Nature is the Guide. Pilates is the Method.
To Arrive and keep Arriving
Restored, Invigorated & Elevated
In our Mind, Body and Spirits
No matter where you’re at on the map, The Online Pilates Atlas guides you to a sense of genuine wellness that is achieved through reconnecting with nature, our whole selves, and our communities - inside and out.
Pilates
A place of equanimity with ourselves and the world around us.
Movement heals and the Pilates Method is a fantastic way to improve your physical and mental wellbeing. This unique compass guides each person's expedition with oodles of expertise and a healthy dash of curiosity. It is a holistic approach to fitness, combining breath work and focus-training for the mind with dynamic exercises that utilise springs for both resistance and support. Pilates is a path to Return To Life.
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Bring your teaching to life by bringing life into your teaching.
Experiencing and embodying the health and vitality gained from the practice of Pilates is paramount to becoming a phenomenal teacher. We cultivate an environment for our students to embody an environment of creative compassion and curiosity that moves from the knowledge of the choreography and movement cues to where we learn to imagine and see, to intuit and trust - encouraging healthy and lasting change with the person and body in front of us. This is paramount in being inspired to our commitments as a teacher long after finishing required program hours. We explore beyond the fundamental principles and skills and learn to view and express the work as one whole, full-body system - to embrace the spirit of ‘Return To Life’.
Nature
The Love of Nature Heals.
The Well Within Program is about Mapping the Return to life by applying concepts of Joseph Pilates Manifesto, 'Return to Life' and the concepts of Biophilic Design.
Biophilia is the intuitive love of life and living systems. Biophilic design is an insightful and also practical way to bring nature into our everyday lives. By utilising natural systems and processes, we can create a space that is itself a means of Returning to Life. An inspired environment where you want to play and work!
When we incorporate biophilic design into our inside spaces we can offer a better place to restore, invigorate and elevate our minds, bodies and spirit.
About
The Pilates Atlas
Siobhan Paton:
My approach to all that movement entails comes from the depth and breadth of 25 years of diverse experiences both personally and professionally. My entire teaching environment is infused with my continual curiosity & study of movement modalities, mental wellness, biophilic design and how they related to each other.
As a Licensed Teacher Trainer for the renowned @ThePilatesCenter, Lecturer and Teacher that’s travelled the globe I love sharing all the ideas and perspectives that bring both passion and focus to my work. It is such a joy and privilege to spend time with people delving into what matters to them. Along the way I’ve discovered that what they would like to develop in themselves can sometimes seem as though it goes way beyond the Pilates exercises. ...I enjoy guiding them to find their own connections between movement and mental wellness, and to use these modalities to restore, invigorate, and elevate their body, mind, and spirit. The Pilates Atlas will meet you wherever you’re at.
Where I've Been
Licensed Teacher Trainer and Advanced Program Graduate, Master’s Certificate of The Pilates Center Boulder, Colorado
Graduate of Stott Pilates Teacher Training Training Program Toronto, Canada.
Ryerson University, BFA Dance Performance and Pedagogy, Toronto, Canada,
Certification in Pre/Post Natal Pilates and Certificates of Completion in Injury Rehabilitation, Hyper-mobilty and other special populations.
Vipassana Meditation, Bali, Indonesia
Traditional Thai Massage, Chang Mai, Thailand
Yoga Teacher Training, Pokara, Nepal (Hatha, Ashtanga, Meditation, Yoga Philosophy and Sciences)
Foundation Course in Biophilic Design, Oliver Heath Design, London England
Guest Teacher: France, Spain, Dubai, Canada, United Kingdom