Humans are bipedal animals, with the various muscles and joints of the legs working together to produce controlled movement through space.

In Pilates, we train in both gravity-eliminated and weight-bearing positions to optimize this upright functioning. By understanding how the hip, knee, ankle, and foot interact, we can more easily see where our clients’ movement goes wrong, and learn to correct and coach them safely and effectively.

In this Movement Science Made Simple course we’ll study the anatomy of the lower extremity, with an emphasis on how the hip and the foot affect the knee. We learn Pilates protocols for promoting mobility and stability in the lower extremity and examine common structural variations, such as genu valgum (“knock knees”) and genu varum (“bow legs”) to learn how to adapt our Pilates protocols to accommodate or correct these variations, as appropriate.

As teachers, our tools are demonstration, touch, and language. To be effective teachers our demonstration must be fully embodied, our touch supportive, and our language direct or poetic as needed. Movement Science Made Simple joins current concepts in anatomy, kinesiology, and motor learning with time-tested movement training strategies, giving workshop participants new skills to work with diverse client populations. This workshop offers 12 CEC’s: 6 hours Saturday and 6 hours Sunday.

Please note: it is NOT necessary to take MSMS courses in order.
Registration is directly through Movement Science Made Simple.

Cara Reeser

Denver, CO
Pilates Aligned

Cara Reeser owns Pilates Aligned in Denver, Colorado. She began her initial studies in the Pilates Method with first generation Master Teacher, Kathleen Stanford Grant with whom she studied until her death in 2010. Before opening her own studio, Cara taught at the Pilates Center in Boulder for six years and it was during this time that she began to develop her own work and style of teaching, greatly influenced by her mentor. As a second-generation Pilates instructor and lineage carrier of the Kathy Grant work, Cara is a well-respected and highly sought-after member of the worldwide Pilates industry. Cara has also been a serious student of Yoga for more than 10 years, helping to round out her own knowledge of mind-body science.

Jeremy Laverdure

New York, NY
Sixth Street Pilates

Jeremy Laverdure, DPT, is a physical therapist and co-owner of Sixth Street Pilates in New York City’s East Village. Jeremy’s teaching is informed by his training at The Pilates Center of Boulder, his many years as a yogi and dancer, and his studies of Klein Technique with Barbara Mahler. While he continues to enjoy working with all types of clients, Jeremy has developed a special interest in teaching Pilates and Yoga instructors, bringing a broad-based movement studies approach to these disciplines. Together with Cara, Jeremy formed Movement Science Made Simple, a series of courses designed to teach Pilates instructors the essentials of movement science in a way that can be immediately applied to one’s practice and one’s teaching.