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UPDATE: Online Attendance of AGM For members who are unable to attend in person, the 2018 AGM will now also be broadcast live as an online meeting using ZOOM Meeting technology. If you would like to attend the AGM online please register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/d7f491e1114f9f3f7c24e00bf0acd2b8 Deadline for online registration: 5pm Thursday 15 November 2018 Notice of Meeting All members are invited to attend the 2018 Annual General Meeting of Pilates Alliance Australasia, to be held at: 2.00pm Friday 16 November 2018 Adina Apartment Hotel 359 Crown St, Surry Hills NSW 2010 Agenda The agenda will comprise the standard AGM reports plus elections…

Featuring Two Pilates Anytime Finalists! Congratulations to our latest Instructors in Focus and finalists in the 2018 Next Pilates Anytime Teacher competition, Victoria Becka and Kimi Broadbent. Let’s get to know them a little better and show our support for our PAA colleagues. Voting is open until the 10 September for all Pilates Anytime subscribers https://www.pilatesanytime.com/next/vote.cfm?cid=16 Victoria Becka, PAA Principal Trainer Instructor in Focus: Victoria Becka Studio(s) you work at: Pilates International Training Centre, Bodhimaya Pilates Centre, Mpower Pilates Location: Sydney Instructor training: PilatesITC PAA level: Principal Trainer Focus Questions: What originally motivated you to try Pilates and then go on to train as…

Pilates and pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (PFD) is most commonly linked to the symptom of Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI). SUI is the leaking of urine during exercise, coughing or laughing and is a sign that the body’s stabilising system is breaking down. SUI can also be at the root of pain in the lower back, hip and buttocks, pubic symphysis, or sacroiliac joints, due to the extensive interconnection of fascia between these key muscle groups. We must also be mindful of urge incontinence, that occurs with urgency and timing and the individual may be caught short, so…

Introduction This newsletter’s featured article from the JBMT is a review and meta-analysis conducted to evaluate the response of the Pilates method in the function of the pelvic floor muscles. Clinical trials assessing the effectiveness of the Pilates method for the function of pelvic floor muscles in healthy women were included. 4434 articles were identified and 2 articles were selected to compose this review and the meta-analysis. The conclusion? “No evidence showed a modification of the function of pelvic floor muscles in healthy women practicing the Pilates method”. To many of us this conclusion may seem disappointing, given the anecdotal…

An interview with Paul Tesoriero, Pilates Equip I recently had the pleasure of sitting and talking with Paul Tesoriero, the designer and craftsperson behind Pilates Equip, about equipment maintenance. Many of you would have had the opportunity of working on some of Pilates Equip’s equipment at our most recent conference in Sydney last year. Paul has been a part of the Pilates Industry since the early 2000’s (originally as The Joint Workshop) and his passion for the equipment is evident to all that deal with him. Jo Bezzina PAA Committee Member Director of Sydney Centred Pilates Studio, Educator with Polestar…

The role of your industry body The PAA strives to educate members and potential members, on the importance of a professional industry body. The PAA provides professional recognition and regulation in an otherwise unregulated industry. Being a member offers much more than a health fund provider number or discounts on supplies. The PAA provides an ever-expanding platform for members’ skills and experience to be recognised and promoted, both within the industry and the broader community. The PAA is working on multiple fronts to ensure long-term recognition and acclaim for the industry and members alike. Over the past four years the…

PAA Full Member benefit: JBMT Subscription Courtesy of publishers, Elsevier, the PAA have been given permission to share excerpts of research articles in our member newsletters. The abstract below is taken from Volume 21, issue 4, of the Journal, published in November 2017. We hope you find it interesting. Have you signed up for your free subscription to the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy yet? Full members with an active PAA membership have a subscription to JBMT included in your membership (lists are updated quarterly). Follow this link for instructions on how to access your complimentary subscription to the…

Jo Bezzina Confessions Of A Virgo Pilates Instructor I’m sure I’m not the only Virgo that has noticed that look. The one people give you when declare your sun sign is Virgo. The “oh, you’re one of those…” expressions. I’ve never cared. I’ve always been out and proud. You can mock my perfectly rolled towels with the stripes all perfectly aligned or the fact that every coat hanger in my wardrobe faces the same direction. I don’t care that you’re living life in disorder (neither do I understand it). When I discovered Pilates it was like I had arrived home. I had…

Initial Consultation – a business perspective As a fully qualified Pilates teacher who is running a successful studio teaching small group, semi private and one on one sessions, I think you can safely say you work within the allied health industry. The training required to work under the PAA means we work with people on more of an individual basis, and with this comes the responsibility of caring for our clients in a highly professional manner. It is certainly a reasonable question for a client to ask why they would require an initial consultation to commence Pilates sessions – I…

Pregnancy Fitness Pregnancy Fitness by Julia Di Paolo, Samantha Montpetit-Huynh and Kim Vopni Pregnancy Fitness is a book written for the pregnant woman to help her through her pregnancy journey and provide ideas and routines for exercise that are safe and effective.  The book is split into three sections: Understanding Your Body Through Pregnancy, Exercises to Prepare and Recover From Birth and Sample Programs for Each Phase Of Pregnancy. In the first section: Understanding Your Body Through Pregnancy, there is a detailed anatomical and physiological description of what is happening to the pregnant body through the trimesters. I particularly liked…