Courses & Workshops
Courses & Workshops

COURSES & WORKSHOPS
STOTT PILATES® Prenatal Matwork with Stability Ball™ & Flex-Band®
Date:Friday, 28 November 2025
Time: 09:00-11:30
Cost: R1035.00 per person
Venue: Core Concepts – Durbanville
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WORKSHOP DETAILS:
Duration: 2 hours
Difficulty: Essential
Overview:
The Stability Ball is a perfect tool to use with prenatal clients and adding resistance with the Flex-Band® exerciser delivers a safe and effective workout for moms-to-be. In this interactive seminar, developed by the Merrithew® team, apply the most current medical information, exercise guidelines and research available on pregnancy and movement to innovative STOTT PILATES® exercise adaptations. Learn programming concepts for teaching small groups and private clients specifically in the second trimester. Discuss anatomical and physiological changes, risk factors and movement considerations and leave with strategies for building new prenatal programs as well as enhancing those already in progress.
Learning Objectives:
– Apply the STOTT PILATES® Principles to specific exercises on the Mat.
– Learn specific exercises designed to challenge male clients.
– Understand how these exercises challenge strength, stability and coordination.
– Learn cues and corrections for safety and effectiveness.
Equipment used:
– Pilates mat
– Stability ball
– Flex-Band
– Gripper mat
STOTT PILATES® Post-Natal Pilates
Date:Friday,28 November 2025
Time: 12:00-14:00
Cost: R1035.00 per person
Venue: Core Concepts – Durbanville
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WORKSHOP DETAILS:
Duration: 2 hours
Difficulty: Essential
Overview:
Most women are able to return to exercise four to six weeks after a regular birth or when they get clearance from their physician. Many of the exercises performed during the second and third trimester of pregnancy will be suitable now, but other exercises can be added to focus on reactivating and stabilizing the pelvic floor, transversus abdominis and obliques as well as developing lumbo-pelvic stability. This gentle but effective workout, developed by the Merrithew® team, incorporates Toning Balls™ to get new moms back on the right track.
Learning Objectives:
– Apply the STOTT PILATES Principles to exercises specific to the post-natal client
– Discover how to modify for the needs of this special population
– Understand how to incorporate Toning Balls in a post-natal workout
– Discuss special considerations for post-natal concerns
Equipment used:
– Pilates mat
– Toning ball
– Foam cushion ‘C’
STOTT PILATES® Prenatal Pilates on the Reformer
Date:Friday, 28 November 2025
Time: 14:30-16:30
Cost: R1035.00 per person
Venue: Core Concepts – Durbanville
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WORKSHOP DETAILS:
Duration: 2 hours
Difficulty: Essential
Overview:
Learn the benefits of taking moms-to-be from traditional Matwork variations to select exercise modifications on the Reformer in this workshop, developed by the Merrithew® team. Using current exercise guidelines provided by the ACOG and bearing in mind common anatomical and physiological changes, appropriate STOTT PILATES® exercise adaptations are explored using the Reformer in innovative and beneficial ways. Workout safety and effectiveness remain paramount and the client’s risk factors, pre-pregnancy fitness level, health concerns and fitness goals are to be taken in to account when creating new and ongoing programs.
Learning Objectives:
– Apply the STOTT PILATES Principles to specific exercises on the Reformer
– Understand movement essence and exercise goals for the prenatal client
– Explore how exercise choices are made for the prenatal client and what modifications may need to be incorporated
– Hear cues and corrections for safety and effectiveness
Equipment used:
– Reformer
– Reformer box
– Jumpboard
– Padded platform extender
– Foam cushion ‘B’
– Foam cushion ‘C’
PREVIOUS COURSES
– STOTT PILATES® Pilates Matwork for Golf, Level 1
– STOTT PILATES® Pilates Matwork for Golf, Level 2
– STOTT PILATES® Online Armchair Pilates Workshop
– STOTT PILATES® Online Flexion-Free Workshop
– STOTT PILATES® Matwork Flow with Weights
– STOTT PILATES® Intense Sculpting Challenge Flex-Band®
– STOTT PILATES® Arc Barrel Workshop
– STOTT PILATES® Foam Roller ONLINE Workshop
– STOTT PILATES® Matwork Strength and Mobility ONLINE Workshop
– STOTT PILATES® ADVANCED
– MAT-PLUS™ COURSE
– STOTT PILATES® Essential Matwork with a Facsial Focus Workshop
– STOTT PILATES® Interval Training on the Jumpboard or Cardio-Tramp®, Level 2 Workshop
– STOTT PILATES® Mat-Plus™ Evolved Workshop
– STOTT PILATES® Athletic Conditioning on the V2 Max Plus™ Reformer, Level 1
– STOTT PILATES® Intermediate Stability Chair™: Functional Anatomy, Cueing & Correcting Online Workshop
– STOTT PILATES® Experience Movement to Improve Awareness & Teaching Online Workshop
– STOTT PILATES® Flexion Free Online Workshop
– STOTT PILATES® Athletic Conditioning: Performance Enhancing Progressions and Sequences Workshop
– STOTT PILATES® Total Body Toning
– STOTT PILATES® Reformer & Padded Platform Extender
– STOTT PILATES® Full Intermediate Matwork Workout
– STOTT PILATES® Postural Analysis Review
– STOTT PILATES® Ultimate Back Care
– STOTT PILATES® Beyond the Biomechanical Principles
– STOTT PILATES® Post-Natal Pilates
– STOTT PILATES® Prenatal Pilates on the Reformer
– STOTT PILATES® Pilates Matwork for Men
– STOTT PILATES® Reformer Workout for Men