Aston®/Pilates I
(Aston Techniques I)
Assessment and Problem Solving
This course introduces a system created by Judith Aston that will teach you to develop your observational skills and recognize body
patterns. These skills will help you solve the problems of why symptoms occur and reoccur in relation to underlying causes that can be seen
in a body's structure. You will look at the alignment and "three-dimensionality" of the body and participate in body usage movement labs to create
changes in your own body's form. You will also be introduced to the differences between structural (true limitations) and functional
(compensations) holding patterns. You will use your newly developed observational skills and apply them to your current Pilates techniques
to realize the enhanced benefits from this course.
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Aston®/Pilates II
(Aston Techniques II)
Movement Assessment/Applications
This course teaches skills to assess the body in motion, facilitate movement education, and apply ergonomic supports for body use in rest and
action. The movement units taught in this course will enable habitual tensions to release allowing for an exploration to a new body alignment. This
new alignment will be applied to common daily tasks such as sitting, standing, bending, reaching, and gait. You will learn skills to: teach movement as
a massage to unwind unnecessary tension, to change current inefficient or ineffective patterns of movement, facilitate movement using demonstration,
verbal and tactile cues, identify the client's unique neutral alignment in daily activities, modify chairs, worksites, etc. to support the body's
needs, and enable self care and problem solving for your clients.
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