Name of Program:
Pilates Core Integration is housed at Moving Breath Pilates Studio in Tempe, Arizona. Pilates Core Integration has numerous teacher training sites in the United States and Canada.
Program Location(s):
Tempe, Arizona
Chicago, Illinois
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Palm Springs, California
Atlanta, Georgia
Los Angeles, California
Moab, Utah
Larkspur, Colorado
Idyllwild, California
Norwich, Vermont
Broadview Heights, Ohio
Hours required, approximate time to complete, and cost:
450 hour comprehensive program, 12-16 months, $6500.
Contact Information including website:
Virginia Nicholas, M.A., R.N., owner, program director, master teacher
1801 S. Jen Tilly Lane, Suite C-20
Tempe, Arizona 85281
480-731-3101
www.movingbreath.com
www.pilatescoreintegration.com
movingbreathpilates@gmail.com
The program structure
The Pilates Core Integration Comprehensive Teacher Training Program offers modular weekend teacher trainings (Mat, Anatomy, Levels 1-4 equipment training) as well as online education and conference calls in a flexible training environment.
What makes this program special is:
Virginia Nicholas, M.A., R.N. is known as a teacher's teacher and recognized internationally as an expert in the Pilates method. She has lectured and taught in universities, colleges, and studios throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and an Associate Degree in Nursing from Michigan State University and Lansing Community College (respectively). Virginia completed her Master of Arts degree in Theatre and Dance, with an emphasis in Kinesiology from the University of New Mexico in 1995.
Incorporating dance, athletics, and her background in emergency, intensive care, and cardiac care medicine, along with 30 years teaching experience, Virginia created Pilates Core Integration teacher training program. For 10 years, Virginia worked closely with Michele Larsson of Core Dynamics Pilates as one of six hand picked affiliate teacher training locations. Pilates Core Integration (PCI) is classical Pilates, infused with the rehabilitative genius of Eve Gentry and current knowledge about the body mind.
In 1995 she established Moving Breath Pilates, a Gyrotonic and Pilates studio in Tempe, Arizona. The Moving Breath Pilates studio is home to the Pilates Core Integration teacher training program.
Virginia has presented at Body Mind Spirit and the Pilates Method Alliance conferences. She has created several Pilates and movement dvds that are currently available through Balanced Body, Moving Breath Pilates, and Pilates Core Integration. She has been on the faculty at Arizona State University, DePaul University, the University of New Mexico, Scottsdale Community College, and Lansing Community College.
With an extensive background as a professional dancer, registered nurse, teacher and master of the Pilates method, Virginia brings expertise and a movement sensibility to the Pilates method.
Lessons Learned
- The PCI Comprehensive Teacher Training Program is comprised of five 3-day weekend workshops, and two 2 day Mat workshops, an apprenticeship in an approved Pilates studio, and final tests. The weekend workshops include Pilates exercises, lecture, practice, reading assignments, homework, and anatomy. This aspect of the training covers material from fundamental to advanced levels on mat and five main pieces of equipment. In the apprenticeship component, students participate in an approved studio for private practice, observation, and student teaching to satisfy a prescribed hours requirement.
