Pilates and Movement Education with Laura Hicks

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ABOUT PILATES
Pilates is a method of exercise that can be done on the mat or equipment. My classes focus on ease and efficiency in movement, encouraging proprioceptive awareness, dynamic alignment, breath, and ease balanced with functional strength. I also spend time on injury prevention, body maintenance, and movement anatomy education. While performing the same exercises I aim to constantly shed new insights on the individual's orientation to space, alignment and muscle activation. The experienced student will be able to constantly work to deepen their relationship to the same exercises that the beginner works to understand.

ABOUTLAURAHICKS
Laura is an accomplished and fully certified instructor of the Pilates Method. Having danced from a young age, Laura brings over 25 years of training in dance, yoga, somatic practices, and anatomy studies to her teaching. Laura is certified on all equipment by second-generation teacher Michele Larsson of Core Dynamics Pilates, Santa Fe and has also trained extensively with Dianne Miller at the Pilates Centre of Vancouver. Laura’s practice as a dancer and instructor of improvisation gives her a creative approach to teaching that targets the individual experience in time and space. Laura currently teaches at Private Pilates, in Frankfurt am Main.

“I absolutely loved your pilates class — it transformed how I think about what pilates even is.” Dr. Yael Harlap – UBC Instructor and Educational Developer.

“I most appreciated Laura’s creativity, her ability as an instructor to respond to the moment, and find the exercise that would “turn the key” and give me a new perspective on how to activate the muscle group.” Caroline Farquhar – Professional Dancer and Dance Officer for CADA/BC.

"From trio sessions with the equipment, to mat classes of 8-10 people, Laura always sees the whole room. A thorough and insightful teacher, she inspires a true appreciation of pilates and the desire to understand and improve how you live in your body. " Jane Osbourne, Professional Dancer.

'Laura is a strong instructor who fuses her rich background of knowledge and body awareness with intuition.' Darcy McMurray - Full Circle Pilates Studio Owner, and Professional Dancer.