Bücher von Kathryn M Ross-Nash

For more than 40 years, I have been involved with the method Joe and Clara Pilates shared with their students, called "Contrology." I spent my life studying the exercises and the thread between the exercises. For over three decades, I have applied this knowledge as a teacher of clients, teachers, as well as teachers of teachers. I have had the gift and blessing to have studied under the best of Joe and Clara's students, some of whom they personally trained and certified to continue his legacy. Their goals were the same as mine: to define, clarify, share, protect and proliferate this body of work.This book not only shares detailed, clear photos and instructions for the Pilates Mat work, as I personally teach, but also notes about how my teachers taught these exercises, both in their studios and in their teacher training programs. The book covers how Joe Pilates taught the work in his book and also what he verbally passed on and taught to his teachers Lolita San Miguel, Kathy Stanford Grant (through the eyes of Blossom Leilani Crawford), and Romana Kryzanowska (through the eyes of Kathryn Ross- Nash) and shares notes on those vantage points.Each of these teachers instructs with a unique voice, perspective, and way of communicating. Although each of these teachers utilizes different models of the method, they all share a common thread. This book celebrates that thread, these incredible teachers, and the legacy Pilates has given us.

"How do you build a bridge? On a strong foundation." -KRNThe Red Thread of Pilates The Integrated System and Variation of Pilates - The Foundational Reformer® is like a good parent of a baby. It supports you, surrounds you, guides' you, to make centered and balanced decisions. It tries to give you a stable foundation.This book is filled with all the tools you need to build a stable foundation. There are clear explanations of transitions between the exercises and how the transitions are exercises themselves. Throughout the book, you will learn the Thread that connects each exercise to develope your unique workout. Each exercises has suggestionson where to safely replace an exercise by applying The Pilates Method. There are thousands of photos, each exercise provides a side view and an Instructors' view that were taken exactly at the same. The photos and instructionswill guide you through each exercise with ease. Thebook is full of teaching tips and what to look for aswell as the Goal and Purpose of each exercise. Perhapsthe most important of the books, The FoundationalReformer will help you create a strong and balancedfoundation in which all the other work may be supportedby. At this level, The Reformer builds a strong and solid Foundational Mat. A strong Foundational Mat is your keyto a balanced body and the development of all the exercisesto come. Unique to the Red Thread® Book Series, you will not only learn the how of each exercise, but the why, when andwhat. There are rarely seen variations Ms. Ross-Nash personally was taught and teaches shared here and utilized through the application of her Red Thread®. These will build stability, strength, Powerhouse, alignment and deepen your understanding of this brilliant method we call Pilates.