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Description

Join Niedra Gabriel for a deep look into side Body Strengthening. This workshop will help refine your ability to teach side bending to resolve lateral deviations. Learn to open up the side body and establish balance between the right and left side while increasing healthy mobility in the trunk.

This workshop includes a wide range of release work that has been designed specifically for the different populations you'll encounter in your client base; elderly/frail clients, athletes, those with desk jobs, and advanced clients. You'll be given a variety of approaches to release work and activation for the side body. The outcome is better posture, better breathing, easier movement, and a sense of well being.



Objectives

  • Elongate the Spine by releasing the side muscles
  • Release the QL and restore pelvic stability
  • Open up the ribs and restore breathing
  • Balance out the right and left side of the body
  • Release the shoulders for full function of the trunk
  • Discover the magic of the Pilates method once the fascia has been released
  • Approach the Pilates method with the insight of making space first, then up grading function

Concepts & Techniques

  • Simple ways to open and release shoulders and upper back.
  • How to release the QL and rebalance the pelvis.
  • How to activate and challenge the deep abdominal muscles and side body.
  • Mat work for side line detective work and activation.
  • Reformer work with special focus on side line function
  • Cadillac work for the side body
  • Wanda chair and ladder barrel challenge for the side line

Props & Equipment Used

  • Balls
  • Barrel
  • Chair
  • Mat
  • Reformer

Workshop Level

  • Advanced
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate


Duration & Access

This workshop is  approximately 3.22 hours  long and you have 45 days of access.
(No expiration for Forever Access Members)
 
 

About Niedra Gabriel

Niedra Gabriel is a seasoned Pilates and Yoga instructor who takes a holistic approach to understanding the body and exploring its tremendous gifts and potential. With over thirty years of experience,... Find Out More Other Workshops by Niedra Gabriel

Feedback on Side Body Strengthening by Niedra Gabriel

" Niedra expertly shares so many refreshing ways to strengthen the often neglected side body-a must see if you want to stay strong and healthy. "

Zoe F

" This workshop was tremendously informative and enlightening. It was beneficial to revisit these concepts from a different perspective. "

Tonya T

" Niedra Gabriel is a fabulous teacher! I learned a lot that will improve both my teaching and my personal practice. "

Stacey D B

" Great instructor...Her cueing is phenomenal... "

Jess R

" Excellent workshop! "

Maria V

" I love this workshop. Niedra is very clear and concise. Have had lots of positive feedback from clients with much of this work. Not to mention it has been helpful for my own personal practice. "

Caitlin H

" Niedra, I love the way you explain the exercises, eventually the variations, the why and how. This workshop will help with specific needs in people with unbalanced from beginners to advanced level, on the mat but also apparatus. "

Nicole K

" I love Niedra and her clear cues to opening and strengthening the side body. I can’t wait to apply these exercises to my students. Thank you Neidra!!! "

Judith J

" Absolutely loved it! I have taken several courses, and this one has been the best! Niedra's cues and explanations are fantastic! "

Ginger P

" This workshop gave me a new perspective and appreciation for the side body. Niedra's teaching style was enticing and beautiful. Watching her teach Jen inspired an eagerness to get into the studio and feel that same strength and length in my own side body as well as share with my clients. "

Lisa L

   

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