November 1, 2011 By in Events, Student/Teacher Forum, Workshops With | No Comments Brain/Body Series Workshop February 25th & 26th!

    Pilates Collective presents  - Body Brain Education

     

    Fill the gap in your mind body knowledge through an educational series about how the brain learns movement and how this information can make you a better instructor.

     

    Body Brain Education Foundations Series

    Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 25th/26th

    10 am – 5 pm (1 hour lunch break)

    Saturday – Session 1: body & movement 
    Learn how motor and sensory pathways inform the body & brain
    Practice implications for mind body teaching in the fight or flight & the relaxation response

    Sunday – Session 2: brain & movement
    Learn how the brain “sees” the body
    Practice implications for mind body teaching using principles of neuroplasticity
    Learn how the mind influences movement and the concept of mirror neurons
    Practice implications for mind body teaching using neuroscientific research for observation/demonstration and motor imagery.

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  • Inspirations

    Posted May 25, 2011 By in Student/Teacher Forum With | No Comments

    I thought we would kick off our student-teacher forum with a little bit of inspiration I brought back from my recent week away.

    On our 13-hour drive to Utah last week I was listening to a Buddhist teacher by the name of Philllip Moffit, whom I adore. It was a talk on fear. icon smile Inspirations Relevant for most of us, I think.

    There was a lovely little tidbit about body observation in order to work with fear:

    Because all of us experience fear in some form throughout our day, everyday we also know or can know the experience of fear in the body. One of the physiological responses when fear comes on is a production of adrenaline. The adrenal glands are located just atop each kidney, sitting like gracefully coiled, sleeping snakes ready to strike at any moment to protect, fight, and respond. When this happens the body experience intensifies and tenses taking on that ready-to-strike position. Read More …

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