REFORMER Innovations – Intermediate Level

A practical day of moving, experimenting and looking at the Reformer a little differently. Expand your repertoire, explore creative but logical variations and develop the confidence to adapt, progress and create exercises that genuinely work for the clients in front of you.

This workshop is for teachers who are already comfortable teaching the Reformer and want to expand their repertoire, become more confident progressing clients and have a few more ideas up their sleeve when the usual exercises start to feel a little… usual.

We’ll explore a wide range of exercises and variations, but this isn’t simply a day of collecting new choreography. Instead, we’ll look at what happens when you change an exercise — perhaps the resistance, position, range of motion, orientation or movement pattern — and what that change actually achieves.

We’ll explore ways to challenge clients who are ready for more, while also considering how the Reformer can be used differently for clients who have limitations or simply need another approach. Often a relatively small change can make a surprisingly big difference.

There will be lots of moving, questioning, experimenting and discussion. The idea is to develop a bigger movement vocabulary, but also the confidence to create and adapt variations yourself rather than always needing another exercise to follow.

This is a workshop rather than a formal teacher-training course, so come prepared to move, think, try things out and perhaps look at some familiar Reformer work from a slightly different angle.

You’ll receive a manual and instructional video covering the exercises and ideas explored during the day, so you can revisit them afterwards and continue experimenting in your own teaching.

One day. Lots of repertoire. Plenty of experimenting. And hopefully a Reformer that feels a little more versatile when you get back into your own studio.