Welcome to the landmark 100 Years of Pilates Education Conference! Arrive at the Tsawwassen Coast Hotel to pick up your badge, event program, and exclusive conference materials.
Use this time to check in, connect with fellow Pilates professionals from coast to coast, and kick off a historic weekend celebrating a century of movement mastery. We look forward to hosting you!

Technology-as-a-Service & Open Studio Private Integration

As the Pilates industry evolves, successful studio models are shifting toward hybrid, high-retention frameworks. This workshop delivers operational innovation, focusing on how to integrate Technology-as-a-Service (TaaS) platforms directly into your Teacher Training and integrating an Open Studio format. Instructors and studio owners will learn how to leverage self-guided digital programming, video-assisted feedback loops, and app-based tracking to manage an autonomous, multi-client circuit space efficiently.
The true magic, however, lies in preserving the high-touch premium experience. The second half of this session dives deep into the strategic relationship between the Open Studio layout and one-on-one Private Sessions. You will discover how to use the Humantrak  by Vald for private assessments to prescribe custom digital routines, how to transition clients seamlessly between independent open hours and targeted private interventions, and how to utilize your Reformer/Tower combination units to maximize hourly revenue without compromising individualized service.

Mindful Mechanics & Seamless Flow withThe Biomechanics of Creative Sequencing

Experience the intersection of exercise science and fluid movement choreography. This unique contemporary workshop bridges the gap between deep anatomical awareness and seamless, creative pacing. In the first half, we will dive into an evidence-based breakdown of joint mechanics, exploring the true biomechanics of core stability, pelvic placement, and shoulder organization so you know exactly which muscles should fire during complex shapes. Then, we put theory into motion. Using that sharp mind-body connection, you will transition into a continuous, multi-planar flow. By applying flawless alignment to non-traditional sequencing, you will challenge your coordination, build deep cardiovascular stamina, and discover how anatomical precision unlocks an effortless, injury-free flow state.

A Clinical Approach to Better Movement in Pilates

As Pilates instructors, we've all asked ourselves the same questions: Why do some clients progress quickly while others continue to compensate? Why do back, hip, or pelvic discomforts sometimes persist despite regular practice? And where should we begin to make a meaningful difference, even in a group class?
This workshop offers a practical, clinical, and accessible approach to movement. You will learn how to sharpen your observation skills, recognize common movement compensations, and identify the foundational elements that influence posture, stability, mobility, and overall movement quality.
Through hands-on experiences and simple, practical exercises, you will explore an approach that will help you observe, assess, and respond with greater confidence and precision in both private sessions and group classes.
Each participant will receive a practical workbook summarizing the key concepts covered during the workshop, along with practical tools that can be immediately integrate into their teaching.
Francais:
Observer. Comprendre. Enseigner.
Une approche clinique pour mieux comprendre le mouvement en Pilates.
Comme instructeurs de Pilates, nous nous sommes tous déjà posé ces questions : pourquoi certains participants progressent rapidement alors que d'autres continuent de compenser? Pourquoi certaines douleurs au dos, aux hanches ou au bassin persistent malgré la pratique? Par où commencer pour faire une réelle différence, même dans un cours de groupe?
Cet atelier propose un regard clinique, concret et accessible sur le mouvement. Vous découvrirez comment développer votre capacité d'observation afin de mieux reconnaître les compensations et d'identifier les fondements du mouvement qui influencent la posture, la stabilité, la mobilité et la qualité du geste.
À travers des expérimentations et des exercices simples, vous explorerez une approche pratique pour observer, évaluer et intervenir avec plus de justesse, autant en cours privés qu'en cours de groupe.
Chaque participant repartira avec un guide pratique résumant les principaux concepts abordés ainsi que des outils concrets qu'il pourra intégrer immédiatement dans sa pratique et dans son enseignement.

Refuel your body and reset your posture! Enjoy a scheduled lunch break to connect with fellow attendees, check out the local dining options, or unpack the morning's sessions.

Preserving the Method While Teaching Modern Bodies

This workshop examines how contemporary knowledge of anatomy, rehabilitation, and movement science can support, not replace, the classical Pilates system. Designed for instructors looking to deepen their critical thinking, this session offers a collaborative look at how modern biomechanics can honor historical intent. Gain an understanding the why behind classical positioning, utilizing modern rehabilitation concepts to safely deconstruct complex choreography for injured or restricted clients. As you learn practical, real-world regression and progression strategies that allow you to modify exercises on the fly without losing the essence of the movement. This is to assist you in mastering the art of keeping the traditional sequencing, flow, and rigorous purpose of the original repertoire intact, ensuring your clients still experience the profound uniform development Joseph Pilates intended.

How the Pilates environment is able to better manage Pain

Celebrate a century of movement evolution by exploring Pilates through the lens of modern pain science and contemporary physical therapy. Led by Sam Schmidt, a physical therapist and movement science educator with over two decades of clinical experience, this course bridges traditional repertoire with evidence-based practice to enhance movement confidence and patient outcomes.
Movement is a dynamic interaction of physical, emotional, cognitive, and environmental factors. In this workshop, practitioners will examine how these interconnected forces influence motor control, pain perception, and recovery pathways, shifting the clinical mindset from simply choosing an exercise to understanding why a specific movement is right for a specific client at a specific moment.

• Lecture: Research into Modern Pain Science
  An in-depth analysis of current research surrounding the biopsychosocial model of pain, focusing on how cognitive beliefs, emotional states, physical stressors, and environmental inputs dictate movement outcomes and neuromotor training.
• Environmental Adaptations via the Konnector® System
  Discover how integrating the Konnector system onto the Balanced Body Studio Reformer acts as a powerful environmental intervention. Learn how its single-rope, independent pulley mechanism provides unique tactile and dimensional feedback, expanding movement possibilities, reducing perceived threat, and aiding in precise, individualized exercise selection.
• Facilitated Case Study Cohorts
  Hands-on application facilitated in small cohorts of three. Participants will utilize both the Trapeze Table (Cadillac) and the Studio Reformer with Konnector to work through real-world clinical case studies, refining clinical reasoning and applying novel movement strategies to complex spine conditions and persistent pain presentations.