PILATES CLASSES
Welcome to Embody Therapeutics, offering clinical Pilates studio classes, LIVE streaming and On-Demand classes.
Catherine Nicholas is an integrative movement practitioner and Principal Level Pilates instructor with a passion for improving movement, whatever your needs.
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Catherine Nicholas
Bachelor of Arts (University of Melbourne)
Diploma of Professional Pilates Instruction
Advanced Diploma of the Pilates Method
Catherine is an integrative movement practitioner and Principle Level instructor (Pilates Alliance Australasia) with over 10000 hours of Pilates teaching since 2003 in London, Melbourne, Hawaii & Central Victoria. Cat has worked in both therapeutic & fitness settings, including working for Physiotherapists in Harley St (London) & Melbourne. She mentors Pilates instructors, and health professionals for ongoing education and professional development.
Catherine will support you facilitate your health and wellbeing to bring transformative change. She is passionate about fascia, neuroplacticity, stress management, trauma informed movement practice and mind-body wellness.
Catherine has taught people from 9-91yrs young, of all fitness levels and goals, and lives in Castlemaine with her husband and two daughters. She brings a rare dedication & joy to her work & loves watching bodies change & learn to move better, & the transformation that comes from breath & movement!!
Dec 2019 Pilates Alliance 'Instructor in Focus' READ ARTICLE HERE
Pilates Alliance (PAA) members can accrue PDP points from classes with Cat.
BENETITS OF PILATES
Pilates is a safe, low impact exercise system which promotes spinal fitness and addresses muscular & postural imbalances in the body. Joseph Pilates developed his system of floor work & spring based apparatus exercises in the 1920s. Focus is placed on breath, alignment & controlled, precise movement. It is suitable for people of all ages and fitness levels and is an effective system for physical conditioning, injury rehabilitation & prevention.
BENEFITS INCLUDE
* Focussing breath and mindful movement reduces stress and assists ease of movement.
* Resistance and load from apparatus and props increase strength.
* Intelligent focus on joint movement promotes core stability and increases mobility in the joints.
* Rolling, spinal articulation, pushing and pulling through the limbs stimulates digestion, aids lymphatic and blood circulation and improves spinal mobility.
* Use of rollers, wobble boards, balls and springs to destabilise increases proprioception through the joints and fascial web, improves balance and promotes organic organisation throughout the body.
BENEFITS INCLUDE
* Focussing breath and mindful movement reduces stress and assists ease of movement.
* Resistance and load from apparatus and props increase strength.
* Intelligent focus on joint movement promotes core stability and increases mobility in the joints.
* Rolling, spinal articulation, pushing and pulling through the limbs stimulates digestion, aids lymphatic and blood circulation and improves spinal mobility.
* Use of rollers, wobble boards, balls and springs to destabilise increases proprioception through the joints and fascial web, improves balance and promotes organic organisation throughout the body.
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Instructors who are PAA members can accrue PDP points by taking classes with Cat (Principal level instructor). Four points in each PDP period or up to 6 for rural instructors. emBODY Pilates Castlemaine is an affiliate studio of the National Pilates Training in Melbourne & is a Work Experience Facilitation Site for the comprehensive Certificate IV, Diploma & Advanced Diplomas of Pilates Instruction at National Pilates Training & Pilates International Training Centre. Hours and observation for Polestar Pilates training certification is also available.
