Equipoise Pilates For Equestrians
Equipoise Pilates For Equestrians
About Helen
– Helen Fletcher is a Level 4 Australian Pilates Method Association Pilates Practitioner and Movement Educator with over 25 years of personal practice and 12 years of full time teaching experience. Helen is the founder and owner of Equipoise Pilates for Equestrians.
A dedicated rider and Dressage enthusiast from a young age, Helen founded Equipoise Pilates to bring together her expertise in Pilates and riding. Helen practices in both Melbourne and Ballarat based Pilates studios teaching a variety of clients both riders and non-riders with needs that range from post-acute rehabilitation to conditioning for sport. Along with teaching individual riders in the studios, Helen also offers Equipoise Pilates Posture and Position Clinics that combine mat based and ridden exercises.
A rider from childhood, Helen Fletcher has many years of competitive riding experience. Equipoise Pilates for Equestrians draws together her expertise in, and love of, both Pilates and classical riding. Helen has contributed articles to Dressage Today Magazine and Equestrian Life Magazine.
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Helen’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– Posture is a balancing act, not a position
Who Has Inspired Helen
– Gwen Stead
– Clients
Recommended Books
– ‘The Pilates Bible: The Most Comprehensive and Accessible Guide to Pilates Ever’ by Lynne Robinson, Lisa Bradshaw and Nathan Gardner
About This Episode
– Helen discusses how Pilates helps both rider and horse.
Time Stamps
01:50 – About Pilates
02:43 – Posture is a balancing act, not a position
05:08 – Being taught by Gwen Stead
07:18 – Started teaching Pilates to riders
09:30 – Notice the change in horses when riders have done Pilates
10:10 – Satisfaction of seeing a profound change with a happier horse and rider
11:25 – How Gwen Stead, Franz Mairinger, her teachers and how her students are Helen’s greatest teachers
14:44 – Difference normally comes in the first half hour
16:08 – Types of Exercises for Pilates
19:55 – Hip Stretches
22:15 – Patience working with people, the desire to learn and having a true desire to teach
27:05 – Watching clients improve
28:55 – If you are fit and riding, why do you need anything else?
31:50 – ‘The Pilates Bible’
33:24 – Continue to develop and study
34:09 – A horse cannot go better than the rider will allow
36:55 – Contact: see details below
Helen’s Contact Details
Phone: 0411 552 300 or +61 411 552 300
Email:
Website: https://equipoisepilates.com.au
Facebook: Equipoise Pilates
Music
BenSound.com
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