Healthy Feet Workshop with Summerville Fitness

We’re excited to announce that we’re teaming up with Summerville Fitness for another workshop! This class, led by Christina Summerville (PT), will focus on foot health and teach you techniques to alleviate foot pain, build strength and mobility, and better understand the deep connection between your feet and the rest of your body.

Our feet are our foundation – they’re strongly connected to the rest of the body, but are often overlooked, overworked, and painful. Luckily, Christina Summerville (PT) of Summerville Fitness has designed a workshop that dives deep into all aspects of foot health. In this workshop, you’ll:

  • Learn how your feet are interconnected with the rest of your body (focusing specifically on the hips and core)
  • Practice standing and walking to counteract the negative effects of the modern lifestyle
  • Discover useful techniques to help with bunions, plantar fasciitis, heel pain, hip pain, knee pain, and back pain
  • Perform exercises that help to build better arches in your feet and improve the strength and flexibility of your hips, ankles and feet
  • Learn massage techniques using Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls to help improve pliability, coordination, awareness, strength and circulation of your feet
  • Learn the benefits of going barefoot and wearing minimalist/barefoot shoes

About the instructor: Christina has been practicing as a physical therapist for 24 years.  She is the only health care provider in the Buffalo area that is certified in Neurokinetic Therapy ®  (NKT) Level 2. Using NKT she finds dysfunctional movement patterns and helps correct a root cause of pain that may go unidentified by other practitioners.  She also incorporates her knowledge of Yoga Tune Up ® , MELT Method ®, and trigger point therapy in her sessions. Christina’s passion is to help active adults  & teens get out of pain so they can return to their favorite sports and activities, without resorting to medications or surgeries.

About Yoga Tune Up®: Yoga Tune Up® is a fitness therapy format built around the three P’s – Pain, Posture and Performance. It helps eradicate pain, improve posture and enhance performance through a unique blend of yoga, Corrective Exercise, Self-Massage, and Breath Strategies. By helping to identify and target your “body blind spots”; areas that are most overused, underused, or misused, YTU heals damaged muscle, increases strength and establishes healthy movement patterns.

Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls are not your typical myofascial release tools. Even more effective than foam rollers, they can be used to target specific trigger points and high-tension areas in your body. Their grippy texture helps with precision, so you can effectively release tension and relieve various aches and pains ranging from neck stiffness to plantar fasciitis. (via https://www.tuneupfitness.com/yogatuneup/about)

Workshop Details

Date: Sunday, January 26th, 2020

Time: 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Cost: $45

Reserve your spot HERE!

 

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L + L Holiday Gift Guide

Make your holiday shopping as easy as it gets and grab some of these amazing gifts right at the studio next time you’re in for a Pilates class!

Fitness Gear

Help your loved ones keep their bodies strong and pain free with our therapy balls (perfect for self massage and tension relief), half domes, resistance bands, Pilates balls, and foam rollers. Grab one, or let our team help you combine a few items for the perfect at-home Pilates practice.

 

 

L+L Pilates Essentials Gift Bag

We’ve done the work for you and paired our pink massage ball, resistance band, Long + Lean Pilates x Soma Water Bottle, and your choice of grip socks together in a Long + Lean holiday gift bag. Grab one of the Essentials Gift Bags and you’ll also receive 10% off any other boutique item, including gift certificates!

 

 

 

Alignment Socks

We LOVE our My Happy Feet socks for relieving tension in the feet and improving foot alignment. My Happy Feet help stretch and separate the toes and are perfect for anyone who has to frequently wear uncomfortable footwear (hello, pointy-toed shoe lovers). Alignment socks pair perfectly with a pink massage ball for maximum foot pain relief.

 

Essential Oils

The L+L boutique features high quality, pure therapeutic essential oils that are a great alternative to toxic candles and artificial scents. We love using oils to brighten up the studio, calm or uplift our moods, and as skincare and cleaning products at home. We also have a few gorgeous lava rock diffusers that are completely sold out online and are such an easy and attractive way to diffuse essential oils in any room. Grab a lava rock diffuser and the Holiday Peace blend for a unique and uplifting hostess gift.

 

 

Books about Movement

Katy Bowman is one of our all time favorite sources of inspiration for getting your body moving better and moving more. The L+L boutique features a few of her easy to read books that will compel you to move, give you great exercises to do at home to help your body move better, and make you laugh and think all at the same time. Check out the titles we have in stock next time you’re at the studio, and feel free to ask a team member about which book best fits your needs.

 

Cozy Clothing

You’ll find cozy sweatshirts, sweat pants, hats, grip socks, L + L logo tees and tanks, and more right in the studio ready to go! Grab an item, tell the team member helping you that it’s a gift, and we will place it in an L + L bag with tissue paper so you don’t have to worry about wrapping it up later.

 

 

 

Gift Certificates

Literally every body can benefit from Pilates, and that is especially true at L+L, where we customize every session for each individual’s personal needs and goals. You can purchase a Long + Lean Pilates gift certificate for any service or amount you choose. A private Pilates session at L+L is the ultimate wellness gift for anyone on your list.

 

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Pilates Instructor Workshop: Deconstructing the Advanced Reformer Repertoire

Are there exercises you learned during your teacher training that you haven’t done or tried to teach since? Do you find it difficult to imagine your clients performing Snake or Star on the Reformer? This instructor workshop is built for those of us who want to build the skills needed to teach our clients the entire repertoire of Reformer exercises created by Joseph Pilates, even Russian Squats!

Join Hayley and Keirsten of Long + Lean Pilates in an exploration of what keeps us from teaching the advanced Classical Pilates Reformer exercises. The workshop will break down 7 advanced exercises from the classical Reformer repertoire and flesh out:

  • Obstacles that make the exercise challenging
  • Elements of each exercise
  • How to teach each element
  • Preparatory exercises
  • Step-by-step progressions into each exercise
  • Modifications
  • How to build a class that works up to the exercise

You will leave this workshop with the ability to progress your clients through the entire Reformer repertoire, including advanced exercises, and find variety and challenging content for your classes within the original work. The workshop will take place on Sunday April 28th, 2019 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at Long + Lean Pilates. Reserve your spot here.

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Classical Pilates Mat Class: Pop-up at Revolution

March is upon us and for Pilates lovers, that means another round of March Matness! March Matness is an international event created to educate the world about Joseph Pilates’ original mat work. The goal of March Matness is to have you perform one classical Pilates mat exercise each day during the month of March. This year, we are joining in on the March Matness celebration with a Classical Pilates Mat Class Pop-up event at Revolution Buffalo.

In the Long + Lean March Matness celebration class you will execute the 34 Classical Pilates Mat exercises, with no breaks in between, just as Joe intended. The classical mat work is rarely presented in its pure, unadulterated form, and we are SO excited to share it with you so you can feel how amazing (and challenging) Pilates mat classes can be. Check out the event details below and reserve your spot here.

Classical Pilates Mat Class

Location: Revolution Buffalo

Address: 1716 Main Street, Buffalo

Date: Sunday 3/24/19

Time: 10:15-11:15

Price: $18
(all Long + Lean packages also apply)

 

Please bring your own mat!

 

P.S. Follow along on L+L’s Instagram to catch a preview of the classical Pilates mat exercises throughout the month of March!

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Intensive Pilates Mat + Reformer Teacher Training Begins in May!

Introducing our first ever intensive Pilates Instructor Certification program: The Long + Lean Pilates Mat + Reformer Intensive Teacher Training!! This intensive training will take place over two weeks in the Spring of 2019 and provide you with your Pilates Fundamentals, Mat and Reformer training including over 60 hours of in-studio instruction, practice teaching, studio observation, and mentorship with a senior instructor. Taking part in this intensive training gives you all of the knowledge and skills you need to become a well-informed instructor who can provide safe, fun, and effective Pilates sessions and classes.

The Long + Lean Mat + Reformer Intensive Teacher Training Includes:

  • 60+ hours of in-studio instruction with owner Hayley Sullivan
  • In-depth anatomy text and workbooks
  • Manuals for Fundamentals, Pilates Mat, and Pilates Reformer
  • Detailed descriptions of how to teach both classical and contemporary Pilates repertory
  • How to work with people with injuries and pathologies
  • Training in movement and postural analysis
  • Assistance in cueing style and how to be an efficient and dynamic instructor
  • Mentorship with a senior Long + Lean Pilates instructor
  • 50% off all classes and private sessions at Long + Lean Pilates

“The certification program at Long + Lean truly goes above and beyond in teaching the Pilates repertory. Throughout my training there, I gained so much knowledge in proper biomechanics and healthy movement patterns that prepared me to teach in numerous settings since moving to New York City. Hayley’s attention to detail and focus on the anatomy within Pilates really sets this program apart. I could not recommend it enough!” – Sydney Hale, Instructor at Erika Bloom Pilates

Our first intensive training beings Sunday May 19th and will run through Sunday June 2nd. Over these two weeks, there will be 3-5 hours of required studio instruction every day (excluding Memorial Day) as well as opportunities to take and observe classes at the studio.

The cost of the workshop is $2,300, with payment plans available for qualifying students. Spots are limited. To apply for a place in the training, send your resumé and a brief description of why you would like to become a Pilates instructor to hayley@longandleanpilates.com.

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