July 2010

Please join Equi-librium pilates and the Complete Equestrian Saddlery in welcoming Lisa Carusone from Pilates at the Barn to our location, 1 Fletcher Rd. Bedford, MA.

Lisa is a certified Power Pilates instructor and offers her students a customized mix of mat and apparatus repertoire to meet her student's individual needs and riding goals. Being a dressage rider and pilates student herself, Lisa understands the biomechanics of achieving a correct position and the precision required to attain flowing movement while riding.

Curious about Equestrian Pilates - try the free trial mat class.

Free trial mat classes are offered frequently. Contact Suzanne  or call 978-250-4507 to find out when the next class is scheduled. Come and  "feel"  Pilates for Equestrians yourself. The classes are for new students and have limited space. Pre-registration is required so don't delay in reserving your spot.

Join owner Suzanne Kendall-Johnson after class as she answers your questions and holds a special raffle for a free private session. Demonstrations of the Pilates Reformer are also available after class. To register, contact Suzanne at 978-250-4507 or  send an email.

Equestrian Pilates Workshop

Coming soon: Our 3rd Equestrian Pilates Workshop. Keep checking the website for dates and times.

Bring your riding to a new level by enrolling in our Equestrian Pilates workshop!

This 3 hour un-mounted workshop will improve your riding by:

• Strengthening your core, stabilizing muscles
• Helping you gain body awareness and an ability to identify muscle
Imbalances, tension and compensation patterns that hinder free movement in the rider and thereby restrict free movement in the horse
• Decrease low back pain
• Helping to prevent injuries to horse and rider
• Improving communication with your horse by helping you send clear
• Signals with your aids
• Help to sit the trot

The 3 hour workshop begins with a 1 hour Equestrian Pilates Mat class. Following the mat class, each student will receive an analysis of their posture and go through a series of self assessments. The knowledge gained in the postural analysis and self assessments will help the rider recognize and learn how to correct movement patterns, tension in the body and correct the "mixed" signals they send to the horse. The postural analysis will also help each individual rider understand their unique posture and how it affects their riding.

3 hour workshop is $149.00.

A minimum of 6 students is required with a maximum of 8 to insure individual attention to each student.

Mounted sessions are available by appointment after attending the workshop. Mounted sessions are $45 (price may increase due to travel time) for a private session and $40 pp for a semi-private.

Mounted sessions:

A follow up, private or semi private mounted session is strongly encouraged. This is NOT a riding lesson. It is a lesson in bio-mechanics and how it relates to your individual riding skills. It pulls everything together by allowing the student to "feel", while mounted, how their posture, inflexibility, or imbalances in the saddle effect their riding. Each student will receive recommendations on what specific Pilates exercises can help to o correct the issues.