CORE BASICS

 

Intelligent choices today create balance for life

At CORE BASICS we believe that health, well being and fitness is possible for everyone.  With backgrounds in Athletic Therapy, Osteopathy and Pilates, our qualified team will work together to create a program that is specifically designed for you. From athletes to dancers, from those with back pain or injuries, to those just looking to get in shape, we treat each client as an individual.  Using a combination of manual therapy and exercises we'll help you discover the unlimited potential that lies with in you.

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PILATES FOR CHARITY
Come and do a mat class 
and help us to suport the West Island Women's Shelter
(please see the bottom of this page for details)

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Privates, Duos and Trios 
New and improved format for TRIOS…
book them the same way you have always booked your
privates and duos!
We are no longer limiting you to a particular day and time
or a short session in which to complete your TRIOS. 

5, 10, 15 or 20 sessions may be purchased

and used, by appointment only, over a period of
6 months from their purchase date.  

55 minute sessions are by appointment only, subject to availability. 
Please see the instructor schedule on the 'group classes' page
and call 514-630-7818 to book your appointments now.

 

Pilates DUOS and TRIOS 
With the addition of new equipment in the studio, we can now offer a Pilates' workout with greater variety, more challenge and more personalized instruction in a small group setting. With a maximum of two or three participants (Duo or Trio, respectively), you get the benefit of individualized attention from the instructor with the cost-effectiveness of group classes. 


Build your Own DUO or TRIO!
Do you have a friend or two who would like to form a Pilates Duo or Trio? Build your own Duo or Trio and let us know! We will be happy to book your Duo or Trio at at a time that works for you within the framework of instructor availability.


Introduction to Pilates
New to Pilates? This is a great way to learn the basics so that you can integrate easily into our classes.
With lots of personal attention from our instructors you will learn the foundational exercises, terminology and build the confidence to know when you are performing an exercise correctly.

3 class Introductory sessions:
Three private sessions with an instructor: $150

Please refer to the "Group Pilates" page for upcoming schedules schedules and rates.



Upcoming Workshops Winter 2010 

Demystifying the Shoulder Part II
For Pilates' instructors only

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The second part of the course will be a practical workshop that will:
-Guide the particiapnts through the proper timing, cueing, and execution of each pertinent exercise
-Incorporate more exercises using the apparatus under the strict observation of the instructor throughout the entire range of movement
-Answer any questions and clarify any subject matter related to Part 1 of the course
Date: Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Time: 12pm - 4pm
Cost: $75.00 plus tax

Space in this workshop is limited and is open to certified Pilates' instructors only - Demystifying the Shoulder Part I is a pre-requisite. Please call or e-mail us to reserve your spot as soon as possible.

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Rehab through Pilates
Continuing Education for Pilates Instructors.

This 38 hour course is designed to help Pilates' instructors enhance their palpation and analysis skills. By the end of the 6-day course, you will look at your clients very differently and approach their program design from an entirely new perspective. Incorporating manual skills and intelligent movement choices, you will learn to look at your clients from the inside out and never look at the spine the same way again.

This 5-day course includes a detailed manual and emphasizes:

- Hands-on Pilates (improving tactile cueing, evaluation and exercise prescription skills)
- How to evaluate the functional mobility of the spine
- How to evaluate the functional strength of the stabilizing muscles
- Somatovisceral relationships and how they can aid us in program design 
- The importance of a proper medical history and how to use the information in your program design
- Exercise variations to add more spine extension, rotation and lateral flexion to the traditional Pilates' repertoire

- The use of props to assist spine articulation and stability

Dates: April 10, 11, 23, 24, 25th, 2010
Time:  Saturdays and Sundays, 10am - 6 pm each day
             Friday, 12pm - 6pm
Cost: $700 plus tax

SAVE $50 with our early bird special:
$650 plus tax if you pay on or before March 1st, 2010.

Auditing the Course: $75 + tax
Maximum 12 participants.


Space in this course is limited and is open to Certified Pilates Instructors only.
Please call 630-7818 or e-mail us @ pilates@corebasics.com to reserve your space
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Pilates a la Barre
Open to all

Description:  Incorporating elements of dance into the Pilates repertoire, almost the entire class is done in standing, at the ballet barre.  Come and see how different it is to do some of the classic matwork in the standing position.  A whole new set of stabilizing and postural muscles will be awoken!  Great music is used to string several short series movements  together.

Date:
  Wednesday, February 10th and March 10th, 2010
Time:  6:30pm - 7:55pm
Cost:  $25 + tax for one or save $10 and pay only $40 + tax for both classes

Space is limited but open to all.   Please call 630-7818 or e-mail us @ pilates@corebasics.com to reserve your space
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I would like to take a moment to welcome Suzanne Reid to the CORE BASICS' team who will 
be joining us as of February to teach some group classes.  
Suzanne has generously offered to teach the first week of her classes free of charge parlty to give everyone an opportunity to see who she is and what her classes are like but, most importantly, to support one of her favorite charities.   
She invites you to come and try one or more of the classes listed below and give a donation, at your discretion, to the West Island Women's Shelter.  
  Space in these classes are limited so call now at
514-630-7818
or email us at pilates@corebasics.com to reserve your spot.  

PILATES GROUP MAT WITH SUZANNE
 

Wednesday,  Feb 3rd, 2010, 5:30 – 6:25pm

Thursday, Feb 4th, 2010, 6pm – 6:55pm


Saturday, Feb 6th, 9am – 9:55am

Saturday, Feb 6th, 10am – 10:55am

The regular, 8 week session of her classes will then begin
the week of
Feb 8th, 2010 ($128 + tax)

Call or email us to register.